How to Write a Successful Clinical or Forensic Report
How to Write a Successful Clinical or Forensic Report is organized by National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE), Inc.
Start Date: 09 Apr 2019
End Date: 07 Apr 2029
Credits: 2 contact hours
Description:
A mental health professional can be an excellent therapist or evaluator, but if he or she sends a poorly written report to a court, third party payer, probation officer, attorney, or third party payer, the implications can be substantial. In forensic cases, a report or evaluator can be disqualified as an expert due to errors, omissions, and/or inappropriate commentary. For this reason, it's not enough to be a good clinician--you have to also know how to write a quality report. Didn't get thorough training on report-writing in grad school? Don't remember it because it was so long ago? Not feeling secure about your report-writing, or maybe just looking for some reassurance that you're already doing a great job with your reports? This 2-hour webinar was designed to help you learn to write a report in such a way that your target audience will understand you, ensure appropriate content, train you to avoid sentences that may be deemed offensive or inappropriate, and learn to use good English, syntax, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will become mindful of avoiding unprofessional words and sentence structure
• Identify strategies to be more mindful of avoiding unprofessional words and sentence structure.
• Review vocabulary utilized in professional reports.
• Identify how to keep reports succinct, consistent, and structured.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.