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• Most recent Atkins decision. Garcia v Thayer (Texas, 2009): Should more have been done to explore discrepant IQ scores?

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Garcia v Thayer (Texas, 2009) has been added to the Atkins-related Court Decisions blog sidebar.   A copy of the decision can be found by clicking here .  In addition, a copy of an psychological report can be found by clicking here .  Thanks to Kevin Foley for the files. This case is interesting, if for no ...
  2 days ago

• State special education definitions of MR/ID

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 130
  Thanks to Randy Floyd for sending this article to me.  The article summarizes state eligibility guidelines for MR/ID as promulgated by state education agencies--thus covering the school-age population of students with potential MR/ID and special education services.  State law governing the definition and criteria ...
  2 days ago

• Atkins court decisions: Williams v LA (2009), Burke v Ohio (2005), Pierce v Thaler (2009)

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Three more Atkins court decisions posted to the Atkins Court Decisions sidebar.  Thanks to Kevin Foley and Karen Salekin for the files.  Click on citation to view the file. Williams v LA (2009) Burke v Ohio (2005) Pierce v Thaler (2009) Technorati Tags: psychology , forensic psychology , criminal ...
  6 days ago

• How likely is each score in an IQ SEM confidence band likely to represent the persons true IQ? AP101 Brief # 3 (supplement to IAP AP101 Report #5)

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Ive been pleased with the response to IAP AP101 Report #5:  Standard error of measurement (SEM):  An explanation and facts for "fact finders" in MR/ID death penalty proceedings .  As a number of astute readers have noted, I stayed away from the various statistical and psychometric nuances of the SEM.  This was ...
  1 week ago

• To Test or Not to Test--That is the Question: Atkins MR/ID death penalty guest post by Kevin Foley

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Another guest post from Kevin Foley , a regular contributor and valuable source of information for the ICDP blog.  Any URL links embedded in the guest post have been added by the ICDP blogmaster. To Test or Not to Test – That is the Question. A psychologist is asked to render an opinion on whether a death row ...
  1 week ago

• AAIDD intellectual disability manual (11th edition): Intelligence component -1 standard deviation below average? Part 1 of series of posts.

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 130
  “For purposes of diagnosis, intellectual functioning is currently best conceptualized and captured by a general factor of intelligence.  Intelligence is a general mental ability.  It includes reasoning, planning, solving problems, thinking abstractly, comprehending simple ideas, learning quickly, and learning from ...
  1 week ago

• New IAP Applied Psychometrics 101 Report: IQ scores and SEM

  
  Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — Authority: 130
  A new IAP Applied Psychometrics 101 report (#5) is now available.  The title of the report and abstract is below.  The report can be downloaded by clicking here . Applied Psychometrics 101 #4:  The Standard Error of Measurement (SEM):  An Explanation and Facts for "Fact Finders" in Atkins MR/ID death penalty ...
  1 week ago

• AAIDD intellectual disability manual (11th edition): Intelligence component -1 standard deviation below average? Part 1 of series of posts.

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  “For purposes of diagnosis, intellectual functioning is currently best conceptualized and captured by a general factor of intelligence.  Intelligence is a general mental ability.  It includes reasoning, planning, solving problems, thinking abstractly, comprehending simple ideas, learning quickly, and learning from ...
  1 week ago

• 21st century jury, 8th Ammend. and death penalty, Texas Atkins cases: Three Law Review Articles posted

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  The following law review articles have been posted to ICDPs Atkins-Related Law Review Articles blog sidebar. Church (2003). Mandating Dignity: The United States Supreme Court’s Extreme Departure From Precedent Regarding the Eighth Amendment and the Death Penalty Hans (2009).  The Twenty-First Century ...
  2 weeks ago

• Atkins MR death penalty court decisions at ICDP blog: Now sorted alphabetically

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  In my rush to get the ICDP blog up-and-going, I was posting copies of Atkins decisions in the Court Decisions section as they came in.  I myself was now finding it problematic to find decisions as they were in no logical order.  Ive now sorted them alphabetically (based on defendants last name).  I believe this ...
  2 weeks ago

• Habeas Corpus for the Twenty-First Century, Chapter One

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Habeas Corpus for the Twenty-First Century, Chapter One by Nancy J. King and Joseph Hoffmann is now available for download via SSRN ( click here ) Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 09-27 Abstract This is the introductory chapter of a forthcoming book, presently under contract with the University of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Atkins MR death penalty Law Review Article section improved

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Ive learned that in my attempt to save space Ive made it more difficult for people to locate specific Law Review Articles in the LRA blog sidebar.  As a result Ive renamed the titles of many of the articles to be more close to the original titles (although some abbreviations are still used).  More importantly, Ive ...
  2 weeks ago

• Larry v Branker (NC, 2009). More voodoo psychometrics via SEM misuse/abuse and use of SSSQ

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Another addition to the Atkins Court Decisions section of the ICDP blog . And, unfortunately, another case the reflects the courts failure to recognize professionally accepted psychometric standards (viz., failure to consider standard error of measurement--SEM; and the use of adaptive behavior instruments that are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Research briefs 11-30-09: More on malingering assessment (WAIS-III) and third-party testing observers

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  Two new articles that caught my eye (with abstracts and links to articles) Curtis, K. L., Greve, K. W., & Bianchini, K. J. (2009). The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III and Malingering in Traumatic Brain Injury Classification Accuracy in Known Groups.  Assessment, 16(4) , 401-41 ( click here ).  A ...
  3 weeks ago

• Woods v Texas Standwown Texas update: May be executed after Thanksgiving break

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  The StandDown Texas Project just made a post indicating that after Thanksgiving the first person to possibly be executed may be mentally retarded (intellectual disability).  The initial ICDP post re: Woods v Texas (plus links to relevant court decisions) can be viewed by clicking here.   As one can surmise ...
  4 weeks ago

• Atkins MR/ID death penalty court decisions: 12 from Ohio

  
  Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty — Authority: 133
  A dozen State of Ohio Atkins MR death penalty decisions have just been posted to the "Court Decisions" section of the ICDP blog.  Another gracious tip-of-the-hat to Kevin Foley , a regular guest blogger at ICDP , for providing copies.  A total of n=55 decisions are now available for reading and research. ...
  4 weeks ago

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