Forensic Services

Community-Based Adult Restoration
Mental Health Training for the Legal Community
Model Court Orders
NGRI Guidelines
Presentations & Memos
Standardized Measures
Forensic Workgroup

Community-Based Adult Restoration

Community-Based Adult Restoration Manual (07-01-09)
Community-Based Restoration Services - Training Documents for Restoration Worker:
- Part 1 - your charges
- Part 2 - roles
- Part 3 - working with your attorney
- Part 4 - court process
- Part 5 - courtroom behavior

NGRI Guidelines

Guidelines for the Management of Individuals Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

Standardized Measures of Intellectual Functioning

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Forensic Workgroup

Forensic Workgroup Report (11-07-12)

Mental Health Training for the Legal Community

The Office of Forensic Services is interested in partnering with Community Services Board (CSB) staff to provide mental health training to members of the legal system. We anticipate that the request for training would originate at the local level given the relationships that CSBs have formed with their local judiciary, public defender offices, Commonwealth Attorneys, court clerks, magistrates and others. If CSBs are interested in partnering with the DBHDS, we would provide staff to support local training efforts. We have developed modules in anticipation that the requests for training will vary from 1 hour to 4 hours and will vary in terms of topical interest. We are pursuing CLE credit for the CSB-DBHDS training for the legal community.

Presentations and Memos

Commissioner's Memo to JDR Judges and Clerks