

Stanford specializes in Juvenile Forensic Speech-Language Pathology and the Impact and Confluence of cognitive-communicative disorders on academic success, criminal thinking and behavior, and criminal recidivism in at-risk minority youth. Sedlak is a member of the American Psychological Association Division 40, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, and the North Carolina Psychological Association.Īdditional InfoDr. Previous work includes competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, mitigation, psychosexual, and risk assessment. She also has specialty training in forensic psychology, including assessments for adult and juvenile criminal and civil cases. Sedlak specializes in providing neuropsychological assessment services to diverse patient populations presenting with various psychological and medical conditions. She also completed an APA-accredited neuropsychology internship with the Centerstone Consortium, and subsequently completed a two-year neuropsychology post-doctoral fellowship in a private practice setting in Lakeland, Florida. She completed her doctorate in Clinical Forensic Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Samantha Sedlak is a clinical neuropsychologist with experience across the lifespan. James consults on cases state-wide.Īdditional InfoDr. Other areas of expertise include parenting capacity evaluations and reviews thereof, and custody evaluations. James also is an expert at threat assessment, most specifically school threat assessment, and provides expert consultation and trial preparation or threat assessments in federal cases as well as juvenile cases. She aids in assisting attorneys in preparation for direct and cross examination of child forensic interviewers and other mental health expert witnesses. James reviews the forensic interviews and compares them to published practice guidelines. James also provides trial consultation on cases involving child abuse allegations and child forensic interviewing and has done so nationally. James, as a military veteran, has special expertise in the assessment of active duty and veteran populations charged with serious crimes. These evaluations include mitigation, mental state at the time (diminished capacity, insanity), and sex-offender recidivism for juveniles and adults. James is experienced in completing evaluations in capital and non-capital murder cases.

James also provides services in civil litigation. James provides expert forensic evaluations, case consultation, subject matter expert testimony, and work product review for juvenile dependency, state criminal, and federal criminal cases.
