Skip to main content

Your access to the course material extends for 1-year from the date of purchase.

2025 Annual IPV Update

altHosted by: Lori A. Love, Ph.D.

altInstructor: Weston Lange, PsyD, LCSW

alt Approved for 4.0 Hours of CE Credit

altFulfills License Requirements

Love, Lange

 

Program Description:

Child custody evaluations become significantly more complex when intimate partner violence (IPV) is alleged, suspected, or confirmed. Evaluators must balance safety concerns, objectivity, and comprehensive assessment while navigating conflicting information in a highly charged legal and social environment. The stakes are high, as outcomes directly affect the safety and development of children and the well-being of families.

This 2025 IPV annual update training provides evaluators with a framework for understanding IPV within custody disputes. Participants will explore theories of power dynamics in intimate relationships, examine supporting social science research, and review how IPV is addressed in legal contexts. The course also highlights the role of cultural constructions of gender identity, roles, and privilege in shaping evaluations. Emphasis is placed on practical application. Participants will learn strategies for case management, data collection, analysis of diverse information, and the creation of parenting plans centered on safety. By course end, evaluators will gain deeper understanding, improved confidence, and an expanded skillset for addressing IPV in custody evaluations.

Applicable California Rules of Court, rule 5.225 .

This training was sponsored by OurFamilyWizard - an app for peaceful co-parenting.

Looking for the 2025 Annual CCE Update? Find it Here

Or Bundle and Save >

Goals & Objectives:

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

  1. Connect theoretical frameworks regarding power dynamics in intimate relationships with typical types of IPV
  2. Explain three (3) different ways gender identity can play a role in IPV
  3. Analyze three (3) recent developments in how IPV is to be conceptualized and assessed by evaluators
  4. Prepare three (3) data collection methods to detect and assess the severity of risk factors associated with IPV and coercive control
  5. Compile a plan of action to evaluate IPV including data collection methods, information analysis, and developing parenting plans that focus on safety
  6. Apply the latest laws and standards regarding IPV to evaluations

Registration Information

View and Enroll in the 2025 Annual IPV Update on portal.sfrankelgroup.com

Our Annual Updates are now hosted at our Learning Portal site: portal.sfrankelgroup.com

Visit the Annual Update Hub

Have questions about this change? Learn more about the transition here >

Please note that our Learning Portal site and this site (our Classic site) use different login accounts, though both sites are run by the same staff at the Steve Frankel Group. 

This move helps us ensure the quality and integrity of your learning experience by complying with JCC, APA and other regulations.
  $179.00

 

CE Approval Information

  • The Steve Frankel Group, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. This course is also approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) for its licentiates' CE license renewal requirements.
  • The Steve Frankel Group, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 4.0 hours of CE credit for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs.
  • The course outline or agenda for Child Custody training have been approved as corresponding to subject areas specified in California Rules of Court, rules 5.225 and 5.230, et. seq. The views expressed in these trainings are those of the trainers and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the Judicial Council of California.

cce, annual update, ipv, love, lange, cce-214, 2025