Information about Forensic Psychology Services for Family Court:
- Overview of Family Court Evaluations
- Child Custody Evaluations by Donald J. Franklin, Ph.D.
- New Research on Alienated Children by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D.
- Visitation Risk Assessment
- Grandparent Visitation
- Parental Mediation
- My Family and Me: How Can Therapeutic Mediation Help Us? A FABLE
by Ronald G. Silikovitz, Ph.D. - Child Abuse Evaluations
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Adoption Readiness Evaluations
- Psychotherapy and Counseling for Family court issues
- Assessing Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Children Who Resist Parental Contact by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D.
- Change of Domicile in Divorce by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D.
- Essential Elements of Competent Child Custody Evaluations
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Domestic Violence & Children's Safety by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D.
- Interviewing Children about Allegations of Sexual Abuse - I
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Interviewing Children about Allegations of Sexual Abuse - II
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Research on Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Symptoms and Sexually Abused Children
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Domestic Violence against Women and Children
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Appropriate Limits on Critiques of Child Custody Evaluations
by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D. - Reliability of Hearsay Testimony by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D.
- Therapeutic and Forensic Role Conflicts by Daniel H. Swerdlow-Freed, Ph.D.
Psychologists also provide evaluation and consulting services for family court matters that overlap with criminal court. Included are child abuse investigations leading to criminal charges, domestic violence evaluations, assessment and counseling of individuals who violate restraining orders, juvenile waiver evaluations, evaluating the credibility of child witnesses, evaluations of juveniles accused of criminal acts, juvenile pre-sentencing evaluations, juvenile probation evaluations, and counseling juveniles on probation . These psychological consulting services are described in the Criminal Court section of this website.