Tuesday, September 20, 2011

GARDNER ON PAS TREATMENT


mORE CHILD TREATMENT

posted an hour ago by victorious children
Parental Alienation Syndrome (2nd Edition) Creative Therapeutics, Inc., Cresskill, N.J. 07626
March 2000 AddendumRichard A. Gardner, M.D.
Another consideration, especially for younger children, would be temporary placement in a foster home or a shelter for abused children. This is obviously punitive and could help such children rethink their decision not to visit. Such placement could also serve as a transition site for visits with the victimized parent. There is much too much coddling, indulging, and "empowering" PAS children. These measures would provide sorely needed disempowerment. I am observing growing awareness of the importance of transitional sites for PAS children in the moderately severe and severe categories. Ideally, these should be places that have a homelike environment to make the children more comfortable with their transition. Residential treatment centers might serve this purpose. Visitation centers currently operate only during the day. If these could be expanded to accommodate overnight placement for varying periods they would serve well as transitional sites for PAS children. I see expansion of such centers in the near future.


GARDNERS PARENT TREATMENT

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Parents who encourage children to disobey court orders for visitation are actually in contempt of court. Once the court rules that a parent has been in contempt, the judge has the power to implement certain punishments and restrictions. The judge can order transfer of custody to the alienated parent, or temporary transfer of the children to a neutral, transitional site. Fines, when feasible, can also help a recalcitrant parent "remember" to comply. The court can require the alienating parent to post a bond. Failure to comply with visitation orders will result in forfeiture. Putting the alienating parent on parole is feasible as is ordering community service. The parent on parole is assigned to a parole officer who can report to the court failure to comply with ordered visitation. Courts have the power to confine to house arrest and even incarcerate a parent who is in contempt. As a preliminary, the court can order alienating parents to take an escorted tour of the local jail. Familiarization with what lies ahead may help PAS-inducing parents reconsider their positions. A few days in a local jail would generally suffice to help such a parent cease and desist from the PAS-inducing programming. In the state of Pennsylvania parents who disobey court orders related to visitation or custody may be punished in one or more of the following ways (23 Pa. C.S.A. 4346):
(1) Imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months
(2) A fine not to exceed $500
(3) Probation for a period not to exceed 6 months
(4) An order for nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of driving privileges
Similarly, in the State of California, 278.5 of the California Penal code provides for:
Additional Punishment. (a) Every person who takes, entices away, keeps, withholds, or conceals a child and maliciously deprives a lawful custodian of a right to custody, or a person of the right to visitation, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1000), or both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months, or two or three years, a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both that fine and imprisonment.
Parental Alienation Syndrome (2nd Edition) Creative Therapeutics, Inc., Cresskill, N.J. 07626
March 2000 Addendum
Richard A. Gardner, M.D.


CHILD TREATMENT IN PAS CASE

posted an hour ago by victorious children
eXCERPT FROM http://www.secuestro-emocional.org/pas/gard00a.htm
Parental Alienation Syndrome (2nd Edition) Creative Therapeutics, Inc., Cresskill, N.J. 07626
March 2000 Addendum
Richard A. Gardner, M.D.

Another approach that would prove useful is for the courts to find an older child (11-16) to be in contempt of court if he (she) does not visit with the alienated parent. Once found to be in contempt, the youngster can be placed in a juvenile detention center for a few days to reconsider his (her) decision. Such centers do have children in that age bracket, so that such disposition does not require the creation of any new or special facility. Obviously, this is not the kind of a punishment that I would recommend for younger children. One might argue that such placement would expose the child to more serious offenders and he/she would thereby pick up their bad habits. If such placement is short-term, I doubt that this is likely to happen. Again, the youngster might be offered a visit or tour of the facility in advance while he or she is considering refusal. The juvenile detention center could also serve as a form of transition placement as described in this book, a place where the alienated parent could visit with the child as a step toward transition to the victimized parents home. Again, such a threat, if real, can provide the PAS child with the excuse to the alienator: "I really hate him (her); Im only going because its better than going to jail."
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