Raising Expectations

Latest Episodes:

Raising Expectations: Custody Evaluation and Domestic Violence – Episode 3 Jul 18, 2024

Show notes

Hosted by Darren Mitchell, NCJFCJ Fellow to the Family Violence and Domestic Relations Program of the NCJFCJ, this podcast episode is informed by retired judges Janice Rosa and Anne Hirsch and mental health professional Maureen Reid, we explore the use of SAFeR and collaboration with evaluators and GALs to structure parenting arrangements that work for children and their parents.

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Raising Expectations: Custody Evaluation and Domestic Violence – Episode 2 Jul 18, 2024

Show notes

Hosted by Darren Mitchell, NCJFCJ Fellow to the Family Violence and Domestic Relations Program of the NCJFCJ, this podcast episode is informed by retired judges Janice Rosa and Anne Hirsch, we explore the judicial response to the SAFeR Approach and strategies available to incorporate the approach in practice, as well as enduring challenges like trauma.

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Raising Expectations: Custody Evaluation and Domestic Violence – Episode 1 Jul 18, 2024

Show notes

Hosted by Darren Mitchell, NCJFCJ Fellow to the Family Violence and Domestic Relations Program of the NCJFCJ, this podcast episode is informed by retired judges Janice Rosa and Anne Hirsch who reflect on the complexity and importance custody decision-making, and how courts, judges, and others have struggled to understand the impact of domestic violence on children and parenting. The conversation then introduces Gaby Davis and Loretta Frederick, retired attorneys from the Battered Womens Justice Project, who tell the story of the development of the SAFeR Approach to decision making.

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