Parenting evaluations for the court
Subtitle: care and protection matters
By: Lois Oberlander Condie and Doctor Franklin Perkins School.
Contributors: Perkins School, Lancaster, Mass.
Series: Perspectives in law & psychology ;; v. 18
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Forensic psychology -- United States; Evidence, Expert -- United States; Child abuse -- Evaluation; Child welfare -- Evaluation
Description: "The purpose of this book is to lay the foundation for solid conceptual and methodological approaches for mental health professionals in offering effective responses to legal standards and to the needs of individuals regarding care and protection issues. Although termination of parental rights cases are the predominant focus of the book, attention is also given to consultation and evaluations for service planning purposes, the impact of maltreatment on children, diagnostic and treatment planning, issues of family process, amenability to treatment, potential family reunification, and post-termination pre-adoption questions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-383) and index.