A Nationwide Survey of Programs for Children of Divorcing and Separating Parents

Pollet, Susan L.

doi:10.1111/j.1744-1617.2009.01271.x

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“…27 27 See Pollet (2009) for survey of programs for parents and children in the United States and a discussion of the related research and issues. For programs in Canada, see paper prepared by Pauline O'Connor for the Department of Justice, Voice and Support: Programs for Children Experiencing Parental Separation and Divorce , available at http://www.justice.ga.ca. …”

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Children Resisting Postseparation Contact With a Parent: Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums

Fidler¹,

Bala

2010

Family Court Review

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This article provides an overview of the key concepts, themes, issues, and possible mental health and legal interventions related to children's postseparation resistance to having contact with one parent. We maintain that the too often strongly gendered polemic on alienation and abuse is polarizing and needs to be replaced with a more nuanced and balanced discussion that recognizes the complexity of the issues so that the needs of children and families can be better met. This article reviews the historical development of the concept of alienation; discusses the causes, dynamics, and differentiation of various types of parent child contact problems; and summarizes the literature on the impact of alienation on children. These are complex cases. A significant portion of the cases in which alienation is alleged are not in fact alienation cases; for those where alienation is present, interventions will vary depending on the degree of the alienation. More severe alienation cases are unlikely to be responsive to therapeutic or psycho-educational interventions in the absence of either a temporary interruption of contact between the child and the alienating parent or a more permanent custody reversal. We conclude with a summary of recommendations for practice and policy, including the need for early identification and intervention to prevent the development of severe cases, interdisciplinary collaboration and further development and research of interventions.f cre_1287 10..47

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Children Resisting Postseparation Contact With a Parent: Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums

Fidler¹,

Bala

2010

Family Court Review

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“…The first emphasizes education and/or insight‐oriented psychotherapy 12 designed to keep the children out of the middle of the adult conflict. The curricula of most state mandated divorce education programs emphasize these points (Pollet, 2009). The second remedy emphasizes helping the aligned parent to fulfill those same needs elsewhere so as to relieve the implied or inferred emotional burden on the child (Byng‐Hall, 2008).…”

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Parental Alienation and the Dynamics of the Enmeshed Parent-Child Dyad: Adultification, Parentification, and Infantilization

Garber¹

2011

Family Court Review

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When caregivers conflict, systemic alliances shift and healthy parent-child roles can be corrupted. The present paper describes three forms of role corruption which can occur within the enmeshed dyad and as the common complement of alienation and estrangement. These include the child who is prematurely promoted to serve as a parent's ally and partner, the child who is inducted into service as the parent's caregiver, and the child whose development is inhibited by a parent who needs to be needed. These dynamics-adultification, parentification and infantilization, respectively-are each illustrated with brief case material. Family law professionals and clinicians alike are encouraged to conceptualize these dynamics as they occur within an imbalanced family system and thereby to craft interventions which intend to re-establish healthy roles. Some such interventions are reviewed and presented as one part of the constellation of services necessary for the triangulated child.

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“…Such programs have the focus on either children (Nousse Graham et al 2012;Pedro-Carroll 2010) or parents (Malcore et al 2010;Wolchick et al 2007). Parent-centered programs remain far more commonplace (Pollet 2009), their purpose being tackling themes related to communication between parents, anger management, quality of parent-child relationship and discipline.…”

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Protecting Children After a Divorce: Efficacy of Egokitzen—An Intervention Program for Parents on Children’s Adjustment

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The objective of this study is to present the psychoeducational program Egokitzen, a post-divorce intervention for parents and preliminary data on its efficacy, by means of a quasi-experimental design with a wait-list comparison group. This program-Egokitzen-has been recently published following years of development, pilot tests and adaptation, and comprises 11 weekly intervention sessions that focus on three major blocks of content: (a) divorce in itself, (b) interparental conflict; and (c) parenting styles and discipline. Thirty-four parents, with a total number of 51 children-aged 2-23 years-took part in the study. Participants completed measures of interparental conflict, family communication, perception of family relationships, parental symptomatology and children's aggressive and anxiety/depression symptoms before, after the intervention and 6 months on completion of the program. Significant differences were found in terms of the perceived conflict and children's mental health symptoms, especially in the 6-moth follow-up period. More structural variables, such as communication, family satisfaction or parent-child relationships, seem to require more time for noticeable change and stability. We can conclude that, even though the results are exploratory, the Egokitzen program is a very promising initiative for helping prevent and fostering the healthy psychological development of children who are going through the parental divorce process.

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A Nationwide Survey of Programs for Children of Divorcing and Separating Parents

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Children Resisting Postseparation Contact With a Parent: Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums

Children Resisting Postseparation Contact With a Parent: Concepts, Controversies, and Conundrums

Parental Alienation and the Dynamics of the Enmeshed Parent-Child Dyad: Adultification, Parentification, and Infantilization

Protecting Children After a Divorce: Efficacy of Egokitzen—An Intervention Program for Parents on Children’s Adjustment

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