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SECTION ONE: General Forensic Information
Who can conduct child custody evaluations and what is a custody evaluation?
A discussion concerning the mental health professionals who can conduct custody evaluations and an in-depth look at the “inside workings” of a custody evaluation.
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Who Can Use Psychological Tests?
A brief explanation of psychological tests, the standards which apply to them, and those who can legally administer them.
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The Need to Maintain Test Security
The ethical and legal codes that apply to the administration of psychological tests and the need to maintain the privacy of the results.
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Custody Evaluation Practices: A Survey of Experienced Professionals (Revisited)
An article exploring issues relating to child custody evaluations, expanding on a study done in 1986 by W.G. Keilin and L.J. Bloom.
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Data-Based Tests in Custody Evaluations
How data-based tests that measure a child’s “unconscious” perceptions of each parent can circumvent obstacles that custody evaluators face while gathering useful data in evaluations.
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Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations in Family Law Proceedings
Family law proceedings encompass a broad range of issues, including custody, maintenance, support, valuation, visitation, relocation, and termination of parental rights. The following guidelines address what are commonly termed "child custody" evaluations, involving disputes over decision-making, caretaking, and access in the wake of marital or other relationship dissolution.
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What you should know about the Frye standard, the federal rules of evidence, and the Daubert criteria when you go to court. The admissibility of expert testimony, including testimony on science, by mental health professionals.
Any mental health professional who testifies in court will find helpful pointers in this paper. But it is also important that you, the mental health professional, request that your attorney read it. Many of the action steps required to make your testimony more effective will need to be initiated by your attorney.
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SECTION TWO: Specific Information About Child Custody Tests And Instruments
The Scientific Basis of Child Custody Decisions
A summary and discussion of many of the custody evaluation tests utilized by PACE members and other mental health professionals involved custody evaluations, including ACCESS, BPS, PORT, PASS, APSIP, and PPCP.
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The Perception of Relationships Test (PORT) and Bricklin Perceptual Scales (BPS), 1961-2002: Current and New Empirical Data on 3,880 Cases
An in-depth discussion which describes a 7-year project offering evidence-to-conclusion chains for both the BPS and PORT tests, which measure information about the comfort and efficiency with which a child and his or her caretakers exchange a wide variety of information within multiple family contexts.
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Can Child Custody Data Be Generated Scientifically? Part I
An article responding to the challenge of whether it is not only practically but even theoretically possible to create child custody data scientifically.
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Perception-of-Relationships Test and Bricklin Perceptual Scales: Validity and Reliability Issues –
Part II
Continues the exploration of scientifically gathered child custody data, addressing specifically the desirability to distinguish errors of measurement from true changes in measured variables.
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Updated Normative, Reliability and Validity Data
The very latest information on BPS, PORT, PASS, PPCP, APSIP, and DI tests, including important clarifications and instructions on the proper use of the aforementioned instruments.
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BPS Computer Scoring Profile
A 7-page manual explaining how to interpret the data collected by the BPS Computer Scoring Profile, featuring charts, graphs, and illustrations. [CLICK HERE TO READ and/or DOWNLOAD]
PORT Computer Scoring Profile
A 6-page manual explaining how to interpret the data collected by the PORT Computer Scoring Profile, featuring charts, graphs, and illustrations.
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DI Computer Scoring Profile
A 14-page manual explaining how to interpret the data collected by the BPS Computer Scoring Profile, featuring charts, graphs, and illustrations. [CLICK HERE TO READ and/or DOWNLOAD]
SECTION THREE: Information about Village Publishing
SECTION FOUR: Information about PACE
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Since 1991 PACE has been recognized as a national professional organization that certifies qualified mental health professionals (and as of June 1, 2010, Licensed Attorneys) to practice the specialties of Custody Evaluator and/or Parenting Coordinator. These individuals are certified to practice at the independent practice level and hold the following credentials:
Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™ (NCPC)
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Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™ (NCCE)
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APPLICATIONS and INFORMATION
If you are a Mental Health Professional
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If you are a Licensed Attorney
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The Custody Newsletter
Information about all facets of child custody issues written by leading Custody Evaluators from around the country.
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HOW TO CONDUCT
A COMPREHENSIVE CUSTODY EVALUATION
A Totally Integrated Start-to-Finish 2 Day Training,
Guiding the Evaluator From the Very First Contacts With Attorneys or Parents Right on Through to a Possible Courtroom Presentation
October 22 & 23, 2010 ~ Valley Forge, PA
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Parenting Coordination:
Working With High Conflict Litigating Parents to Forge
A Successful Long-term Adjustment and Adherence to
Their Court Ordered Parenting Plans
November 12 & 13, 2010 ~ Valley Forge, PA
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