Specialist Testimony – Jones-Wood Psychological

At Jones-Wood Psychological Associates, Inc., we have several highly trained forensic psychologists that can supply skilled testimony on a wide assortment of prison and civil issues. Our medical practitioners can supply thoughts dependent on their specialised know-how that will assistance the trier of actuality fully grasp the proof or identify a fact in problem. Our testimony is defensible, as it is based mostly on ample facts and facts. We also use trusted procedures to formulate our views, such as the most up-to-date psychological screening. We have been without doubt approved as specialists in the adult and juvenile courts of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Portage, Summit, and Stark Counties.

Some illustrations of the varieties of instances we have supplied skilled testimony on include:

Our forensic authorities are accessible and quick to operate with.

The psychologists at Jones-Wood Psychological Associates, Inc. adhere to the Specialty Guidelines for
Forensic Psychology, as set forth by the American Psychological Association.

These expectations include (but are not constrained to):

Obligation

With regard to the obligations of a forensic psychologist, we not only aim to act with integrity and impartiality, but with fairness and averting any conflicts of interest.

Competence

As forensic psychologists, we gain and keep competence in our field, only working towards inside the scope of our competence as properly as symbolizing our competencies properly. We have know-how of the lawful technique and also the authorized rights of persons. We are also knowledgeable of the scientific foundation for our thoughts and testimony. Our physicians also respect specific and group discrepancies, respecting range issues.

Diligence

Our purpose is to look for express agreements that plainly outline our providers and hold our customers moderately
knowledgeable about the status of our products and services.

Connection/Conflict in Practice

We are conscious of our connection with retaining events and regarded the prospective for conflicts of desire and threats to objectivity with various relationships, these as therapeutic-forensic role conflicts. When any conflicts arise, forensic psychologists find to make the conflict identified to the related get-togethers and look at the legal rights and passions of the pertinent parties in our attempts to take care of the conflict.

Service fees

Our cost preparations are very clear to the consumer and describe the very likely cost of solutions every time it is feasible.
We do not settle for any contingency fees.

Informed Consent, Notification & Assent

Our health professionals inform purchasers, examinees, and appropriate others about the nature and parameters of the forensic providers to be presented.

Privateness, Confidentiality & Privilege

We certainly acknowledge our ethical obligation to manage the confidentiality of facts relating to a client or retaining social gathering, other than when disclosure is consented to by the consumer or retaining bash, or required or permitted by regulation.

Methods & Methods/Evaluation

Our forensic psychologists utilize appropriate procedures and processes for our perform. We use numerous
sources of facts and we steer clear of relying solely upon 1 supply of info. Even further, our stories
emphasis on lawfully pertinent factors.

Qualified & Other General public Communications

At Jones-Wooden Psychological Associates, Inc., we intention for accuracy and fairness. We stay away from deception and
anytime achievable, we differentiate our observations, inferences, and conclusions. We also disclose our resources of data and bases of our opinions in a forthright method.

Our Jones-Wooden Psychological Associates, Inc. psychologists that carry out these evaluations are: