This page provides
BEST-PRACTICE materials and information. Assessment,
service and support, treatment, and policy/legal issues are
emerging or have achieved the level of
Evidence-Based Practices.
As the amount of information collected in each area
expands, the underlined headings will have web-linked jumps
to pages with the bulleted information.
If blue they are
active, if black they are in the planning
stages.
Competency to Consent - Sexuality
- Washington State Caselaw Ortega-Martinez
- The VISCAT: A tool for measuring sexual consent capacity in people with developmental disabilities by William J. Taverner ($30). Contact Taverner@ptd.net
- The SSKAAT-R (Socio-Sexual Knowledge and Attitudes Assessment Tool-Revised) is commercially available via Stoelting co. (tel 630/860-9975)
Forensic Issues and Methods for People with Mental Retardation: List of Tools and Resources
- The ARC US: When People with Mental Retardation go to Court
- Competency Assessment to Stand Trial for people with Mental Retardation - CAST*MR
- Georgia Assessment for Competency to Stand Trial - GACST
- MacArthur Study of Competence to Stand Trial - MacCAT-CA
- MacArthur Foundation Juvenile Justice Website
- MacCAT-CA Ordering Information
- Literature on Forensic Issues
Sexual Offenders with Developmental Disabilities (DDSO): List of Tools and Resources
- Safer Society: Contact information and resources
- Literature on evaluation and treatment
- Assessment tools and materials
- Treatment tools and materials NEW!! Tx Intervention & Progress Scale for People w/IDD
- TIPS-ID graciously provided by Robert J. McGrath of McGrath Psychological Services, P.C.
- Contact information: 105 Happy Valley road, Middlebury, VT 05753
- E-mail: rmcgrath@sover.net
Individual Justice Planning (IJP): Manual and Tools
- North Dakota Protection & Advocacy Project Webpage
- Download IJP Manual directly: IJP Manual in PDF format
To contribute information
on these topics, contact the
MHS Web Manager via e-mail as listed on the AAIDD Special
Interest Groups webpage.
Please note that this website is
ALWAYS developing!
Please check back for further developments. If you have
information/material to contribute, please e-mail the
website manager at: pdkolstoe@yahoo.com. Thank you!!