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AFCC 61st Annual Conference Workshop 42 Evaluation |
Workshop 42: Shedding Labels: All Diagnoses Are Not Created Equal
The AFCC Guidelines for Parenting Plan Evaluations recommend that professionals involved in custody cases be aware of the overuse and misinterpretation of diagnostic terms. Unfortunately, these concerns are heightened when inaccurate media presentations use diagnostic terms inaccurately. It is not long before these inaccuracies find their way into the courtroom where they can be used against a parent or children in harmful ways. The purpose of this presentation is to explore this problem at an advanced level. The presenters will discuss the needs of the legal system for finality, the emerging research on the diagnostic classification system, and the pitfalls of selected diagnostic terms.