Conducting Child Custody Evaluations

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Philip M. Stahl - Forensic Programs, Steve Frankel Group, LLC

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Family Studies

280 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This important contribution to understanding the whole process of conducting child custody evaluation, based on the author's extensive experience, examines in detail the complex questions and issues involved.

The many topics addressed include: interviewing parents and children; testifying in court; writing custody evaluations; assessing the capacity to parent; assessing the attachment of children to their parents; planning custody and parental access; children's adjustment to divorce; domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse; mental illness; parental alienation; and on-going evaluation.

Introduction

The Mental Health Expert's Many Possible Roles

Fundamental Questions in Most Custody Evaluations

The Children and Their Needs - A Developmental Perspective

Conducting the Evaluation - Part I: Observations and Techniques with Adults

Conducting the Evaluation - Part II: Observations and Techniques with Children

Sharing the Results of the Evaluation - The Evaluation Report

Complex Issues

Professional Issues

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Philip M. Stahl

Philip Stahl, PhD, ABPP (Forensic), is a psychologist in private practice that conducts child custody evaluations and provides expert witness testimony. He is a provider of continuing education for psychologists and other mental health providers, and attorneys and Family Law Specialists in California. He has conducted trainings throughout the United States and internationally for child custody evaluators and others working with high-conflict families of divorce. He has presented workshops for judges throughout the country and is on the faculty of National Judicial College and is a frequent presenter at programs of the National Council of... More About Author