Voice and Support: Programs for Children Experiencing Parental Separation and Divorce

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Table of Contents

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. CHILDREN’S RESPONSES AND ADJUSTMENT TO PARENTAL SEPARATION AND DIVORCE
  • 2.1 Initial Responses of Children at Different Ages
  • 2.2 Children’s Responses to Further Transition and Change
  • 2.3 Children’s Long-Term Adjustment
  • 2.4 Long-Term Adjustment Difficulties Stemming From the Children Themselves
  • 2.5 Parents’ Capacity to Help Children Adjust
  • 2.6 What Children Say They Need
• 3. PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING SEPARATION AND DIVORCE
  • 3.1 Program Goals and Content
  • 3.2 Program Structure and Delivery
  • 3.3 Program Availability
  • 3.4 Types of Programs and Evaluations of Effectiveness
• 4. VOICE OF THE CHILD
  • 4.1 The Right to Voice
  • 4.2 The Children’s Voice and Their Best Interests
  • 4.3 When and How to Include Children’s Voices
  • 4.4 Children’s Capacity for Expressing Their Needs and Wishes
• 5. VOICE OF THE CHILD IN CUSTODY AND ACCESS PROCEEDINGS
  • 5.1 Legal Proceedings for Custody and Access Disputes
  • 5.2 Children’s Voices in Mediation and Counselling
  • 5.3 Children’s Voices in Other Proceedings
  • 5.4 Children’s Coordinators
• 6. CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• APPENDIX A: CANADIAN PROGRAMS FOR THE CHILDREN OF SEPARATING AND DIVORCING PARENTS
• APPENDIX B: CANADIAN CHILDREN’S INCLUSION IN CUSTODY AND ACCESS PROCEEDINGS
• APPENDIX C: AMERICAN PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN EXPERIENCING THEIR PARENTS’ SEPARATION OR DIVORCE
• APPENDIX D: LIST OF INFORMANTS