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This book is a combination of twpreviously published books by Phil Stahl/Sage, Conducting Child Custody Evaluations and Complex Issues in Child Custody Evaluations The book was written as a guide thelp students and practitioners walk through the process of conducting a child custody evaluation, a critical skill for a variety of mental health practitioners The book will cover the mental health experts many possible roles as a therapist, mediator, evaluator, consultant tattorneys, expert witness, and more It alsaddress the best interest of the child, legal custody and time share, divorce and its impact on children, and childrens developmental needs The second part takes a step-by-step approach on how tconduct the evaluation, including how twork with children and parents, psychological testing, and writing up the report The final part, complex issues, draws from the 1999 book, and covers issues such as domestic violence, non-violent high-conflict homes, relocation, special needs children, substance abuse, cultural issues and the alienated child The authors writing style is friendly and easy tread, making complex material easy tcomprehend and implement