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[...]... RESOURCES IN THIS BOOK Developmental Psychology for Family Law Professionals: Theory, Application, and the Best Interests of the Child provides you, the front-line family law professional, with the relevant and up-to-date data with which to make developmentally informed, systemically oriented, and therapeutic recommendations in the best interests of the child However, it is impossible for any single text,... impossible for any single text, or compendium of texts, to discuss all that is known about child development, let alone apply this data to a field as diverse and provocative as family law In this regard, Developmental Psychology for Family Law Professionals must not stand on its own This book simply cannot adequately do the job that it intends between two covers Professional ethics, relevant procedural guidelines... civil law than family law and more the bailiwick of sociology than of psychology, but they all serve the same purpose They reinforce the healthy family s shared identity and its coherence around their children’s needs The dysfunctional or unhealthy family, then, is a group that never established—or has lost or distorted—its child-centered purpose When this occurs, it is likely to take one of four forms,... Child and Family Development? [L]aw guardians and guardians ad litem ought to be well trained in family law and have some meaningful education in child development, rather than a course consisting of a lecture of a few hours with no measure of comprehension or capacity —Patricia Ann Grant and Steven Klee Family law professionals and shoemakers have at least two things in common First and foremost,... experience, the shoemaker can reliably fit any individual’s unique need for footwear Across guilds and training and jurisdictions, family law professionals share an interest in doing something quite similar As family law attorneys, mediators, guardians ad litem, parenting coordinators, child protection workers and jurists, we are working to tailor family circumstances to fit a child’s unique needs We are tasked... who seek to better understand what is truly in each child’s best interests must now discover developmental psychology and its application to family law matters This chapter collapses the first seven or eight lectures from a collegelevel developmental psychology course into a few pages This is essential reading for those who have never taken the opportunity to consider why development is important, how... attempt to maintain family ties wherever possible, and focus on family strengths rather than deficits” (Brooks & Roberts, 2002, p 455) This book is, however, the first to break down the artificial wall that otherwise separates the study of child development and the study of family systems so as to advise family law professionals about kids’ Chapter 1 Why a Perspective on Child and Family Development?... mandate that our work be grounded in relevant, peer-reviewed, empirical research (e.g., Gould & Martindale, 2008) In service of this goal, Developmental Psychology for Family Law Professionals is peppered with a tremendous number and great breadth of links to further information Citations to up-to-date literature are provided wherever possible Separate bibliographies of relevant resources are devoted to... full The tragic reality of our times is that if every family law professional could magically dispense with each case in a single day, our days would still be full Nationally, the demand for services that span the spectrum of family law is endless Divorce runs rampant Custody matters can seem never-ending The Chapter 1 Why a Perspective on Child and Family Development? 7 horror of child abuse and neglect... into child-centered forensic outcomes In taking this stand, I am by no means alone Glendon (1986, p 59), for example, voices a similar position quite clearly: “[I]n divorce law, the traditional stronghold of judicial discretion, the judge’s discretionary power should be brought within a framework of clear, ordered and consistent principles.” By grounding family law processes in developmental theory . BOOK Developmental Psychology for Family Law Professionals: Theory, Applica- tion, and the Best Interests of the Child provides you, the front-line family law. to a field as diverse and provocative as family law. In this regard, Developmental Psychology for Family Law Professionals must not stand on its own. This