Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations
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Beschreibung
"The Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations, Third Editionis written by one of the leaders in the field. it is as essentialto the subject of child custody as the stethoscope is to medicine.This edition, an update of a classic, is a must-read for everyonefrom the novice to the expert's expert." - Leslie M. Drozd, PhD,Editor, Journal of Child Custody
A practical and comprehensive guide for conducting child custodyevaluations.
Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations addresses the entirecustody evaluation process from beginning to end. This New ThirdEdition reflects the abundant recent research in this area,including new evaluating and testing findings and new ethicalguidelines from the APA. This edition also features fullyup-to-date coverage of important legal decisions affecting childcustody.
With many chapters completely revised and rewritten, the thirdEdition covers:
* Roles the mental health Practitioner can play and operate withinthe legal arena
* What encompasses a custody evaluation
* Ethical considerations and responsibilities involved in custodydisputes
* How to interview, make behavioral observations, and collectcollateral information
* Standards, applicability,and administration of tests
* Specialized child custody instruments such as theAckerman-Schoendorf Scales for Parent Evaluation of Custody(ASPECT)
* How divorce affect families
* Evaluating parents' behavior
* How to prepare for the courtroom process
* Maltreatment, including neglect, abuse, and domesticviolence
* Placement schedules
* How to write reports, draw conclusions, and render opinions
Each chapter ends with critical issues for the practitioner toconsider. The accessible reference format provides a quick reviewof relevant discussions in the text. In addition, this bookincludes convenient guides to relevant legal terms, documentsforms, APA guidelines, and codes of conduct. Based not only oncurrent research but also on the author's considerable experiencewith thousands of evaluations, Clinician's Guide to Child CustodyEvaluations is the definitive guide to this field for students andpractitioners.
Autor*in
Marc J. Ackerman
Themen in »Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations«
Assessment Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychology Forensic Psychology Forensische Psychologie Klinische Psychologie / Kinder u. Jugendliche Psychologie Psychologische Gutachten Psychology