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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgment | |
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| One Size Can Never Fit All | |
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| Why a Perspective on Child and Family Development? | |
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| Caveat Lector: On the Limitations and Relevance of Developmental Theory, Statistics, and Methods | |
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| Developmental Theory in Overview | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Language Development | |
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| Social and Emotional Development | |
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| The Child's Defense Mechanisms: Regression, Stress, and Impediments to Developmental Capacity | |
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| Developmental Asynchrony and D�calage | |
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| In the Best Developmental Interests of the Child: Topics in Separation, Visitation, and Reunification | |
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| A Child's Understanding of Time, Separation, and Loss | |
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| Custodial Schedules and Infant Overnights | |
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| On Visitation Resistance and Refusal | |
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| Growing Up Apart: Child–Parent Separation | |
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| Development and Parent–Child Reunification | |
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| Development and the Termination of Parental Rights | |
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| Advanced Applications of Developmental Theory to Family Law Practice | |
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| What Is a “Mature Minor”? | |
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| Psychological Assessment and Diagnosis in Family Law | |
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| Alienation, Estrangement, and Alignment: The Tools and Weapons of Affiliation | |
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| Development in the Mirror: On Becoming (and Remaining) a Family Law Professional | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Learn More Now: Agencies, Organizations, and Experts | |
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| Preserving Families, Serving Children's Needs, and Building Our Shared Future: A Proposal for a National Program of Continuing Parent Education | |
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| Select Resources for Involuntary Separation: Incarcerated, Enlisted, or Hospitalized Parents | |
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| Mentoring Youth: Anchoring Kids Cast Adrift | |
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| On Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Vicarious Traumatization | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |