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Custody Evaluations 101: Managing Value Disputes; Never Married Parents; & the Holiday/Vacation Schedule; Self-care, Safety & & Social Media

alt Course: Custody Evaluations 101: Managing Value Disputes; Never Married Parents; & the Holiday/Vacation Schedule; Self-care, Safety & & Social Media

alt Instructor: Lori A. Love, Ph.D. 

alt Approved for 5.0 Hours of CE Credit

alt Fulfills Requirements for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and Licensed Professional Counselors.

alt This course is designed for Full and Part-Time Private Practitioners, and Full and Part-Time Agency Employees

alt High Resolution Online Streaming Video

 

Lori Love

 

This course is number seven 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.

Course number 8 is in production for release in 2020.

Course Seven – Custody Evaluations 101: Managing Value Disputes; Never Married Parents; & the Holiday/Vacation Schedule; Self-care, Safety & & Social Media; 5.0 CE Hours

Participants will be introduced to how to manage disputes in opposing values including international travel, private education, religious education, tattoos and piercings. The presenter will demonstrate how these disputes impact the ultimate recommendations in the evaluator’s report.

The unique aspects of non-traditional families such as never married parents, and biological nonlegal parents will be addressed. Information regarding how to provide a Holiday/Vacation schedule will be provided. The critical components of clinicians’ self-care and professional ethics will be explained. Information regarding how social media impacts the evaluator’s role will be provided with regard to boundary violations, information that could create bias, political differences, and informed consent.

Course Goal and Objectives

  • Analyze differences in values between the parents and be able to apply this information to their reports.
  • Describe the unique qualities that exist when evaluating parents that have never been married.
  • Develop a Holiday/Vacation plan that is most appropriate for the family being evaluated.
  • Apply concepts of self-care and safety while conducting custody evaluations.
  • Describe how social media is integrated into the process and can impact the custody evaluation.

 

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CE Approval Information

This course fulfills 5.0 hours Continuing Education credit for licensed mental health professionals in most states.

  • The Steve Frankel Group, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. The Steve Frankel Group, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 5 hours of CE credit for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs.
  • The course outline or agenda for this training has been approved as corresponding to subject areas specified in California Rules of Court, rules 5.225(d)(1), 5.225(d)(2), 5.225(d)(8), 5.225(d)(15), 5.225(d)(17), 5.225(d)(19), and 5.225(d)(20). The views expressed in this training are those of the trainer and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the Judicial Council of California.
 

 

Your access to the course material extends for 1-year from the date of purchase. This includes after passing the post-test, so you may continue to review its contents.