Book details

  • Genre:family & relationships
  • Sub-genre:Divorce & Separation
  • Language:English
  • Pages:92
  • Paperback ISBN:9798350991956

Family First Aid

Evaluations and Interventions for Families in Conflict

By Sharon Ryan Montgomery, PsyD, Marcy Pasternak, PhD and Amy Wechsler, Esq.

Overview

A resource manual for parents, lawyers, judges and mental health professionals working with families in conflict who require evaluation and interventions to reduce the impact of conflict on children.
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Description

This publication provides summaries of current types of evaluations, settlement-based approaches, and interventions that may be available in your community. For some of these processes, there are no set guidelines or rules with respect to the process or the qualifications for the persons who can conduct them; however, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts has developed guidelines for parenting plan evaluations in family law cases, guidelines for parenting coordination, guidelines for examining inter-partner violence, guidelines for child protection mediation, guidelines for court-involved therapy, guidelines for brief focused assessments, and model standards of practice for divorce and family mediation. With respect to the various types of evaluations, the authors encourage lawyers, judges and parents to consider the value of focusing on specific issues of concern and to explore and identify those professionals in their forensic mental health communities who are trained and experienced in the area to be examined and regarding the referral question to be answered.
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About The Author

Dr. Montgomery has been a clinical and forensic psychologist for over 35 years, performing evaluations, therapy, parenting coordination and mediation for families involved in the family law system. She has lectured extensively throughout New Jersey as well as nationally and internationally to judges, lawyers and mental health professionals.

Dr. Pasternak is a clinical and forensic psychologist who has been practicing for over 30 years. She conducts evaluations, parenting coordination, mediation, therapeutic mediation, therapy and intensive family interventions. She has lectured extensively throughout New Jersey, nationally and internationally to judges, lawyers and mental health professionals.

Ms. Wechsler is a New Jersey attorney, focusing her practice solely on family law matters for over 30 years, including representing clients in divorce and custody matters, parenting coordination, mediation, guardian ad litem, and collaborative family law. She has lectured extensively and conducted numerous trainings for legal, mental health and financial professionals, especially related to family law matters and alternate dispute resolution.


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