Workshop 61: Revised Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Child Protection Matters
This workshop provides an overview of the American Psychological Association’s newly revised Guidelines for Psychological Evaluations in Child Protection Matters. New developments that prompted this revision will be reviewed in detail, including those related to racial bias concerns, the impact of structural racism, multicultural considerations, kinship placement, and updated research. Participants will discuss innovations across various types of court-ordered child protection evaluations. Advice concerning child as well as adult assessment methodologies will be explored in detail, with a particular emphasis on the importance of effective communication with evaluees, attorneys, and the courts.

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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. Identify three different ways in which diversity and equity concerns affect the performance of child protection evaluations.
2. Gain familiarity with two distinct types of court-ordered child protection evaluations.

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* 2. Please rate presenter: Helen T. Brantley, PhD (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 3. Please rate presenter: Eric Y. Drogin, PhD, JD, ABPP (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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Level of knowledge and expertise
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* 4. Please rate presenter: Jemour A. Maddux, PsyD, ABPP (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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

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

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

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

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* 9. 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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* 10. Additional Comments

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