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CCE-213: 2025 Annual CCE Update (8.0 CE Credits)
CourseOur annual update for the Child Custody Evaluator (CCE) field, as specified by the California Judicial Council for 2025. Hosted by Lori Love. Speakers include Margo Hoy, Sandra Mayberry, Christy Bradshaw Schmidt, Leslie Drozd and Sally Lynch
$329
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CCE-214: 2025 Annual IPV Update (4.0 CE Credits)
CourseOur annual Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)/ Domestic Violence (DV) update. This update will feature host Lori Love, Ph.D. and presenter Weston Lange, PsyD, LCSW!
$179
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Bundle: 2025 Annual Updates (CCE-213 + CCE-214)
Bundle2 courses, released in late 2025, contain our full, 12.0 hour, Judicial Council of Council approved, annual update for child custody professionals. Featuring a well-respected and expert line-up of speakers, learn the latest in the CCE/PPE field!
$457
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CCE-208: Annual IPV Update 2024 (4.0 CE Credits)
CourseThe 2024 annual IPV update. Presented by Lori Love and Robin Deutsch. 4.0 CE credits. Approved by the Judicial Council of California.
$139
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CCE-207: Annual CCE Update 2024 (8.0 CE Credits)
CourseThe 2024 annual CCE update. Topics include judicial updates, transgender children, advance orientation and considerations with religion/culture. Presenters: Lori Love, Hon. Margo Hoy, Allan Barsky, Sandra Mayberry, Ben Garber, Mesha Ellis
$279
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CCE-206: 2023 IPV Update (4.0 CE Credits)
CourseUpdated for 2023. Participants will be provided with updated information (as of 2023) regarding working with Parent Child Contact Problems (PCCP) within the context IPV. They will learn about the current methods of coercive control.
$165
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CCE-213: 2025 Annual CCE Update (8.0 CE Credits)
Our annual update for the Child Custody Evaluator (CCE) field, as specified by the California Judicial Council for 2025. Hosted by Lori Love. Speakers include Margo Hoy, Sandra Mayberry, Christy Bradshaw Schmidt, Leslie Drozd and Sally Lynch
CCE-214: 2025 Annual IPV Update (4.0 CE Credits)
Our annual Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)/ Domestic Violence (DV) update. This update will feature host Lori Love, Ph.D. and presenter Weston Lange, PsyD, LCSW!
Bundle: 2025 Annual Updates (CCE-213 + CCE-214)
2 courses, released in late 2025, contain our full, 12.0 hour, Judicial Council of Council approved, annual update for child custody professionals. Featuring a well-respected and expert line-up of speakers, learn the latest in the CCE/PPE field!
CCE-208: Annual IPV Update 2024 (4.0 CE Credits)
The 2024 annual IPV update. Presented by Lori Love and Robin Deutsch. 4.0 CE credits. Approved by the Judicial Council of California.
CCE-207: Annual CCE Update 2024 (8.0 CE Credits)
The 2024 annual CCE update. Topics include judicial updates, transgender children, advance orientation and considerations with religion/culture. Presenters: Lori Love, Hon. Margo Hoy, Allan Barsky, Sandra Mayberry, Ben Garber, Mesha Ellis
CCE-206: 2023 IPV Update (4.0 CE Credits)
Updated for 2023. Participants will be provided with updated information (as of 2023) regarding working with Parent Child Contact Problems (PCCP) within the context IPV. They will learn about the current methods of coercive control.
CCE-402: Advanced Orientation (AO) Improves Efficacy, Efficiency, and Participant Satisfaction: Preparing Parents for Parenting Plan Evaluations (2.5 CE Credits)
PPE is a rigorous, intrusive, expensive process intended to characterize the family’s dynamics and assist the Court in understanding the children’s best interests. This webinar discusses using Advanced Orientation to prepare parents.
CCE-560: Assessing Risk of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence in Child Custody Evaluations (CCEs/PPEs) (1.5 CE Credits)
This course will give an overview of changes in process and competencies resulting from new laws about screening for child abuse. Changes include increased use of evidence-based procedures to investigate effects of DV on custody recs.
CCE-557: Behind the Screens: Understanding the Use of Cybercrime in Domestic Violence - Implications for Child Custody Evaluations and Parenting Plan Development (2.0 CE Credits)
This course will inform evaluators about the intersection of cybercrime and domestic violence. This includes the exploration of how cybercrime tactics can impact issues frequently raised during the course of a custody evaluation.
CCE-564: Beyond Parent-Child Bonds: Integrating Triadic Insights into Child Custody Evaluations (3.0 CEs)
This course examines the concept and significance of triadic relationships in family systems, and teaches how to apply structured observation tools in custody evaluations and convey nuanced family insights to the court effectively.
CCE-217: Conducting Parenting Plan Evaluations with Integrity: A Best Practice Booster (2.0 CEs)
From our 2025 Update. Evaluators face increasing pressure to deliver work that adheres to professional standards and withstands legal scrutiny. Participants will explore the value of work product review, alternative hypotheses, and ethical standards.
CCE-130: Conducting ‘Reunification’ Therapies: Responding to Systemic Resist/Refuse Dynamics (4.0 CEs)
This course reviews the dynamics of the high conflict family that can result in resist/refuse dynamics and details best practice interventions in support of the child’s opportunity to enjoy a healthy relationship with all parents.
CCE-211: Considerations of Culture and Religion for the Child Custody Evaluator (1.5 CE Credits)
This presentation examines the impact of cultural and religious backgrounds on custody recommendations, highlighting the importance of cultural competence among evaluators. Featured in the 2024 annual CCE update.
CCE-135: Dynamics, not Diagnoses: Understanding and Responding to the Needs of the Polarized Child (2.0 CEs)
This course will give you an understanding of the systemic dynamics that can impact a polarized child. Dr. Garber introduces an ecological model describing 14+ mutually compatible family dynamics that illustrate what a child may be experiencing.
CCE-132: Finding Fit in Dysfunctional Families (6.0 CEs)
This course provides mental health and family law professionals with the foundation to understand the purpose and process associated with child-centered CCE/PPE. Best practice guidelines, child interview techniques and more will be covered.
CCE-133: For the Love of Fluffy: Transitional Objects and High Conflict Divorce (5.0 CEs)
Transitional objects - such as plushies, blankets, old notes - provide children enduring their parents’ conflicts with critical emotional fuel. Learn about the concept of these objects, emotional fuel, and applications for evaluators.
CCE-189: Identifying Weakness in your PPE and Process (2.0 CE Credits)
Whether you are new to PPEs or highly experienced, your reports and testimony must be both admissible and persuasive in court. This workshop provides practical advice using the revised AFCC Guidelines and psycho-legal literature.
CCE-512: The Importance of Co-Parenting in Custody Evaluations (3.0 CEs)
This course provides evaluators with a comprehensive understanding of how different co-parenting factors affect family dynamics and children’s adjustment. Learn to assess co-parenting factors and make the best recommendations for the child.
CCE-131: Keeping Kids Out of the Middle: Assessing and Addressing the Needs of the Triangulated Child (2.0 CEs)
This keynote presentation introduces viewers to the basics of family functioning, the dynamics that can nurture a child toward healthy autonomy, and the ways in which co-parental conflict, separation and divorce can do harm.
CCE-215: Legal and Judicial Updates: Working with Judges and the Implications of Legal Cases on CCEs/PPEs (2.5 CE Credits)
From our 2025 CCE Update. Gain unparalleled insight into the judicial and legal dimensions of CCEs/PPEs in this dynamic two-part program. Perfect for new and experienced evaluators alike, hear both judicial perspective and legal guidance.
CCE-210: Minimizing Bias and Premature Closure: A Rubric for the Evaluation and Adjudication of Resist/Refuse Dynamics (2.0 CE Credits)
From the 2024 annual CCE update. An overview of our present understanding of resist/refuse dynamics (RRD; aka., parent-child contact problems or PCCP) as they occur in high conflict divorce-related litigation.
CCE-209: Parenting Plan Evaluations involving Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth: Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives (2.0 CE Credits)
From the 2024 annual CCE update. This workshop will provide parenting plan evaluators with a fundamental information regarding the legal, social, spiritual-religious, medical, and psychological challenges faced by transgender/youth and their family.
CCE-185: Parenting Plan Evaluations: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2.0 CE Credits)
In this workshop, Dr. Stahl will identify good forensic evaluation practice and give examples of defective work, biased evaluations, and fatal flaws to help participants use the AFCC Guidelines and understand ways to improve their PPEs.
CCE-188: Quality Evaluations in the Context of Coercive Control (2.0 CE Credits)
States are beginning to add coercive control to their IPV Codes. In CA, it is defined as behavior that “unreasonably interferes with a person’s free will and personal liberty”. This course highlights examples and gives suggestions for assessment.
CCE-216: Recommendations in Evaluations that Benefit the Utility of Conjoint Family Therapy (1.5 CEs)
From our 2025 Update. This program discusses the the identification, reporting and information collection of resist/refuse dynamics when observed during an evaluation. Learn about preparing for a referral to Conjoint Family Therapy.
CCE-401: Refuting the 5 Factor Model: Best Practice Requires a Systemic Approach to PCCP (Parent-Child Contact Problems) (3 CE Credits)
This specialized training rejects the problematic "Five Factor Model" and advocates for a systemic approach to parent-child contact problems (PCCP). Dr. Garber proposes a rubric to guide evaluators, Guardians ad litem, and fact-finders.
CCE-531: Shared Parenting - A Lens to Observe (2.5 CE Credits)
The training covers the Child Custody Evaluator's (CCE) role, including how to assist the court, Best Interest factors, and more. It provides a framework for evaluating parenting behaviors and skills, including post-separation parenting.
CCE-134: The Ten Pillars Underlying a Developmentally-Informed Parenting Plan (3.0 CEs)
This course identifies 10 specific pillars upon which any developmentally-based parenting plan should be built. 3 focus on the quality of co-parenting. 3 focus on the quality of the parent-child relationships. 4 involve the transition between parents
CCE-551: Understanding the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) on Parenting Plan Evaluations (3.0 CE Credits)
IPV profoundly impacts family dynamics, often leaving enduring effects. With PPEs, assessing the presence, severity, and implications of IPV is critical to developing plans that prioritize safety and health of children and survivors.
CCE-218: When to Let Go: When is it time to “Call it” in Resist/Refuse Cases?(2.0 CEs)
From our 2025 Update. PCCP cases are not created equally. They are amongst the most challenging ones that enter our practices. Would we serve the best interests of the child(ren) involved by letting some of them go; and if so, which ones and when?
Bundle: Custody Evaluations 101 Full Series
This bundle contains all 8 courses within our 40-hour CE course Custody Evaluator 101 training series. All courses approved by the JCC for training to become a court approved custody evaluator.
Bundle: Custody Evaluations 101 Part 1
This bundle contains the first 4 courses within our 40-hour, 8 course Custody Evaluator 101 training series - for a total of 20-hours of CE training. All courses approved by the JCC for training to become a court approved custody evaluator.
Bundle: Custody Evaluations 101 Part 2
This bundle contains the last 4 courses within our 40-hour, 8 course Custody Evaluator 101 training series - for a total of 20-hours of CE training. All courses approved by the JCC for training to become a court approved custody evaluator.
CCE-221: Custody Evaluations/Parenting Plan Evaluations 101 part 1 (Updated): Standards, Guidelines and Rules (6.0 CE Credits)
Course 1 in a series designed to provide the participant with the knowledge to perform CCEs/PPEs. Updated in 2025! The course will assist the participant in setting up basics, standards and guidelines.
CCE-122: Custody Evaluations 101 part 2: Forms, Procedures and Reports (5.0 CE Credits)
Course 2 in a series designed to provide the participant with the knowledge to perform CCEs/PPEs. The course will assist the participant in setting up their forms and office procedures and report shell.
CCE-123: Custody Evaluations 101 part 3: Challenging Issues (5.0 CE Credits)
Course 3 in a series designed to provide the participant with the knowledge to perform CCEs/PPEs. This course provides information on the frequently encountered "challenging issues” in court ordered evaluations.
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