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Legal Pix
A Pictorial Journey Through British Columbia's Criminal Justice System
Jutta Prem-Stein, M.A., S-LPŠ Speech-Language Pathologist, Kindale Developmental Association.
The LEGALPIX series will assist persons with special communication needs and their caregivers to understand how British Columbia's justice system operates.
This first completed publication contains material specific to the criminal justice system. Included are: a dictionary of 98 picsyms; a detailed educational curriculum; and, a brief guide to criminal justice system personnel for using legalpix to enhance communication.
Contents
The LEGALPIX project was developed to assist persons with special communication needs and their caregivers, to understand how British Columbia's justice system operates. The project is a joint effort of the Law Courts Education Society of British Columbia and Kindale Developmental Association, with the added support of Canadian Heritage, Women and Disabled Persons Participation Program.
LEGALPIX is useful to persons with physical and/or mental challenges, mental illness, brain injury, language learning difficulties, FAS/FAE, and English as a second language. The publication serves as a secondary resource to any entry-level educational program pertaining to law and specifically to the criminal justice system.
While the project deliberately addresses the justice system of British Columbia, some components are generic and adaptable to other jurisdictions. The completed first phase of the project has produced print materials specific to the criminal justice system. These include a dictionary of 98 legalpix, a detailed educational curriculum, and a brief guide to justice system personnel suggesting ways in which to use the legalpix to enhance communication with consumers.
Legalpix are line drawings representing concepts, people, places, and processes associated with the justice system, thus providing a specialized picsym vocabulary. As included in the publication, they are black and white, and 1" square. All 98 are also separately reproduced on card stock, 8" by 11".
They are suggested for use independently, or in combination, to enhance meaning. The legalpix are incorporated into the lesson plans and worksheets of the educational curriculum, which consists of nine lessons grouped into four units.
The curriculum was written for adult learners, using simple language and concrete examples. It was written for group learning, but could certainly be adapted to individual instruction.
Unit One introduces the concepts of rules, laws, rights, responsibilities, and fairness.
Unit Two provides an overview of the criminal justice system, the police, and the courts.
Unit Three details the arrest and criminal trial process, from the perspective of an accused person.
Unit Four provides summary, and introduces the process of Appeal.
EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM
9 step-by-step lesson plans worksheets 8" x 11" cards for classroom and large group settings.
PICTURE DICTIONARY 98
pictures provide a visual vocabulary representing concepts and components of the justice system.
PERSONAL COMMUNICATION how to use LEGALPIX to supplement your instructions and interactions how to incorporate LEGALPIX into your consumer's existing augmentative communication strategy.
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