Showing posts with label Child Specialist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Child Specialist. Show all posts

Divorce and Your Children


When kids are involved, it means other lives are at stake in your decision. 

Your divorce is not just "your divorce." You have to think of it as your entire family's divorce. Hard questions need to be asked such as who will care for the kids daily? Who will care for the kids when they're sick? Which parent will be the primary caregiver? Which parent will provide insurance? Where will holidays be spent? Besides these questions about day-to-day living, you'll have the really difficult questions to ask. How do the kids feel about the divorce? Do your children understand the concept of divorce? Are your kids angry about the divorce? Then, your kids will have their own questions to ask you -- hard questions that you will have to answer.

Role of the Child Specialist in Collaborative Divorce

Role of the Child Specialist

When minor children are impacted by divorce, a child specialist may join the collaborative team. One child specialist is shared by both parties. This individual is a mental health specialist with expertise in child development.

Unlike child specialists that are called into work on court cases, a child specialist in a collaborative case is a neutral party who does not decide or recommend custody issues. Instead, he or she advises and guides both parties to consider what is best for them and their child or children.

The child specialist meets with children and parents separately and then helps develop the custody arrangements and state-mandated parenting plan.