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A Comprehensive Guide to Child Custody Evaluations: Mental Health and Legal Perspectives

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-387-71893-4
Verlag: Springer Us
Erscheinungstermin: 18.12.2007
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Mental health professionals are now frequently asked to offer opinions regarding child custody and visitation issues. In formulating a recommendation, the evaluator analyzes family dynamics and their effect on the child. This comprehensive guide provides brief summaries of the various legal issues, social science research, and assessment procedures involved in court-ordered evaluations of children and families. It also contains guidelines for performing child custody evaluations for the family courts, along with brief summaries of the related social science research and legal criteria. Coverage incorporates discussion of the laws and the specific issues, including sexual orientation, mental illness, substance abuse, violence and physical abuse. It also offers samples of child custody cases.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780387718934
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-387-71893-4
  • Verlag: Springer Us
  • Erscheinungstermin: 18.12.2007
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2008. Auflage 2007
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 1248 g
  • Seiten: 702
  • Format (B x H x T): 159 x 241 x 48 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

General Considerations.- The Search for Truth: Science and Pseudoscience in Child Custody Evaluations.- Roles and Ethical Issues in Custody Disputes.- Models and Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations.- Standards for Resolution of Custody Disputes.- General Legal and Professional Issues.- Communication Among Professionals.- The “Ultimate Issue” – Recommendations.- Social Science Research and Parenting Plans.- Developmental Needs of Children and Families.- Managing Parent/Child Contact in High-Conflict and Abusive Families.- Parenting Plans and~Interventions.- Ordering, Conducting, And Reviewing Evaluations.- Uses and Limitations of Psychological Tests.- Starting the Evaluation.- Collecting Information.- Writing the Report.- Reviewing Custody Evaluations.- Special Issues in Evaluating Children and Families.- Diversity in Family Structures.- Relocation.- Estrangement and Alienation.- Abduction and Parental Kidnapping.- Children with Disabilities.- Mental Illness in Parents.- Substance Abuse.- Domestic Violence.- Child Abuse and Neglect.- Child Sexual Abuse.