When is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claim Legitimate...and When Is It Not?
In prehistoric times, when our earliest ancestors lived in dread of their mortal enemy, the saber-toothed tiger, those cave men (and women) who were fortunate enough to be genetically endowed with the quickest "fight or flight" reactions survived, and became our ancestors. That's where the story begins..
Child Investigative Interviewing: Is there a gold standard?
Police departments across the United States are routinely questioning young children concerning child sexual abuse allegations. Frequently the police are untrained in the correct techniques to utilize for investigating interview of the children.
The Key to Anger Management is Being Assertive
In today's world, anger management has become a necessary concept to understand and practice in order to effectively navigate the challenges of family, work, school and social life. It is commonly thought that managing angerinvolves not getting angry anymore.
Forensic Psychologist Involved in Sexual Harassment Complaints
Psychologists are increasingly asked to evaluate and treat patients who experienced trauma as a result of sexual harassment or discrimination.
Psychological Evaluation To Establish Treatment Approach For Forensic Trauma Cases
A severe traumatic experience or a series of pervasive traumatic events have the power of destroying one's life by seriously impairing one's ego-strength, emotional-social, cognitive and occupational functioning.
The Miranda Warning: Readability And The Rights Of Children With Disabilities
Prior to 1966, the Supreme Court sought to define the Constitution's protection against self-incrimination with regard to juveniles, to the mentally impaired, and to psychological coercion by police (see Gallegos v. Colorado, 1962; Blackburn v. Alabama, 1960; Fikes v. Alabama, 1957; Chambers v. Florida, 1940).
Sexual Harassment At Work And Posttraumatic Stress
Sexual Harassment is usually an unreasonable and inappropriate expectation or conduct unrelated to work by a supervisor in work setting.
Insight On Federal Policy: Independent Educational Evaluations
A parent has the right to an independent educational evaluation at the public expense if the parent disagrees with an evaluation obtained by the public agency.
Independent Educational Evaluations Under IDEA '97: It's A Testy Matter
An independent educational evaluation (IEE) provides parents with an opportunity to obtain alternative sources of information concerning the present levels of performance of their children.
Psychologically Speaking©: Negotiation 101
Advice about negotiation often focuses on procedure, strategy, and tactics. However, some of the most important factors in dispute resolution are the subliminal aspects of the interaction that operate outside the awareness of the participants, which may create unnecessary barriers to the effective resolution in dispute.
