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Event Schedule |
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| 8:30am | Registration |
| 9:00-9:30am | Conference Convenes
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| Introduction and Welcome
The Honorable Kimberly Taylor Superior Court Judge District 22 |
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A Small Bridge Can Change a Life
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| 9:30-10:15am | Keynote Address - Robert Perske |
| Changing Attitudes Toward Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System: A Historical Overview
After a long career following, working with and writing about persons with intellectual disabilities – especially those who confessed to murders, rapes, arsons and burglaries they did not commit, as well as those on death row – Perske will describe a broad panorama of changes. He will report on the way it used to be, the way it is now, and the perplexities we must now face and solve. |
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| 10:15-10:45am | Keynote Address - Dennis Debbaudt |
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Autism & Criminal Justice: Prepare to Work with an Increasing Population "As an investigator and journalist I've played key roles in probes of organized crime, extremist gun running, and stolen property rings. I now know after two decades of first hand experiences as a parent of a young man with a cognitive disability that my son and millions of others with intellectual disabilities will present serious dilemmas with negative repercussions for professionals in the criminal justice system who lack training on how to recognize, respond well and make adjustments for this population in field, investigative and criminal justice settings." |
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| 10:45am | Break |
| Participants will attend a workshop track designed for their specific profession. Law enforcement officers, magistrates and others who are involved in the pre-trial phase will be grouped together, attorneys and judges will be grouped together, and community corrections, prison correctional officers and others involved following sentencing will be grouped together. Sessions will include experts in human services and criminal justice. | |
| 11:00-12:15pm | The Scope of the Problem and Why it’s Important |
| Room 1: Law Enforcement Officers, Magistrates and others involved during arrest/investigation
Personal Safety, Professional Liability, and Competency Issues |
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| Room 2: Judges and Attorneys
Unequal Justice - Ethical issues involved when representing a person with an intellectual disability |
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Room 3: Community Corrections Officers, Correctional Officers, and Prison Social Workers Why does identification and accommodation make success more attainable? |
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Room 4: Human Services Professionals The Importance of Understanding the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems |
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| 12:15-1:30pm | Lunch
TBD Building the Capacity for Equal Justice (invited) |
| 1:30-4:00pm | Ethical Issues Regarding Offenders with Cognitive Disabilities: How to recognize them? What to do to accommodate their disability? Who can help? What policies or legislation needs to be enacted to assure safety and accommodation? |
| Room 1: Law Enforcement Officers, Magistrates and others involved during arrest/investigation
How to Communicate with and Accommodate People with Intellectual Disabilities - What is working and where? How is it funded? |
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Room 2: Judges and Attorneys Ethics of Competency: to Waive Miranda, to Stand Trial, to Plead Guilty or to Accept a Plea Bargain; the Need for Alternative Sentences and Jail Diversion - what programs are out there? Probation requirements and how those requirements may compromise the individual’s success without accommodation; Mitigating Circumstances in Sentencing.. |
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Room 3: Community Corrections Officers, Correctional Officers, and Prison Social Workers So They’ve Made It to Me and Nobody has Identified the Problem? Who Can Help Me Work Smarter, Not Harder? Pre-Release and After Care from Prison. How to Adapt Probation Requirements for the Person with Cognitive Disabilities. |
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Room 4: Human Services Professionals, Consumers and Families Learning to make a difference in my community. |
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| 4:00-5:00pm | Closing Session – Panel - reporting on exciting ideas from sessions |
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Evaluations and Door Prizes – Pick Up Continuing Education Units and Continuing Legal Education credits
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