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 Legal
Writing Fellow Hillary Wandler Presents Poster at AALS
Conference
Posted February 3, 2010
Legal Writing Fellow Hillary
Wandler's poster presentation entitled "Culturally-Appropriate
Assessment of PTSD in Native American Veterans" was
selected for display by the Association of American Law Schools
Section on Disability Law at the AALS Annual Meeting in New
Orleans in January.
Since 2005, the AALS Annual Meeting has featured a Poster
Project in which interested individuals may submit a poster
showcasing empirical research. Posters are intended to provide
authors an opportunity to present in clear and succinct fashion
the thesis and conclusion of their research or to describe
teaching innovations outside formal program presentations.
Wandler's research is exploring the extent to which the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs is implementing
culturally-appropriate clinical assessment procedures to
assess the severity of post-traumatic stress disorder in
Native American Veterans for purposes of service-connected
disability compensation. Without system-wide implementation
of culturally-appropriate assessment procedures, Native American
Veterans are likely receiving inaccurate disability ratings,
and thus inappropriate disability compensation. To read the
full abstract, visit http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1468012.
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