PACE, as a nationally recognized mental health professional organization since 1991, certifies qualified mental health professionals to practice nationally the mental health specialties of Custody Evaluator and/or Parenting Coordinator at the independent practice level. They hold the credentials of: Nationally Certified Custody Evaluators™ (NCCE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinators™ (NCPC)

If you are a Registered Custody Evaluator (R.C.E.) there is a special Grandparenting Period in effect for you until April 30, 2010 concerning being credentialed as: Nationally Certified Custody Evaluators™ (NCCE) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinators™ (NCPC) CLICK HERE

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Contact Form DR. BARRY BRICKLIN Dr. Barry Bricklin is a nationally - known child custody expert with more than 30 years experience as a custody evaluator, expert witness, and consultant for hundreds of parents and attorneys involved in custody disputes. Through his books and articles, test development, custody evaluations, and consulting work he has been involved in custody cases in every state and territory in the United States as well as 10 other countries. There is a Contact Form on his site where you can ask him questions. [CLICK HERE]

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE FRYE STANDARD, THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE, AND THE DAUBERT CRITERIA WHEN YOU GO TO COURT THE ADMISSABILITY OF EXPERT TESTIMONY, INCLUDING TESTIMONY ON SCIENCE, BY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Barry Bricklin, Ph.D. and Gail Elliot, Ph.D. Please Note: Any mental health professional who testifies in court will find helpful pointers in this paper. But it is also important that you, the mental health professional, request that your attorney read it. Many of the action steps required to make your testimony more effective will need to be initiated by your attorney. Abstract: Following a discussion of the Frye Standard, the relevant Federal Rules of Evidence, the Daubert opinion and dicta, as well as expert testimony by mental health professionals, this paper specifically addresses how The Perception-of-Relationships Test (PORT) and Bricklin Perceptual Scales (BPS) meet the criteria for admissibility of scientific evidence by demonstrating the following: Both tests are testable and have been tested, with a combined database of 3,880 subjects. The tests have been published and peer-reviewed. They have a known error rate, and the predictive accuracy of the tests ranges between 88 and 92 percent agreement between test-based assertions and a wide range of validating criteria. A study found the tests to be the most widely used custody tests for children in the country, indicating that they have found general acceptance. Many test manual updates plus current revisions of the manuals have provided test users with information to maximize reliability and validity of the tests. CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE 21 PAGE ARTICLE   Village Publishing 73 Valley Drive Furlong, PA 18925 800-553-7678  800-633-7223 www.vp411.com COPYRIGHT MAY, 2009  THIS PAPER MAY BE FREELY COPIED OR TRANSMITTED BY ANY APPROPRIATE MEANS AVAILABLE.

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