Learning Objectives

Participants in this training will be able to:

• Identify four ways that abuse allegations arise during family law cases.
• Distinguish between reliable and unreliable assessments of abuse allegations.
• Apply information about how children disclose sexual abuse.
• Use developmentally appropriate questions in child interviews.
• Apply a continuum if suggestiveness of questions in child interviews.
• Ask children about specific topics relevant to family law cases.
• Recognize the language and logic of coercive control.
• Recognize the similarities and differences between the language of coercive control and the language spoken by professionals in the family court system.
• Respond to common challenges in cases involving coercive control.
• Describe how distinguishing services and roles assists with professional risk management efforts.
• Identify how to record services and roles in court involved cases to facilitate ethical decision-making.
• Describe three ways careful consideration of broad values and considerations when faced with ethical dilemmas can help reduce professional risk.
• Distinguish how court-involved therapists are distinct from other professional roles in family court.
• Discuss ways in which a court-involved therapist can support clients during family litigation without further complicating the overall case.
• Discuss the role of the court-involved therapist in case collaboration.