TY - BOOK ID - 8062590 TI - Improving the quality of child custody evaluations : a systematic model AU - Tolle, Lauren Woodward. AU - O'Donohue, William T. PY - 2012 SN - 1489985530 1461434047 1461434041 9786613696649 146143405X 1280993855 1280786256 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Custody of children -- United States -- Evaluation. KW - Law -- Psychological aspects. KW - Social Sciences KW - Psychology KW - Custody of children KW - Evaluation. KW - Child custody KW - Children KW - Children, Custody of KW - Parental custody KW - Custody KW - Law and legislation KW - Psychology. KW - Social work. KW - Families. KW - Families KW - Law and Psychology. KW - Family. KW - Social Work. KW - Social aspects. KW - Divorce KW - Divorce mediation KW - Guardian and ward KW - Parent and child (Law) KW - Absentee fathers KW - Absentee mothers KW - Parental relocation (Child custody) KW - Visitation rights (Domestic relations) KW - Law KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Philanthropy KW - Relief stations (for the poor) KW - Social service agencies KW - Social welfare KW - Social work KW - Human services KW - Juridical psychology KW - Juristic psychology KW - Legal psychology KW - Psychology, Juridical KW - Psychology, Juristic KW - Psychology, Legal KW - Psychology, Applied KW - Therapeutic jurisprudence KW - Families—Social aspects. KW - Family KW - Family life KW - Family relationships KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Mental philosophy KW - Mind KW - Science, Mental KW - Human biology KW - Philosophy KW - Soul KW - Mental health KW - Social aspects KW - Social conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8062590 AB - Improving the Quality of Child Custody Evaluations A Systematic Model Lauren Woodward Tolle, Ph.D. and William O’Donohue, Ph.D. In the best interests of the child. This phrase has guided child custody evaluators for decades. But how do the professionals tasked with evaluation understand a child’s best interests? Can it be assumed that two evaluators will come to the same decision given the same case? What evidence-based methods are—or should be—involved? Improving the Quality of Child Custody Evaluations raises significant questions of accuracy, reliability, and validity in the way even the best-intentioned evaluations are conducted, and proposes standardized guidelines for correction. Identifying conceptual as well as empirical shortcomings in the evaluation process, the authors analyze the current state of custody evaluation protocols and the welter of laws surrounding the concept of the best interests of the child. An empirically-based framework, the Egregious/Promotive Factors Model, is presented as a reliable alternative, supported by rigorous assessment tools and backed by the results of a pilot study of the model among family court judges. Throughout, the book never loses sight of the optimum end result: a reliable foundation for children’s future well-being. Included in the coverage:  Current controversies in custody arrangements. Current controversies in custody guidelines. Review of the post-divorce child outcome literature. Evolution of the Egregious/Promotive Factors Model (EPFM). Assessing risk and positive factors in parenting. Preliminary support for the EPFM. ER -