Showing posts with label Atkins cases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atkins cases. Show all posts
Thursday, May 07, 2026

AI Brief: Is the Intellectual Functioning Component of AAIDD’s 12th Manual Satisficing?

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AI Brief :   Is the Intellectual Functioning Component of AAIDD's 12th Manual Satisficing?  (McGrew, 2021)   Dr. Kevin McGrew with as...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Hamm v Smith intellectual disability SCOTUS Atkins death penalty oral arguments (12-10-25) re multiple IQ scores: #ID #atkins #deathpenalty #IQ #intelligence

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See prior post regarding Hamm v Smith Atkins ID death penalty case where central issue is how to handle multiple IQ scores.  All briefs are...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

Supreme Court to consider the role of #IQ tests in ban on executing people who are #intellectually disabled (#ID)- #SCOTUSblog: #schoolpsychology #schoolpsychologists #intelligence

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An email quick-blog post FYI.   If you want more information, including amicus briefs for the defendent from professional groups (APA, AAIDD...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

IQs Corner. In what way are #intelligence testing (#IQ) and the US Supreme Court (#SCOTUS) alike?—SCOTUS will be hearing important case addressing #multiple IQ scores and #intellectualdisability #Dx in fall 2025 term

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This fall 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will be hearing a case related to intelligence testing in the context of Atk...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

The use of the Woodcock-Johnson Fourth Edition (WJ IV) GIA Cognitive IQ score in intellectual disability (ID) determination

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The WJ IV Cognitive GIA in iintellectual disability (ID) assessment from Kevin McGrew
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules (Black v Carpenter, 2017) against norm obsolescence (Flynn effect) adjustment of IQ scores in Atkins death penalty cases

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A newly published 6th Circuit opinion ( Black v Carpenter, 2017 ) rules against norm obsolescence (the Flynn effect ) in the evaluation of I...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Stephen Greenspan on "Why DSM5 suggested a switch from adaptive behavior to adaptive reasoning": APA Div 33 featured conversation

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  My long time friend and professional colleague Dr. Stephen Greenspan , is conducting a featured conversation hour for Division 33 at ...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

AAIDD "The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability: A Guide" press release

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The staff from AAIDD gave me permission to post a copy of the official AAIDD press release about the new publication on ID and the death pen...
Thursday, January 08, 2015

AAIDD "Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability" A Guide" is now available at AAIDD website!

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The AAIDD ID and death penalty guide is now available at the AAIDD webpage !  Although the title is focused on the death penalty and ID ...
Monday, March 03, 2014

Hall v Florida SCOTUS transcript from today

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Here is today's transcript for the oral arguements and questioning before the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) re the Hall v Florida Atkins ca...
Monday, January 13, 2014

The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability: AAIDD forthcoming book publication--TOC with authors and chapter titles

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       The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability: A Guide (1/3/14)* * Note the above title is as registered by AAIDD wi...