Webcast Who is Knocking at the Gate? Gatekeeping Analysis in the Best Interests of the Children
January 2013
Who's Knocking at the Gate? Gatekeeping Analysis in the Best Interests of the Children
Program Description:
In the context of divorce and co-parenting, Parental Gatekeeping refers to parental attitudes and actions that are likely to affect the quality of the other parent's relationship with the children, either in a positive or negative way. Gatekeeping is a research-based concept for parenting evaluators to use in addressing the statutory best interest factor in the Colorado statute of support for the other parent-child relationship. The conceptual framework for custody evaluation and courts will be presented. Restrictive and Facilitative Gatekeeping will be contrasted in terms of gate-closing and gate-opening behaviors. Protective Gatekeeping will be demonstrated for cases that involve domestic violence. Alienation will be presented as fact patterns that involve Unjustified Restrictive Gatekeeping. How a gatekeeping analysis can guide the crafting of best interest parenting plans will be discussed.
Presented by William G. Austin, Ph.D.
Agenda:
8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration
8:30 am - 10:00 am Program
About the Faculty:
William G. Austin, Ph.D. has a private practice in clinical and forensic psychology with a specialty in child custody evaluation and trial consultation. He has developed forensic evaluations models for custody evaluators and family courts for the complex problems of relocation, intimate partner violence, and parental gatekeeping. He was the co-chair of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts task force that created the Model Standards of Practice for Child Custody Evaluation and is currently on the AFCC task force for developing guidelines for conducting custody evaluations where there are allegations of intimate partner violence.
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $59.00 |
| CBA | $29.00 |
| FAMILY | $19.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 2.00
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