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Title

Clinician's guide to child custody evaluations / Marc J. Ackerman.

Author

Ackerman, Marc J.

Publication

New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1995.

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Details

Description

xii, 315 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• No one suffers more or has more to lose from a divorce than the children involved. In helping to minimize the potential damage to these young victims, there is no more crucial issue than the awarding of custody. Fortunately, it is now common practice for courts and attorneys to enlist the aid of psychologists to perform expert evaluations of the custody arrangement which would be in the best interest of the child. With many marriages now ending in divorce, the demand for professionals capable of performing this difficult, yet rewarding, service is greater than ever. More and more mental health professionals are entering this branch of forensic psychology, yet to date, there are but a scant few books expressly designed to quickly and thoroughly educate professionals in the full range of skills they need to perform this vitally important service.
• Comprehensive, authoritative, and very practical, this guide does just that. From getting started in the field, to selecting and administering tests, to conducting interviews and drawing conclusions, to reporting findings and testifying in court, it provides professionals with detailed clinical guidelines for performing evaluations while schooling them in all the legal, ethical, and practical aspects of serving as expert witnesses, mediators, or court appointed psychologists in custody cases.

Subject

• Custody of children > United States
• Custody of children > Psychological aspects
• Children of divorced parents > Psychology
• Forensic psychology
• Child Custody
• Parent-Child Relations
• Divorce

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-303) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Psychologist's responsibilities -- How divorce affects families -- Interviews, behavioral observations, and collateral information -- Psychological testing -- Ackerman-Schoendorf Scales for Parent Evaluation of Custody (ASPECT) -- Guidelines for evaluating parents' behavior -- Abuse allegations -- Reporting the results -- Surviving your day in court.

ISBN

0471052523 (cloth)

LCCN

^^^94014859^

OCLC

30155144

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library