Full Description
Evidence-Informed Interventions for Court-Involved Families provides a critical, research-informed analysis of the core factors to consider when developing child-centered approaches to therapy and other family interventions, both in formal treatment settings and in promoting healthy engagement with the other systems and activities critical to children's daily lives.
Addressing common problems, obstacles, and the backdrop of support needed from other professionals or the court, an international team of experts provide chapters covering a variety of service models and drawing on a wealth of relevant research on the legal context, central issues for treatment and other services, and specialized issues such as trauma, family violence, parent-child contact problems, and children with special needs. Offering extensive practical guidance for applying research, understanding its limitations, and matching service plans to families' needs, this book will be an essential resource for all mental health professionals evaluating or providing services to these families, and to the lawyers and judges seeking a better understanding of what works.
Contents
Part A - Integrating What We Know: Coping, Adjustment, and the Legal Context
Chapter 1: Shifting Our Perspective - Focusing on Coping and Adjustment
Lyn R. Greenberg
Chapter 2: The Role of the Courts in Supporting Therapeutic Interventions
Nicholas Bala and Hon. Marjorie A. Slabach
Part B - Therapeutic Approaches and Strategies
Chapter 3: Specialized Child and Family Interventions
Jay Lebow
Chapter 4: Matching Parent Education Programs to Family Treatment Needs
John A. Moran, David Weinstock, and Kolette Butler
Chapter 5: Parenting Coordination: Structures and Possibilities
Barbara J. Fidler and Lyn R. Greenberg
Chapter 6: The Power of Group Dynamics: Strategies for Supporting Children and Adolescents in Groups Post Separation and Divorce
Jeff Mintz, Michael Saini, and Shely Polak
Chapter 7: Understanding and Using Activities
David R. Austin and Lyn R. Greenberg
Part C - Special Issues in Intervention with Children and Families
Chapter 8: Early intervention with Resistance Refusal Dynamics and Hybrid Cases
Lyn R. Greenberg, Hon. Robert Schnider (Ret.), and Julie Jackson
Chapter 9: "How am I supposed to treat these cases?" Working with families struggling with entrenched parent-child contact problems: A hybrid case.
Barbara Fidler, Robin Deutsch, and Shely Polak
Chapter 10: Trauma and Child Custody Disputes: Screening, Assessment, and Interventions
Leslie Drozd, Michael Saini, and Kristina Vellucci-Cook
Chapter 11: Bringing the Previously Absent Father into the Family
Kyle D. Pruett., Marsha Kline-Pruett, and Robin Deutsch
Chapter 12 - Treating Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence within the Context of Child Custody Disputes
Michael Saini, Elisa Romano, Kelly Weegar, Sarah Zak , and Elena Gallitto
Chapter 13 - The Special Needs Child After Separation or Divorce: Involving Both Parents in Treatment and Intervention Planning
Daniel B. Pickar and Robert L. Kaufman,
Part D - Best Practices and Future Directions
Chapter 14: Building and Managing Collaborative Teams
Matthew J. Sullivan
Chapter 15: Professional Ethics in a Legal Context
Paul C. Berman and Katherine W. Killeen
Chapter 16: Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions
Lyn R. Greenberg, Barbara J. Fidler, Michael Saini, Hon. Robert Schnider and Ashley-Lauren Reyes
