WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD/CHILDREN? You have been asked by a Family Court judge to evaluate the mother and father of two boys (ages 12 & 14) and one girl (age 10) who are going through a vicious divorce situation plus a potential foster couple and offer your expert recommendations for the judge to consider on who should get custody of the children. The mother works as a exotic club dancer in the evenings and has a history of drug abuse. The father suffers from PTSD and is an alcoholic. This is a Hispanic family that is also Catholic. The foster couple are Black & adhere to Moslem beliefs. They have cared for other foster children. How would you go about determining the fitness or lack of fitness of each person (mother, father, and foster couple) using assessment tools and doing a clinical interview? What recommendations would you make to the judge in your report as a forensic psychologist in charge of evaluating this family? This essay paper is worth 20 points. You will be graded on thoroughness (assessment tools you would use and what scales you would look at, what questions you would ask during the interview process, and your recommendations). Many students in the past have given names to the different individuals and scores on the different scales so they could use the information during their interview. – Please include a Title page and Reference page.
