General Competency Restoration Games and Activities

Abstract This appendix of competency restoration materials includes resources that are likely applicable to defendants undergoing competency restoration broadly, in one-on-one or group-based intervention sessions. This includes simplified visual aids such as a courtroom illustration and courtroom scene activity. It also includes legal-themed word games, including word searches, and word scrambles. Nontraditional use of flashcard activities, competency restoration BINGO, and competency restoration board games are included as illustrations of more creative interventions that can be used in groups. Competency vignettes to spur discussion of hypothetical cases in groups and a mock trial activity for use with groups of various sizes are also included as more interactive activities. The reader is encouraged to modify and add to these tools as needed to meet the needs of the defendants with whom they work.