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Forensic Services

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"Clinical & Forensic Services." Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma. N.p., n.d. Web 10 Feb. 2017. In this flyer “Clinical and Forensic Services” by the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) was created by real licensed psychologists with doctorate or masters degrees in this field. They discuss all of the services that they provide at this particular institution. Many of these individuals are bilingual, so language is not a barrier for some of these psychologists. The type of services that they assist with are community based, psychological assessment, supervised visitation, parenting skills, and of course forensic services. What exactly does a forensic psychologist do? They are involved in criminal, family, and civil cases that …show more content…

Franklin discusses the ways you can prepare yourself to being successful report writing. First, describe the relationship between the factors and legal issues in a clear way, where everyone can understand what it is you are talking about. Next, when conducting research you have to be able to read other psychologists reports and recognize what it being discussed and be able to summarize what you read in a more efficient way. In order to succeed in this profession you have to obtain great communication skills because that will reflect on your writing. For example, the article mentions psychological evaluation that are completed for clinical purposes and later you are required to have a summary and create a conclusion on for legal cases. Also, stating the relationship between psychological factors and the legal issues that should be described in the report. Discuss the findings that should reflect on standard psychological practice (Preparing Psychological Reports for …show more content…

Witt is literally a checklist. Its main purpose is to discuss how to organize, which goes by introductory material, organization style, data reporting, psychological testing reports, and interpretations and opinions. These concepts were applied to a group of non-passing forensic diplomate and underlying the errors. First, forensic referral question stated clearly, report organized rationally, jargon is being eliminated, the data is relevant, your observation is separated from your opinion, using multiple data sources, the testing being done is appropriate, alternate hypotheses if necessary, opinions are supported by evidence, and lastly making sure there is a connection between data and opinions are being stated

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