Shared Parenting: A Lens to Observe

Instructor: Allen Levy, MS, LPA

Approved for 2.5 Hours of CE Credit

Fulfills License Requirements

Program Description:

Fundamentals of the CCE’s job are presented; including role, assisting the court, Best Interest factors, bias, logical fallacies, ethics, law, and best practice. A framework and method are provided for evaluating parenting behaviors and skill. The framework is parenting as a job and Post-Separation Parenting as a job-share. The parenting job description and the job-share job description are both presented.

Elements common to Best Interest standards found in various jurisdictions are discussed. Four of those common elements are addressed in this training.

This training also addresses the impact of parental animus and hostility on children as being an intolerable conflict and also addresses the impact children can have on the Shared Parenting relationship. The job description is defined as well as the statutory, regulatory, ethical, and best practice foundations. Five levels of Shared Parenting are listed and defined.

This training is appropriate for new CCEs and experienced CCEs seeking new information and refresher on foundational principles

Goals & Objectives:

At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Describe their role and apply ‘stay in your lane’ as CCEs.
2. Identify types of bias and logical fallacies.
3. Identify and describe Best Interest factors common in most jurisdictions.
4. Explain the parenting job description, job-share parenting professional standards and apply them to evaluating parenting behaviors.
5. Describe how children can exacerbate conflict between parents.
6. Identify and utilize four areas of mutual interest and responsibility of job-share parenting in evaluating parenting behaviors.

Registration Information     $89.00

CE Approval Information The Steve Frankel Group, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. This course is also approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) for its licentiates' CE license renewal requirements. The Steve Frankel Group, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course meets the qualifications for 2.5 hours of CE credit for Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs. The course outline or agenda for Child Custody training have been approved as corresponding to subject areas specified in California Rules of Court, rules 5.225 and 5.230, et. seq. The views expressed in these trainings are those of the trainers and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the Judicial Council of California.