January 2012

A Typology of Distortions

By Jeffrey P. Wittmann

Cognitive sets and assumptions, however formed, create a kind of lens through which data that is gathered on a family is processed and interpreted. And these biases create the very real potential for errors to be made at the stage where the court is being given an evaluator’s "bottom line" about a particular child’s needs or a certain parent’s skills and capacities.

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