Parenting Plan assessments (also known as custody and access assessments) are offered by qualified and experienced mental health professionals. The assessments are usually court ordered, but can also be agreed upon by the parents. The assessment may address such issues such as: how decisions will be made, reducing the conflict, parenting schedule, and other issues particular to the family.
The assessor gathers information through interviews with both parents, individual and private interviews with the children, observations of parent-child interaction and from third party collaterals.
The assessor makes recommendations to address the parenting issues and shares these with the parents/ caregivers and their legal counsel, in an attempt to settle. These recommendations may also be provided in a report for court. More...