The book includes a sample of a current full-scale custody evaluation as written by Dr. Bricklin and Dr. Elliot. 189 pages, spiral bound. Please note, the book is "How to Structure and Write Custody Evaluation Reports", if you already own this, please choose the "without Book" option.

Authored by two of the country’s best known and most respected custody experts, Dr. Barry Bricklin and Dr. Gail Elliot, the course covers everything you need to know about structuring and writing a custody evaluation report, including the following:

• Clarifying the evaluator’s role

• What must be included in a comprehensive evaluation

• What the evaluator should do when he or she cannot secure the cooperation of all the critical participants

• Complex rules of confidentiality that apply in forensic evaluations

• Fee arrangements

• Determining who will receive a copy of the report

• Clarifying whether the person who seeks the services of the MHP has a legal right to permit the evaluation and can waive confidentiality for the involved children regardless of what is in a court order, since judges are often not aware that some things that are legal are not ethical.

• The complex issues that surround addressing the so-called “ultimate issue”

• Clarify the evaluator’s possible appearance in a courtroom setting

• Who should the evaluator communicate with prior to conducting the evaluation

• Making sure the critical legal criteria of custody dispute resolution are addressed

• Into which of the three major categories of purpose your evaluation will fit

• The one important section that if missing from your report, judges and attorneys will not pay attention to it

• Covering the nine essential goals of a comprehensive custody evaluation in your report

• Gathering information from multiple but independent sources

• Making sure that your observation scenarios are scientifically up to date

• Making sure the necessary observation scenarios are included, without which observations cannot be scientifically defended as comprehensive

• Focusing on the unique fit between a particular child and parent

• Dealing with the complex issues of relocation

• A fifteen category written evaluation format is recommended

INCLUDES A FULL CUSTODY REPORT WRITTEN BY DR. BRICKLIN AND DR. ELLIOT

SPIRAL-BOUND FORMAT – INCLUDES INFORMATION ON EVERY CUSTODY EVALUATION INSTRUMENT USED IN THE REPORT AND ARTICLES AND INFORMATION HELPFUL TO EVERY EVALUATOR – 188 PAGES

10 CE Credits

The Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators (PACE) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PACE maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Mental health professionals from every state and every mental health specialty have received continuing education credits for this homestudy course based on the specific internal criteria established by their governing bodies. Three and one-half (3.5) hours of continuing education shall be counted for ethics where an ethics requirement shall exist.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

This course is intended for practicing mental health professionals including: Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Marriage and Family Counselors, and Professional Counselors. THIS COURSE IS VALUABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO PERFORM OR PLAN TO PERFORM ASSESSMENTS ON CUSTODY RELATED ISSUES.

PACE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PACE maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Mental health professionals from every state and every mental health specialty have received continuing education credits for this homestudy course based on the specific internal criteria established by their governing bodies. Three and one-half (3.5) hours of continuing education shall be counted for ethics where an ethics requirement shall exist.