RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Restoration of competency to stand trial: a training program for persons with mental retardation
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 189
OP 201
VO 31
IS 2
A1 BW Wall
A1 BH Krupp
A1 T Guilmette
YR 2003
UL http://jaapl.org/content/31/2/189.abstract
AB This article describes the development and use of a formal training tool for restoration of competency in clients with mental retardation who are incompetent to stand trial. The program was developed at Eleanor Slater Hospital within the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals. This article describes the development of The Slater Method, the training tool format, the procedure for use of the Slater Method, and the duration of treatment to restore competency to stand trial in clients with mental retardation. Although the developmentally disabled population is not limited to persons with mental retardation, we have used the phrase mental retardation instead of developmentally disabled because the judicial system more commonly uses mental retardation.