Most pensions on divorce experts (PODE) prefer not to have direct contact with the people they are preparing a report for, preferring to remain arm’s length, as a neutral (referred to in the legal system as a single joint expert).
Child inclusive mediation involves giving children and young people (of an appropriate age) an opportunity to be able to express their wishes and feelings (‘a voice’) (without pressure or influence) to an independent child expert (Direct Child Consultant) when their parents separate, using the mediation session to make important decisions about them.
This Chapter and resources offer insight into the impact parental separation can have on children, motivating and encouraging parents to work together in their children’s best interests.
One of the keys to raising emotionally secure children is the need for separated parents to work together positively in their children’s best interests, planning their child arrangements together. This Chapters, resources and forms offers help and support with this.
