Workshop on Conducting a Child Custody Evaluation Offered
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 25, 2001
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Joe Picard, Center for Regional and Continuing Education
530-898-6105
Workshop on Conducting a Child Custody Evaluation Offered
California State University, Chico’s Center for Continuing Education and the Butte County Family and Children’s Division of the Superior Court of California will present “Conducting a Child Custody Evaluation” with Dr. Philip Stahl, a workshop designed to teach participants the theories and goals of a child custody evaluation. Psychologists, counselors, social workers, mental health care providers, legal professionals and others dealing with issues of domestic violence are encouraged to attend. The conference will be held Friday, Oct. 12, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Chico Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Avenue, Chico. Cost is $89 for registrations received on or before Oct. 5, $114 for registrations received after Oct. 5.
The conference will cover such topics as theory of custody evaluations, interviewing parents and children, using psychological tests and parenting inventories in the evaluation, introduction to special problems and professional issues such as ethics, biases, working with the courts, confidentiality and access to reports. This conference will provide 7.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LCSWs and attorneys (MCLE). Continuing Education credit for psychologists (MCEP) is pending final approval.
Philip Stahl, Ph.D. is a psychologist in private practice in Dublin, California. He is a frequent presenter at the Association of Family Court and Community Professionals (AFCC) meetings, meetings of the American Psychological Association, California Psychology Association and American Orthopsychiatric Association. He provides training for child custody evaluators and others working with high conflict families of divorce. Dr. Stahl has presented workshops at the statewide trainings of the California Judicial Council and has helped train custody evaluators throughout the United States.
Butte County Behavioral Health and the Butte County Bar Association are co-sponsors of this event.
California State University, Chico’s Center for Regional and Continuing Education offers many educational programs that not only address the varied needs of the campus and local community, but also serve individuals across the state, country and the world. For more information on this conference or to register, call 530-898-6105 or visit the Continuing Education Web site at rce.csuchico.edu.
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