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50% Savings | On-Demand Training Bundle

Build Child-Centered 
Assessment Skills to 
Deliver Recommendations
Courts Respect

Purchase all 3 courses at once for the complete custody evaluation lifecycle: from interviews to testing to testimony.

Normally $900, priced at $450 for a limited time.*

 
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Conduct Assessments with Confidence and Build a Bias-Aware, Defensible Reputation as a Parenting Plan Expert the Courts Trust

 

With this Training Bundle Forensic Psychologists specializing in Child Custody Cases Learn:

  • ✅ Interviewing, report writing and testimony skills that are the foundation of credible custody evaluations.
  • ✅ Proper administration and interpretation of the MMPI-3 to provide standardized assessment that withstands scrutiny.
  • ✅ Evidence-based strategies to reduce error in custody evaluations and increase bias-awareness in forensic settings.

Learning Outcomes
AAFP: Reducing Bias and Error in Forensic Judgement

Upon completion of this CE-earning program, participants describe:

  • 3 biases that affect expert decision processes
  • When and why experts are protected against and when they are prone to bias
  • Bias mitigation strategies for forensic work
  • Strategies from open science, forensic science, judgement and decision-making that reduce bias in forensic judgments

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Learning Outcomes
Interviewing, Report Writing, and Testifying in Child Custody Cases

Upon completion of this CE-earning program, participants describe:

  • Distinctions between clinical and forensic interviewing
  • Factors to be considered regarding the inclusion of diagnoses
  • Elements of effective and ineffective testimony on direct examination
  • Different types of forensic reports, and much more

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Learning Outcomes
Introduction to Using the MMPI-3 in Psychological Practice

Upon completion of this CE-earning program, participants describe:

  • The 52 scales of the MMPI-3 and the rationale for and methods used to develop them
  • MMPI-3 materials and documentation
  • Psychometric findings available to guide MMPI-3 interpretation
  • MMPI-3 interpretative framework

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Tess M.S. Neal, PhD

Tess M.S. Neal, PhD is an associate professor of psychology and serves as a Dean’s Professor at Iowa State University. Before moving to Iowa in Fall 2023, she was tenured at Arizona State University, where she was the founding director of the Future of Forensic Science Initiative. She is a scientist; a licensed clinical psychologist trained to assess, diagnose, and treat..

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David A Martindale, PhD

David A. Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP (Forensic) limits his practice to consulting with psychologists, attorneys, and state regulatory boards. He regularly lectures on issues pertaining to evaluations of comparative custodial suitability, served on the AFCC Child Custody Consulting Task Force...

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Martin Selbom, PhD

Martin Sellbom is a Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2007 from Kent State University (USA). His research focuses on personality disorders, contemporary psychopathology models, and personality assessment with the MMPI...

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Child Custody Certificate

Help Ensure the Best Possible Outcome with Expert Skills and a Child Custody Evaluation Certificate

This certificate program spans 150 hours of CE-earning content across 12 programs.

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CONCEPT Continuing & Professional Studies at Palo Alto University delivers advanced training for mental health professionals, with programs customized to individual learning needs. High caseloads, limited resources, limited time and budgets — we understand the everyday barriers to achieving the level of professional development you need.

With content curated by psychologist Dr. Patricia Zapf and our Advisory Board, we make training for developing skills, following best practices, and improving credibility accessible and individualized to fit every schedule — so you can take your practice to the next level.

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*Special pricing is for a limited time and may be discontinued at any time at our discretion, even if promotional pricing messaging persists. Pricing applies to the bundle as described only, no refunds, returns, credits or partial discounts. Trainings are available for one year after purchase.