Evaluation for Child Custody
20 hours | 20 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Evaluation for Child Custody is presented by David A. Martindale, PhD, ABPP. This badge-earning program can be shared digitally on platforms like LinkedIn or your resume and counts towards a certificate. Enroll in this program to earn credit towards Child Custody Evaluation Certificate and share your new digital credentials with prospective employers and colleagues.
This program provides an introduction to and an overview of custody and parenting evaluations and addresses advanced topics, including relocation requests, allegations of intimate partner violence, child sexual abuse, and alienation.
Participants learn how to manage pre-evaluation contacts with attorneys, litigants effectively, and the court, develop a detailed statement of understanding, and conduct forensic interviews of adults and children. Report writing, testimony, and risk management procedures are also addressed.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe how to effectively manage pre-evaluation contacts with attorneys, litigants, and the court
Describe how to develop a detailed statement of understanding
Describe how to conduct forensic interviews of adults and children
Describe evaluations that involve relocation requests
Describe the importance of record keeping and report writing procedures
Describe testimony procedures
Describe the importance of record keeping
Describe the factors to consider in selecting assessment instruments
Describe the goals of psychological testing
Describe risk management procedures
Presented By
David A. Martindale, PhD, ABPP
David A. Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP (forensic) limits his practice to consulting with psychologists, attorneys, and state regulatory boards. He regularly lectures on issues pertaining to evaluations of comparative custodial suitability, served on the AFCC Child Custody Consulting Task Force, and was th...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. Remember the Old Stuff
3. Record Keeping
4. Getting Off to a Clean Start
5. The Evaluative Process
6. Factors to Consider in Selecting Assessment Instruments
7. Interpreting, Reporting, and Releasing Assessment Data
8. Maximizing the Usefulness of Collateral Source Information
9. Report Writing
10. Advanced Topics
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CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.