Child Custody: Assessment of Family Custody Issues Using Mental Health Evaluations

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Child Custody: Assessment of Family Custody Issues Using Mental Health Evaluations

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Description

This course provides an overview on conducting mental health evaluations in child custody disputes. Specifically, it presents (a) a description of custody-related mental health evaluations, (b) ethical considerations involved in the evaluation process, (c) recommendations for conducting mental health evaluations, and (d) a format for the written report.

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Format: Asynchronous, reading-based distance learning. Non-interactive.

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Course Details

Credits
1
Course Format
Reading-based, asynchronous, distance-learning, non-interactive.
Target Audience
Psychologists, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Addiction Counselors, Nurses
CE Credit Type / Category
Clinical
Course Level
Intermediate
Conflict of Interest
None reported
Publication Date
December 27, 2013
Last Modified
December 27, 2013
Exclusions

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the elements of a custody-related mental health evaluation;
  • Discuss the ethical considerations involved in the evaluation process; and
  • Explain how to prepare a written child custody report.

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American Psychological Association (APA)

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Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

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It is At Health’s understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social work in Arkansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

It is At Health’s understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, master’s level psychologists, licensed clinical psychotherapists, and alcohol and other drug abuse counselors in Kansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

It is At Health’s understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for mental health practice and for social work in Nebraska. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

It is At Health’s understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for psychologists, pastoral psychotherapists, clinical social workers, clinical mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and alcohol and drug abuse counselors in New Hampshire. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

It is At Health’s understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists in Tennessee. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.

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Syllabus 7 lessons

  1. 🖹 [B4502-B04] Part 1: Introduction
  2. 🖹 [B4502-B04] Part 2: Mental Health Evaluations in Child Custody Disputes
  3. 🖹 [B4502-B04] Part 3: Ethical Considerations
  4. 🖹 [B4502-B04] Part 4: The Mental Health Evaluation Process
  5. 🖹 [B4502-B04] Part 5: The Written Report Format
  6. 🖹 [B4502-B04] Part 6: Conclusions
  7. 🖹 [B4502-B04] Part 7: References

Author Bio

Samir H. Patel, MA
Karyn Dayle Jones, PhD

Samir Patel, MA, and Karyn Dayle Jones, PhD, are affiliated with the Counselor Education Program, Department of Child, Family & Community Sciences, University of Central Florida.

Instructors

Samir H. Patel, MA

Karyn Dayle Jones, PhD

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