PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - BW Wall
AU  - BH Krupp
AU  - T Guilmette
TI  - Restoration of competency to stand trial: a training program for persons with mental retardation
DP  - 2003 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 189--201
VI  - 31
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/2/189.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/2/189.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2003 Jun 01; 31
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.