Order Code: EBPCD
Price: $40.00
AFCC Member price: $32.00
2010
ISBN:
9781568871244

About the CD-ROM:

Increasingly, experts are being called upon by the court to provide empirical evidence to inform legal decision-making within family law. This volume fills a major void in terms of what is known about how parental participation affects children's adjustment.

Major changes have occurred in Florida within the arena of family law. Florida's revised Statute Chapter 61 has dramatically changed the way parenting plans are developed to ensure that both parents and their assisting professionals appreciate the unique needs and requirements of each family and each child. The revised Chapter 61 arose from the school of thought that each parent had rights and responsibilities. While addressing fairness to parents, the changes are also responsive to research that shows a child's ability to maintain a meaningful relationship with each parent contributes to the child's successful development. The most current research is included to assist professionals in the process of developing parenting plans that consider the specific circumstances of each family.

Included on the CD-ROM are the text, benchbook supplement, and a PowerPoint slide presentation (309 slides). These materials provide an essential reference for judges, family law attorneys, mental health professionals, custody evaluators, mediators, court-based personnel, case managers, parenting coordinators, and family law finance professionals.

Tables of Contents:
Empirically Based Parenting Plans:
What Professionals Need to Know

Introduction

Biographies of Authors

Chapter 1 Florida's Experience: Reason and Rationale for Florida Statute Chapter 61 Revisions

Chapter 2 Empirically Based Parenting Plans: Components and General Concepts

Chapter 3 Specific Age-Related Research Regarding Children's Needs and Parenting Plans

Chapter 4 Parenting Plan Construction: Children's Developmental and Age-Related Considerations

Chapter 5 Children's Adjustment to Parenting Plans

Chapter 6 Special Considerations When Developing Parenting Plans

Chapter 7 Options for Consideration Beyond the Legally Mandated

Chapter 8 Things That Matter

Bibliography

Appendix A: Virtual Visitation

Appendix B: Instructions & Assessments for Your Parenting Plan

Benchbook Supplement: Empirically Based Parenting Plans

Introduction & Background

Quick Comparison: Old Law/New Law Chart

Quick View Flow Chart: What Type of Parenting Plan is Right?

Quick Notes: Empirical Research / Empirically Based Parenting Plans / Parenting Plans and Adolescents / Relocation and

Parenting Plans / Empirically Based Highly Structured Parenting Plans / Empirically Based Safety Focused

Parenting Plan Factors