Participants in this training will be able to:
- Identify at least three differences between a clinical and forensic role.
- Identify statutes and caselaw relevant to child custody evaluations.
- Create a checklist of critical components of child custody evaluations.
- Evaluate the pros and cons of collecting various types of data for inclusion in the evaluative process.
- Identify at least four functional parenting skills and competencies to assess in child custody evaluations.
- Explain at least four considerations for interviewing children during child custody evaluations.
- Identify a method for screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) in all evaluation protocols.
- Describe the impact of IPV on adults, children, parenting, and coparenting.
- Identify at least four factors that could contribute to a child’s resistance or refusal to see a parent.
- Describe the continuum of parent-child contact problems.
- Describe the most current research regarding the effects of divorce on children.
- Identify various dimensions of gatekeeping.
- Identify three considerations when crafting parenting plans for young children.
- Describe how mental illness, including personality disorders, and substance misuse impact parenting.
- Identify factors to consider in developing appropriate parenting plans.
- Describe a concrete plan for modifying parenting plans.
- Create a specific recommendation to implement safe transitions.
- Describe how to apply the concept of cultural humility to child custody evaluations.
- Analyze cases and identify diversity considerations that are relevant to child custody evaluations.
- Describe the relevance of hypothesis testing.
- Describe three biases/heuristics that can influence decision-making.
- Identify factors to consider in deciding which tests to employ in child custody evaluations.
- Describe how to use hypotheses from psychological tests in child custody evaluations.
- Apply a decision-making model for relocation cases.
- Apply a risk and protection model when a family has a special needs child.
- Identify multiple hypotheses that may apply to a case that involves allegations of sexual abuse.
- Craft specific recommendations based on a court’s referral questions.
- Analyze and synthesize data to form opinions and relay those opinions to a court in a logical and sound manner.