CUSTODY MEDIATION: A TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR SOCIAL WORKERS.

Title: CUSTODY MEDIATION: A TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR SOCIAL WORKERS.
Identifier: AAI8423097
identifier: 8423097
Creator: ROTHBERG, BARBARA P.
Contributor: Irwin Epstein
Date: 1984
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Social Work
Abstract: The design, implementation and evaluation of a training program on custody mediation is described. The author sought to assess clinicians' attitudes on sole and joint custody options, comparing pre and post workshop attitudes. Post Workshop data indicated that social workers became open to more flexible visitation and joint custody arrangements. A distinction is made between joint physical custody, where children live with both parents in two households, and joint legal custody, where children reside with one parent, while both parents partake in major decision making.;Findings reveal that the training program was successful but clinicians had difficulty implementing the model due to the unavailability of interested clients. An analysis of the underutilization of mediation services is presented. The adversarial legal system has governed the divorce process for decades. Mediation services are new, and largely unexplored by therapists, parents and the general public. An educational program must be developed to illuminate the mediation options available to divorcing couples.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: D.S.W.
Program: Social Work