Learning Formats in a Competence Restoration Curriculum
| Education | Basic knowledge of the trial process, including the roles of the courtroom personnel, pleas, plea bargaining, charges, sentencing, and how to assist one's attorney |
| Anxiety reduction | Two one-hour sessions per week with a psychologist to teach defendants anxiety management techniques suitable for use in court |
| Guest lectures | Weekly meetings with court personnel (judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and probation officers) who speak to the defendants and answer questions |
| Mock trials | Role-playing by defendants of various courtroom personnel in a scripted mock trial, with discussions led by clinical staff |
| Video module | Videotapes of actual courtroom proceedings watched by defendants, with discussions led by clinical staff |
| Post-restoration module | Discussion of court experiences between incompetent defendants and defendants who have been to court |
| Current legal events | Review and discussion of news stories involving criminal trials |