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 National Board of  Forensic Evaluators

Fact vs. Expert Witness Training

  • 02 Sep 2016
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Online (webinar)

Registration

  • For a nominal $5 fee, NBFE will report your attendance to Florida's Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling
  • Free registration for NBFE members and partners, including certificate of attendance

Registration is closed

Whether you want to explore forensic mental health evaluation as a career option, or you just want to be prepared in the event that you are ever subpoenaed to testify in court as a mental health professional,  this free 90-minute webinar is an excellent way to get informed or updated. 

Learning Objectives:

(1) Learn how to prepare credible credentials.

(2) Ensure proper preparation for court.

(3) Understand and appreciate attorney "traps."

(4) Understand the Daubert Standard of expert witness testimony compared to the Frye Standard.

(5) Understand the differences between an expert and fact witness.

Cost: FREE to ALL CFMHEs, CFMHE candidates, and members of organizations that partner with NBFE (i.e., AMHCA, FMHCA, SMHCA, LPCA, WMHCA, UMHCA, the Vecchi Group International).  All participants who complete the post-webinar evaluation form will receive documentation of attendance.  However, participants who would like CEUs to be reported to the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling will be charged a nominal processing fee of $5.

About the Presenters:


Norman Hoffman, Ph.D., Ed.D., LMHC, LMFT, CFMHE

At first glance, a clinic, a courtroom, and a nightclub have little in common. One offers treatment; one hears testimony, and one echoes timbre and tempo long into the night. Yet, surface dissimilarities have proven no barrier to Dr. Norman Hoffman. A licensed professional marriage and family therapist and mental health counselor, certified forensic evaluator, and accomplished jazz musician, over the course of his career, Dr. Hoffman has pioneered the integration of these seemingly separate studies to become a leading authority on child development, music therapy, and forensic evaluation as well as the author of a groundbreaking book that could change the way parents raise their children.  Additionally, recognizing that all too often the therapists closest to a family’s troubles were scrutinized regarding credentials and even denied recognition when testifying in a court of law, Hoffman utilized his own experience as an expert courtroom witness in mental health, childhood custody, and competency evaluations to establish the National Board of Forensic Evaluators (NBFE) in 2003.  NBFE offers a rigorous forensic evaluator training and certification program for therapists and is the only forensic mental health counselors credentialing organization recognized and endorsed by the American Mental Health Counselors Association.  Today, as Clinical Director of the Counseling and Psychotherapy Center in Ormond Beach, Florida, Dr. Hoffman continues to break through conventional barriers to provide families with the help and guidance they need. But he has not forgotten his musical foundation. He credits music with inspiring his collaborative approach to working with parents and professionals, and he continues to perform and write the jazz that started it all.


Richard Stride, Psy.D., MBA, LPC, LMHC, CFMHE

Richard J. Stride, Psy.D., MBA, LPC, LMHC has been providing forensic mental health services to attorneys and courts since 1996. He has been an expert witness in over 100 cases and consulted in over 150 cases. He is the current CEO at Cascade Mental Health Care, Centralia, WA.

Continuing Education Details

This webinar has been approved for 1.5 hours of continuing education with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, & Mental Health Counseling, CE Broker Tracking # 20-563934 (CE Broker Provider #50-15823).  NBFE is recognized and endorsed by the American Mental Health Counselors Association.  NBFE is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program (Provider # 6189).

All webpages received an update on 11.19.23 

Time 11:48:34 PM EST 

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