Workshop 24: Culture vs. The Court: The Case for Culture as a Customary Factor to Consider
This workshop explores the case for making culture a customary factor for consideration in parenting plan evaluations. The presenter will examine the definition of culture, the role of culture in factors relevant to parenting evaluations and best interests of the child standards, parenting differences and similarities across cultures, parenting laws, ethical guidelines, examples of cultural bias in cases, and how to create a cultural profile of a family.

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* 1. Based on the content of this session, I am able to: (1=Strongly disagree, 5=Strongly agree)

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1. Explain at least one reason why it is important to consider culture in making parental access determinations
2. Discuss at least one example of how parenting differs across cultures.

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* 2. Please rate presenter: Chioma Ajoku, JD, PhD, ABPP (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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Level of knowledge and expertise
Teaching ability
Maintained my interest
Was responsive to questions, comments and opinions

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* 3. The content of the presentation was consistent with the abstract in the conference brochure

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* 4. Please rate this session presentation overall (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 5. How much did you learn as a result of this CE program? (1=Very little, 5=Great deal)

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* 6. Information presented in this session reflected the most current evidence on this topic (1=Disagree, 5=Agree)

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* 7. How useful was the content of this CE program for your practice or other professional development (1=Not useful, 5=Extremely useful)

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* 8. Additional Comments

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