Parent-Child Relationship Assessment
A child may resist a call, use unfamiliar language or become less comfortable with contact. Those observations deserve care, but they do not establish the cause.
This assessment helps organize observable changes before attaching an explanation to them. Consider when the change began, circumstances around it, what the child has said and other information available. Keep genuine concerns, developmental needs and possible relational pressure in the examination. The assessment is not a diagnosis or a determination that alienation exists.
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Who this resource is intended to help
This resource is for a parent noticing distance, rejected contact, unfamiliar language, loyalty pressure or another change in the relationship with their child. It helps separate observable changes from assumptions about why they occurred.
How to use it responsibly
Record what changed, when it changed and what else was happening at the time. Include information that supports more than one explanation. Consider how your own communication may feel to the child, and identify when an attorney, therapist or another appropriately qualified professional should help answer the next question.
Begin with what changed, not with a diagnosis.
Write down the behavior or relationship change you observed, when it began and what else was happening at the time. Keep safety concerns visible and bring clinical questions to an appropriately qualified professional. CIC can help organize the observations without deciding their cause.