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Michael L. Alvarez, M.S., LMFT - Total: 1
Robin Deutsch, Ph.D., ABPP - Total: 3
Benjamin D. Garber. Ph.D. - Total: 6
Lori A. Love, Ph.D. - Total: 10
Lori A. Love, Ph.D. and Stephen Wagner, Esq. - Total: 0
Lori A. Love, Ph.D.; Sol Rappaport, Ph.D.; Sandra Mayberry, Esq.; Hon. Judge (ret.) Margo Lewis Hoy - Total: 1
Sol Rappaport, Ph.D., ABPP - Total: 1
Philip M. Stahl, Ph.D., ABPP - Total: 3
Matthew J. Sullivan, Ph.D. - Total: 1
Christy Wise, Psy.D. - Total: 4
Child Custody Evaluator Training Series
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This interdisciplinary training presented by Hon. Marjorie Slabach (ret.), Dr. Matthew Sullivan, and Sherrol Cassedy, JD will explore the characteristics of high conflict families and legal and mental health interventions where children are resisting contact with a parent. The program will also review the current literature and terminology used in these cases as well as take a look at how they present to attorneys, judges and mental health professionals and what each member of the team can do to help. The training will explore the spectrum of interventions for these families and best practices for legal and mental health professionals who work on these cases including the challenges of the Child’s voice, an interdisciplinary team approach and a discussion of lessons learned in working with these families by experts in the field.
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Instructor: Benjamin D. Garber, Ph.D.
Approved for 4 Hours of CE Credit
Fulfills Requirements for Psychologist, MFTs, LCSWs, and Licensed Professional Counselors.
This course is designed for Full and Part-Time Private Practitioners, and Full and Part-Time Agency Employees
High Resolution Online Streaming Video Format Available
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- Course: 2022 IPV Annual Update
- Instructors: Lori A. Love, Ph.D.
- Approved for 4 hours of CE Credits
- Fulfills License Requirements
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This is the fourth of eight 5-hour courses that comprise the 40-hours of comprehensive training to become a custody evaluator in California.
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This is the third of eight 5-hour courses that comprise the 40-hours of comprehensive training to become a custody evaluator in California.
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This is the second of eight 5-hour courses that comprise the 40-hours of comprehensive training to become a custody evaluator in California.
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This course is number six of eight total 5-hour courses totaling 40-hours of comprehensive custody training. The full catalog of courses is designed to provide participants with the knowledge to express legally compliant, ethical and comprehensive custody evaluations. All eight courses highlight controlling American Psychological standards of practice, AFCC guidelines, and California Rules of Court.
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This is the first of eight 5-hour courses that comprise the 40-hours of comprehensive training to become a custody evaluator in California.
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Course Description
Part 1 "The Impact of Divorce on Children: What Does the Research Actually Tell Us?"
Part 2 "Gatekeeping: A Part of Every Evaluation"
Part 3 "AA: Dealing with Allegations of Addictions (drug and internet/porn) and Alienation in Custody Disputes"
Part 4 "Hypothesis Testing/Report Writing and Cross-examination. Let's Practice: The Use of Technology and Doing Remote Evaluations"
The seminar is divided into four sections covering a wide range of topics related to conducting child custody evaluations.
The first section covers the impact of divorce on children. When custody evaluators make recommendations regarding parenting time it is critical that they understand what factors are likely to contribute to a child having a difficult adjustment to the divorce and a parenting schedule and what factors can reduce the likelihood of harm.
The second section will focus on Gatekeeping. Gatekeeping is increasingly becoming a critical aspect of all child custody evaluations. Given statutes regarding the need to address how parents support or do not support children’s relationship with their other parent, it is critical that this be assessed in all child custody evaluations. A model for the assessment of gatekeeping will be addressed.
The third section will cover “hot topics” in child custody evaluations including issues of addiction, such as alcohol and drug addiction. It will also cover issues regarding internet and pornography behavior and discuss how these are similar and different to substance use addictions. Another “hot topic” in child custody evaluations is regarding alienation. Professionals still debate on whether it is a syndrome or disorder as some professionals continue to support the belief it should be in the DSM. Others disagree. Up to date information on how various professionals formulate the concept of alienation will be discussed and why it should not be considered a disorder. A focus will be on defining terms and describing behavior rather than using labels.
The fourth section will cover the importance of hypothesis testing in child custody evaluations. Examples of how to use hypothesis testing will be presented as well as a discussion of how and when to document it. The importance of hypothesis testing will be addressed as a major component of every aspect of the child custody evaluation. This section will also cover report writing and how to include hypothesis testing in the child custody evaluation report. How to present the results of the evaluation in court will also be addressed. Finally, given the rapid change in the field of child custody evaluations due to COVID, the use of technology and its impact on child custody evaluations will be addressed.
Course Goal and Objectives
At the conclusion of this program:
- Participants will identify 5 main factors that impact children’s adjustment to divorce
- Participants will be able to define types of gatekeeping
- Participants will be able to describe a model for the assessment of gatekeeping
- Attendees will identify similarities and differences between substance use addictions and internet/porn addictions
- Participants will be able to describe the different formulations of alienation
- Attendees will be able to describe how to integrate hypothesis testing into their evaluations and reports
- Attendees will learn how to write an Integrative report
- Participants will be able to describe how to use technology in remote evaluations while providing protection to clients and the evaluation.
Your access to the course material extends for 3-years from the date of purchase. This includes after passing the post-test, so you may continue to review its contents.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Child Custody: Forensic Model, Social Science & Practical Application
A comprehensive overview and guide of how to approach the Intimate Partner Violence – Child Custody Case (IPV-CC) is presented. IPV is one of the complex and special issues that often confront custody evaluators. Professional guidelines (AFCC) call on evaluators to take a systematic approach to the complex problems in their implementation of forensic procedures for data collection, analysis, and offering expert opinions and recommendations. Forensic models and frameworks are described to assist in the systematic approach to IPV cases. Larger issues involved in child custody evaluations are discussed that pose challenges. Evaluators are encouraged to follow a mindful and outside thinking gestalt as they face dilemmas that require creativity in the implementation of their Forensic Trade Craft. Development of forensic IPV typologies are discussed. Advances in the development of IPV conceptualization have occurred in the context of family law-child custody. The Austin IPV models on IPV patterns and assessment of credibility are presented in the context of enhancing forensic investigation. The Austin & Drozd comprehensive forensic model is present as a social science-based framework to guide evaluators. The “Bench Book” version of the model for judges is discussed, including a rating checklist for considering the evaluator’s custody report. Principles of violence risk assessment are part of the integrated framework. The problem of IPV victims’ failure to disclose abuse is addressed. The quandary of conducting a parental gatekeeping analysis in IPV-CC cases is discussed with a description of the Austin et al forensic gatekeeping model. The need to modify the gatekeeping analysis for the IPV context is discussed. Inadequate and superficial IPV assessment is identified as a widespread problem that gave rise to creating the AFCC Guidelines. The severe form of IPV, Coercive Control, Intrusive-Authoritarian IPV (CCIA) is described along with coercive coparenting that often follows separation. Guidelines strongly suggest screening for IPV in every child custody evaluation. The Worst Case Scenario (WCS) issue is discussed with the “red flag” analysis that comes from the targeted violence literature. Implications of the IPV assessment for creating parenting plans and managing coercive coparenting is discussed. Case vignettes will be intermixed. Considering the implications of considering past IPV in Relocation cases will be discussed in the context of Austin’s relocation risk assessment model.
Course Goal and Objectives
At the conclusion of this program:
- Describe Alternative Forensic Frameworks that take a systematic approach to investigating & assessing IPV in a custody dispute.
- Discuss the Complexities for assessing Credibility of IPV allegations
- Analyze the issues in considering IPV in making parenting plan recommendations.
- Identify the dynamics of coercive coparenting and its relevance for developing parenting plans.
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Your access to the course material extends for 3-years from the date of purchase. This includes after passing the post-test, so you may continue to review its contents.
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- Course: 2022 CCE Annual Update
- Instructors: Philip M. Stahl, Ph.D., ABPP
- Approved for 8 hours of CE Credits
- Fulfills License Requirements
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