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- Title
Innovative Programs in Israel for Prevention & Responding to Parental Alienation: Education, Early Identification and Timely, Effective Intervention.
- Authors
Marcus, Philip
- Abstract
There is substantial research and documentation showing that behavior of a parent which alienates a child against the other parent (PA) and other family members may cause serious, and sometimes permanent, damage to the child. Building on the work that defines maladaptive parental gatekeeping (MG) and PA, and on identifying typologies of behavior, and their effects on the alienated child, the need for prevention of children in these cases is well established. This paper describes programs and responses in Israel, some already in place and others under development, almost all of which require multidisciplinary collaboration between professionals. The programs include: primary prevention; early identification, so as to allow prompt secondary intervention by advice and treatment of parents and child; and immediate tertiary intervention when alienation has led to contact failure or is about to do so. Prevention and early intervention can reduce the need for the massive investment of resources needed for attempts to restore contact, and also for treatment of those affected by PA. Practitioner Key Points: Parental alienation is highly damaging to the child, and the damage lasts into adulthood.The general public and professionals who work with children are largely unaware of PA, and its damaging effects.Prevention of PA is a public health issue.Prevention of PA is possible, but depends on public awareness and training of professionals to take preventative steps.Prevention requires identification of at‐risk children and parents, and of situations in which PA is liable to develop.After identification, immediate intervention – therapy for the child and parenting education – are required.If PA has already resulted in contact failure, courts must act speedily and resolutely to make orders for reconciliation therapy and treatment.Identification, treatment, and judicial intervention require multidisciplinary coordination.The court must supervise progress of reconciliation and therapy, and impose sanctions for parental disobedience.Israel has programs which address all the above issues.
- Subjects
CHILDS family; CHILD abuse; PARENTAL alienation syndrome; CHILD care services; PARENTING education
- Publication
Family Court Review, 2020, Vol 58, Issue 2, p544
- ISSN
1531-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fcre.12486