• Parental Evaluations are impartial evaluations designed to assess the individual and family factors that affect the best psychological interests of the child. The evaluation involves interviews with parents, the child(ren), and collaterals, observations document review and often, psychological assessment. The information is gathered to aide in the formulation of an opinion concerning what parental access arrangement is most likely to be in the best interests of the child(ren).

• Neuropsychological evaluations examine cognitive functioning to identify possible neurological difficulties such as impairment or consequences of illness or injury and changes or concerns in functioning or capacity (competency to perform a specific skill). Forensic neuropsychology involves neuropsychological assessment of brain functioning and behavior in legal settings or with legal applications. Psychological evaluations examine psychological strengths and difficulties of an individual.
  
  The evaluation process most often involves interviewing with the client, reviewing his or her history, the administration and interpretation of psychological tests and or self-report inventories and scales while integrating this data with current and past symptoms, observations, and information about developmental, biological, social, educational, and life experiences.
  
  The evaluation allows health care professionals, family members and patients to understand more fully the extent of the cognitive or psychological strengths and weaknesses and to create suggestions to improve work, school and living arrangements, and the appropriateness of certain therapies.
  
  Areas of evaluation include, but are not limited to:

• Personality
• Intelligence
• Giftedness
• Academic and Learning Disability
• Neurological deficit such as Developmental Disability, Attention Deficit Disorder, traumatic brain injury, or degenerative disorders (i.e. Dementia).
• Capacity assessments (i.e. geriatric assessments, competency assessments)
• Independent Medical Evaluations (IME)

• Mediation and parent coordination services are informal, voluntary processes intended to resolve conflicts, without resorting to litigation. These services provide a mechanism to assist two actively-involved parents who have difficulty communicating with coordination of activities and rules and joint decision-making. Thus, both parents remain actively involved in parenting decisions without placing the child in the middle of the conflict. This is an alternative-dispute-resolution approach, which is likely to be less costly, less prone to delay, and less stressful to both parents and children than resolving disputes through litigation. Parenting Coordinators can work with parents to establish better decision-making procedures, often with a structured approach, in the hope that parents may ultimately be able to coordinate decisions with less need for professional help.

• Dr. Milner is available for consultation on clinical and forensic cases.