For accreditation and fee information, detailed workshop description, and registration please visit:

http://fet.fmhi.usf.eduThe Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health

Institute, University of South Florida, announces its 2013 Continuing Education Forensic Training Series for Mental Health Professionals. Instruction in forensic evaluation of adults and juveniles

involved in the legal system is complemented with focused training on assessing and managing patients’ risk for violence in acute long-term care settings.

2013 FallForensic Series

Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile JusticeOctober 1-2 • Randy Otto, Ph.D., ABPP

Florida Forensic Examiner TrainingOctober 3-5 • Randy Otto, Ph.D., ABPP & Chris Slobogin, J.D., LL.M

Florida Hotel & Conference Center • Orlando, Florida

Randy Otto, Ph.D., ABPP

Chris Slobogin, J.D., LL.M.

Continuing Education AvailableForensic

Evaluation and Juvenile Justice

October 1-2, 2013

Florida Forensic Examiner Training

October 3-5, 2013

CEU CEU & *CME

Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES): Miami-Dade AHEC has been accepted by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. to provide continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education for this program. NCHEC #-MEP2904.

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Florida Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Mental Health Counselors: Miami-Dade AHEC has been accepted by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Counseling to provide continuing education credits to Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors for this program. CE Broker Provider #-50-1349

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Nurses (ARNP, RN, LPN): Miami-Dade AHEC has been accepted by the Florida Board of Nursing to provide continuing education to Nurses for this program. CE Broker Provider #-50-1349 13.70 18.70

*Physician Accreditation: (MD, DO & PA): This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Florida AHEC Network, the University of South Florida and the North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center. The Florida AHEC Network is accredited by the Florida Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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Psychologists: Miami-Dade AHEC has been accepted by the Florida Board of Psychology to provide continuing education credits to psychologists and limited license psychologists. 16.00 22.50

Forensic Evaluation and Juvenile Justice10/1/2013 & 10/2/2013 • 8:30-5:00Randy Otto, Ph.D., ABPP

This workshop will address the legal, clinical, and administrative issues related to evaluating children who are involved in the juvenile justice system. Reviewed in this two day workshop is the philosophy of the juvenile court, the juvenile justice process in Florida, Florida law regarding competence to proceed with the juvenile justice process, clinical evaluation of juveniles’ competence related abilities, assessment of violence and re-offense risk among juveniles, and assessment to facilitate disposition and treatment/intervention of those in the juvenile justice system. Upon completion of this workshop, participants may request to be placed on the DCF Referral List for court-appointment to evaluate juveniles’ competence to proceed with the legal process.

Florida Forensic Examiner Training10/3/2013 & 10/4/2013 • 8:30-5:0010/5/2013 • 8:30-3:30Randy Otto, Ph.D., ABPP and Chris Slobogin, J.D., LL.M.

This three-day program instructs psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals on how to conduct evaluations for criminal courts. The content focuses on competence to proceed (“competence to stand trial”) evaluations and mental state at the time of the offense (“sanity”) evaluations. Upon completion of this workshop, participants may request to be placed on the DCF referral list.