Expert Witness No.1616

Background

Expert 1616 was a keynote speaker at the National Schools Response Conference (NSRC, Washington, D.C.), November 18-19, 2010.

Federal Appointment:  Expert 1616 is on the Faculty of the United States Courts Office of Defender Services Training Branch.

Expert 1616 is a member on the Panel of Experts of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Expert 1616 holds the State of California License: Pupil Counseling, Grades K through 12.

Expert 1616 is a Professor of Mental Health Law; Forensic Psychology; and Lifespan Development at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Expert 1616 served as Director of Child Welfare and Attendance for the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, and as Director of the Norwalk Superior Court’s Truancy Court.

Expert 1616 served as a member of the Los Angeles County Interagency Council Against Child Abuse and Neglect (I.C.A.N.), and specifically on its Child Death Review Committee at the Los Angeles County Morgue.

Expert 1616 conducted research and taught at the MacLaren’s Children Center for abused, neglected and abandoned children, as part of his Master’s Degree work at USC.

Expert 1616, through the Los Angeles County Office of Education, was a Consultant-Trainer on “Child Abuse Mandated Reporting Requirements”, and trained the county’s 81 school districts with mandated-reporter training materials provided by the California Attorney General.

Expert 1616 founded and is editor of a public service internet website for child abuse reporting.

Expert 1616 was the keynote speaker at the annual St. Mary’s Medical Center’s Child Abuse Conference, held in Walla Walla, Washington, 2007.

Expert 1616 conducted research and interviews of children incarcerated in California state youth prisons whose backgrounds included being victims of child abuse.

Case, Expert 1616, as one of the California State Legislature-appointed Professional Team Leaders, went into public schools to ensure school administrator-compliance with the stipulations and terms (re school safety) of the massive and historic class action litigation affecting all schools in the state’s 58 counties.

Expert 1616 served on the Norwalk/Downey/Paramount Multi-Agency Task Consortium Against Gangs.

Expert 1616 is a 2009 graduate of the Los Angeles Police Department’s “Community Policing Academy,” and was one of the valedictorians.

Expert 1616, as an invited keynote speaker, addressed the audience and media at the Columbine High School memorial ceremony in honor of the slain student and teacher victims.

During his four-year in-person/in-prison research on children who killed, Expert 1616 coined the term “adolescentcide” (the phenomenon of children killing children) used by the media following the Columbine High School and other campus tragedies.

Expert 1616 is a member of the California State Sheriff’s Education Association.

Expert 1616, for a number of years, taught the law course, Administration of Justice: Juvenile Delinquency and Legal Procedures, at the El Camino Police Academy.

Expert 1616 is the author of the copyrighted “Homicidally-at-Risk Adolescent Profile,” or H.A.R.A.P., instrument used, in a Case, by the Law Office of the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender.

As a Mandatory Certified Legal Education (MCLE) Trainer, Expert 1616 conducts accredited seminars for lawyers.

Memberships

• American Society of Trial Consultants.
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice.
• National Lawyers Guild.
• Los Angeles County Bar Association.

A Partial List of Cases, Including Child Abuse, for Which Expert 1616 Was Designated Court Expert

Civil

Available Upon Request

Federal

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State

(Child Welfare Issues Hazardous to the Public)

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Professional Experience

Professor, School of Professional Psychology. Mental Health Law; Forensic Psychology; Life Span Development; and Professional Development. Doctoral (Psy.D. and Ph.D.) students qualifying for state licensure. August 31, 2009 to Present.

Nationwide Book and Media Tour

Teacher, Juvenile Court School, operated by the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Taught high school-level subjects, per State Department of Education curriculum frameworks. Counseled gang members and other incarcerated juveniles on court etiquette, legal language, probation behavioral standards, administration of justice and juvenile delinquency; goals/visions/values; and legal, personal and social responsibility. Served as Los Angeles County’s “Dollars for Scholars” board member and fundraiser for scholarship awards to juvenile wards desiring to improve their lives. Served as the Los Angeles County Office of Education and Los Angeles County Probation Department liaison for the LEAPS (Life Excellerator Assessment of Personal Skills) Facilities-Wide Behavior Management Program. Served as vice chairperson of the Los Padrinos Shared Decision Making Council. Served as academic coach in the annual “Academic Bowl” fete. October 2005 to present.

While studying for CLAD (Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development) certification, and in a nod toward linguist Jim Cummins’ “cognitive academic language proficiency” theory of academic success, I coined the phrase, “symptomatically-compromised academic language deficiency” (SCALD), and wrote a paper describing this linguistic phenomenon and cause of school failure among LEP (Limited English Proficient) street gang members. Symptomatically-compromised language deficiency results from everything that is dysfunctional, unhealthy, and legally-encroaching in their lives: e.g., family members incarcerated, witnessing or engaging in violent gang acts, illegal drug use.

Gang Consultant and Media Expert, for the made-for-television documentary, “Homegirls,” produced by Luis Colina and Father Gregory Boyle (The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and founder of “Homeboy Ministries.” Ongoing/in-progress.

Instructor, Master’s Degree Program, the University. Courses: Child and Adolescent Development and Teacher-training courses. July 2003 to Present.

Instructor, Police Sciences Curriculum, Police Academy, Torrance, CA. Course: Administration of Justice: Juvenile Delinquency and Legal Procedures. February 2002 to Present.

Director, Pupil Personnel Services, Unified School District
(24,000 students – 31 schools.) and Director, Student Attendance Review Board (S.A.R.B.) No. 21, at the Norwalk Superior Court. Prosecuted, for the L.A. County District Attorney, parents and children in violation of school attendance laws. Designed and co-conducted, with Sheriff Dept., “Stop-Crimes-on-Campus” programs: Drug-Dog Sniffing Program; Juvenile Citation-into-Court Program (for gang activity, graffiti-tagging, vandalism, fighting, alcohol possession, profanity, drug possession and use); and specialized gang diversion programs such as G.R.I.P., “Gang Reduction Intervention Program” and the “Gang Awareness Project” (G.A.P.), both of which were coordinated with local law enforcement. July 1999 – July 2000.

Consultant, Public School Law, L.A. County Office of Education. Advisor to 81 school districts on L. A. County, state laws pertaining to child welfare and school attendance, student violence, suspensions and expulsions, gang activity/violence and parents’ roles and responsibilities. Conducted countywide trainings each quarter on “Child Abuse Mandated Reporting: It’s Your Job!”, using mandated reporting guidelines and materials provided me by the California Attorney General. At request of retired Supervisor Deane Dana, I helped to write the L.A. County” Anti-Truancy Ordinance, No 96-0009,” a public law. September 1996 – June 1999.

Consultant, GAIN (Greater Avenues for Independence) Welfare-to-Work Program, L.A. County Office of Education. Supervised four Job Developers and 80 Job Search Specialists in the development of employer requirements, employment preparation, job market surveying, personal skills inventorying, job readiness, and personal responsibility courses; case follow-up and evaluation. September 1995 – September 1996.

Producer, Educational Television. Los Angeles County Office of Education. Produced focused programs: gang awareness and education; interviews with the State of CA Superintendent of Schools; curriculum series involving Institutes of Higher Education (IHE’s): USC, Claremont Graduate University, and UCLA; and a widely-acclaimed special program I conceived, produced and hosted following the 1992 Los Angeles riot: “Let’s Not Experience it Again.” January 1991 to September 1995.

Education

Expert 1616 earned his Ph.D. degree (focus: Curriculum) from the Claremont Graduate University and received the Phi Delta Kappa (Mt. Baldy Chapter) "Best Dissertation of the Year" award for his pioneering study of a spectrum of children—including gang members—incarcerated in state prisons for murder and homicide. His 4-year in-person/in-prison research of 103 girls and boys was the subject of his doctoral dissertation. (1993 – 1997.)

The University of Southern California, Teacher Corps Cycle VII. Two-year graduate studies program focused on Troubled Youth/Gangs. Studies included classes and programs at the Delinquency Prevention Institute. Los Angeles, CA. Master of Science in Education (MSEd) Degree: 1972-1974.

California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. B.A. Degree: 1965 -1972.

Proprietary Publications and Involvement with Others

Available Upon Request

Honors, Professional Associations and Activities

• “Certificate of Recognition” from the California State Legislature, for book.
• Letter of gratitude and congratulations from President George W. Bush for book.
• The Neil Matsumora Scholarship, University of Southern California
• The Phi Delta Kappa, Mt. Baldy Chapter, “Best (Doctoral) Dissertation of the Year” Award for four-year in-prison/in-person research on children who killed.
• President-Elect of the California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance (CASCWA)
• Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)
• The California Teachers Association (CTA)
• Member of the American Society of Trial Consultants
• Member of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• Associate Member of the American Bar Association

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