Capacity to Change:: Understanding and Assessing a Parent's Capacity to Change Within the Timescales of the Child

by Roger Young, Emma Peart, Bryn Williams

When family courts are making decisions about the best interests of children in legal proceedings there are often two conflicting questions posed in order to determine good outcomes: (i) "Is change possible in the family within the timescales for the child?"; and (ii) "Do the parents have the capacity to change?" This terminology is used as though these two concepts were clearly defined and well-evidenced. With the move away from reliance on expert...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184661919X
• ISBN13: 9781846619199
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Family Law Publications
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.6"