VDAP Responsemap
VDAP may refer to: *Vermont Defendant Accommodation Project, a case study aimed at identifying the needs of mentally retarded criminal defendants *Volcano Disaster Assistance Program The Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the United States Agency for International Development's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance after the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia) in 1 ...

Vermont Defendant Accommodation Project
The Vermont Defendant Accommodation Project ("VDAP") was a two-year case study conducted by Philip J. Kinsler, Anna Saxman, and Daniel B. Fishman aimed at identifying, assessing, and accommodating the special needs of mentally retarded criminal defendants. Background The VDAP was originally conducted to understand the difficulty mentally retarded criminal defendants have navigating the criminal justice system. During the study, however, the authors found that mentally retarded criminal defendants often suffered from a combination of disorders, such as: *mental illness *substance abuse *homelessness *a history of physical and/or sexual abuse *a history of foster home placement *difficulty in school related to learning disorders *assignment to special education programs, and/or school dropout *a history of relatively minor criminal behaviors."Vermont Defendant Accommodation Project", ''Psychology, Public Policy, and Law'', Vol. 10, No. 1/2, 134-35 (2004). The VDAP authors labeled ...
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