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Children and Divorce
Friday's Progress Notes - April 4, 2003
Mental Health Information - Vol. 7 Issue 6
Published by athealth.com - athealth.com
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CONTENTS
1. Helping children survive divorce
2. Practice parameters for child custody evaluation
3. The law related to custody and visitation.
4. Child adjustment in joint-custody vs. sole-custody arrangements
5. Divorce guide for battered women
6. High-conflict divorce
7. Parent alienation syndrome
8. Step-family relationships
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Dear Colleagues,
According to statistics provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than one million U.S. children experience their parent's divorce each year. Divorce is often a complex and difficult process for children. Today's newsletter provides resources for practitioners working with families going through divorce.
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John L. Miller, MD
1. PARENT NEWS
Divorce and Children: An Interview with Robert Hughes, Jr, PhD
Dr. Hughes discusses the impact of divorce on children's behavior and academic achievement.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/childrendivorce.html
2. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
Summary of the Practice Parameters for Child Custody Evaluation
The summary provides a guide for clinicians evaluating issues surrounding a child custody dispute.
http://www.aacap.org/clinical/CUSTDY~1.HTM
3. ABA GUIDE TO FAMILY LAW
Custody and Visitation
This chapter gives a general overview of the law related to custody and visitation in divorce proceedings.
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family/chapter_12.pdf
4. JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
Child Adjustment in Joint-Custody Versus Sole-Custody Arrangements: A Meta-Analytic Review
According to recent research, in most cases children are likely to be better adjusted in joint versus sole custody arrangements.
http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/fam16191.pdf
5. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES
Managing Your Divorce: A Guide for Battered Women
This booklet provides information on multiple legal issues, including child custody.
http://www.ncjfcj.org/images/stories/dept/fvd/pdf/managing_divorce.pdf
6. FUTURE OF CHILDREN
High-Conflict Divorce
This paper examines factors that contribute to high-conflict divorce and reviews the impact of conflict on children.
http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/vol4no1ART10.pdf
7. COLORADO LAWYER
Identifying Cases of Parent Alienation Syndrome--Part I
http://fact.on.ca/Info/pas/kopet98a.htm
Identifying Cases of Parent Alienation Syndrome--Part II
http://fact.on.ca/Info/pas/kopet98b.htm
Parental alienation cases pose a difficult challenge to those
helping families negotiate divorce.
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Step Family Relationships: Why Step Relationships Aren't Easy
When two people remarry with one or both having children, they must double up their adjustment.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/steprelationships.html
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