7/11/2021· Psychology
Parental Alienation: Judge’s Dilemma - A Worldwide Concern
With greater frequency, family law cases are showing up in which children are rejecting a parent. While there may be some situations where a child may be hesitant to be with a parent, these high conflict family law cases typically include outright rejection and severe expressions of hatred for a parent without genuine justifications.
5/17/2021· Child Welfare
Parental Alienation: Child Abuse? --- Reportable?
Those of us who have been working within the field of Parental Alienation recognize that Parental Alienation is in fact a form of abuse. So, doesn’t it logically follow if the professional field recognizes Parental Alienation as child abuse then, by definition, it should be reportable to child protection and law enforcement organizations?
6/21/2019· Neuropsychology
Problems and Pitfalls: Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome and False Memory
This writer frequently sees "experts"for the prosecution equating CSAAS with a defendant alleged to have committed child sexual abuse. In particular, delayed disclosure is equated with validity of child sexual abuse claims.
9/28/2012· Child Welfare
Teenage Belief Systems About Sexual Health
By: Diana Birch, MD
A belief is a conviction adhered to often in the face of factual evidence to the contrary. This paper inevitably represents my beliefs moulded by my experience of working with teenagers in London and tempered by my knowledge of the work of my colleagues.
7/24/2012· Child Welfare
Asylum Seeking Children - Including Adolescent Development and The Assessment Of Age
By: Diana Birch, MD
Children suffer the traumas and injustices of warfare and conflict without the ability to influence or control their circumstances. As refugees they become the flotsam of society drifting from one inhospitable country to another in search of safety. They have been with us for generations, their numbers fluctuating and their distribution changing as the adult world decides who to wage war on next.
6/24/2009· Child Welfare
By: Rich Weinfeld
Would you allow a person to use a wheelchair? Would you carry him or her? If using a wheelchair gives someone an unfair advantage in a race, should his or her time count the same as that of other runners? Would you allow a person to wear glasses for reading a test, even if they only help a little? What about glasses that are so strong that they give the person an ability to read faster than average? Would you allow a person to use a word processor if you knew that the person had a severe writing disability but had ideas that showed evidence of giftedness? Would you allow dictation for a gifted student who had a severe writing disability?
by Scott Cohen
by James J. Farley
by Harry A. Milman, PhD
