Given the expertise of CCPS in areas of clinical, school and developmental psychology, we have garnered a tremendous amount of attention in the legal field where our clinicians assist with both private parties, law firms, and the courts, directly. The key to CCPS’ quality and reputation is our ability to provide standardized assessments along with utilizing data from legal sources, speaking with multiple parties involved, and using critical clinical skills, to guide and inform. Our director, Dr. Sanam Hafeez, has been on the esteemed NYC court-appointed panel of psychologists, since 2009, and continues to perform many cases for the disenfranchised, often pro-bono.
Some of the areas where CCPS may be able to help, using forensic science and legal knowledge, are:
- Special Education Advocacy
- Catastrophic Injury
- Personal Injury
- Immigration cases (hardship, waiver of N-648 medical certification of disability exceptions)
- Child Custody, visitation, and child abuse cases
- Guardianship for children and incapacitated adults
- Fitness of Duty Psychological
- Competency to stand trial (cognitive, personality and psychiatric assessment), ‘insanity defense’, and malingering