While written for judges, this book can be effectively used by parents, attorneys, mediators and mental health professionals. The book offers a standardized process to help decision makers define and address the developmental needs of children, how divorce may affect each child and how each parent can responsibly and lovingly assist their children to grow and thrive. Specific co-parent relationship behaviors are also identified to help parents communicate about their children. While the process of reviewing these factors is standardized, the approach here is customized based on the unique needs of each family and each child within the family.

About the Author

Risa Garon, LCSW-C, BCD, CFLE, is Executive Director and founder of the National Family Resiliency Center, Inc. (NFRC) formerly Children of Separation and Divorce Center, Inc. in Columbia and Rockville, Maryland. The NFRC Center, Inc. is a private, non-profit mental health center serving children and families in transition.

Ms. Garon has developed a Child and Family Focused Model of Decision Making model that supports the best interest of the child and is utilized in training judges, lawyers, mediators and mental health professionals around the country. The model is detailed in a book that she co-authored, Guidelines for Child Focused Decision Making. NFRC has a national certification training for professionals who want to implement the NFRC divorce education program for parents and NFRC offers professional training in KidShare� programs and children�s therapy programs. Ms. Garon designed a state of the art advanced training seminar for Guardians ad Litem and co-authored the book: Attorneys Representing Children: Guidelines for Interviewing and Assessing Children and Parents Experiencing Separation and Divorce. She has also contributed numerous articles to professional journals and major newspapers and co-chairs the statewide Advocacy Board for Children of Divorce. Ms. Garon has recently contributed two chapters, which will appear in the American Bar Association�s "bench book" for judges. She is a faculty member of The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, which recently selected NFRC as an exemplary program to work with family courts.

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