Gail Elliot, Ph

Gail Elliot, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Certified School Psychologist

73 Valley Drive

Furlong, PA 18925

(215) 794-3884 Psychological Treatment, Adults

(215) 794-3386 (FAX) and Children Psychological/Educational

Diagnosis

School Consultation

Family/Marital Therapy

Psychological Services

of Divorce

Forensic Diagnosis, Specializing

in Custody Evaluations

GAIL ELLIOT, Ph.D.

PA License: PS-003547L

EDUCATION

A.B. in English, Douglass College

Master's Program in Early Childhood Education, Temple University

Ph.D. in Psychology, Temple University, 1978

School Psychology Certification, Bryn Mawr College, 1990

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS

Director of Research, Bricklin Associates, 1978-Present. Directed the research team in conducting an extensive review of the literature in the areas of child development, family processes and child custody issues, to develop the Bricklin concept of child custody evaluation into a set of child custody evaluation tools. This was the first of many research-based projects to measure the actual impact parents have on their children.

Vice Chair, Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators, 1992-Present. Have oversight responsibility in this national organization whose goals are to strengthen the quality of the professionally prepared custody evaluation, to disseminate information to court systems, mediators, law firms, etc. concerning the training and experience of custody evaluators, to promote sound ethical standards for conducting and presenting custody evaluations, to provide advocacy at university and political levels, to provide continuing education courses, to augment networking venues among members, to provide local and national conferences and conventions.

Independent Forensic Practice, 1990 - Present. Nationally recognized expert in child custody issues and evaluations. Have been qualified in courts in many states as an expert witness who has attained the required clinical competencies specified for child custody evaluators by the American Psychological Association, by experts who have authored texts on child custody, and by senior members of a national organization of custody evaluators. These areas of competency include child and family development, life-span development, adult psychopathology, child psychopathology, adult psychotherapy, child psychotherapy, psychological assessments of adults, children, and families, effective parenting, developmental disabilities, and educational issues.

Independent Practice, 1980-Present. Diagnose and treat children and adults for numerous psychological conditions including anxiety, depression, marital problems, estrangement of family members in divorce (reunification therapy), psychosomatic disorders, developmental disorders (including impairment of cognitive and memory functioning in older adults), information processing deficits, learning disabilities, underachievement, school adjustment and behavior problems. Consult with many public and private schools (in eleven school districts in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and Wilmington, DE) to coordinate ongoing, multidisciplinary treatment of private practice patients. Devised an information-processing-oriented educational therapy technique and taught reading and content area subjects at all grade levels, preschool through graduate school, employing this technique. Developed a comprehensive college entrance service for children with serious motivational problems and low self-esteem.

VERICARE, December, 2008 - Present. Provide clinical psychological services and consultations to residents of long-term care facilities.

PAST AFFILIATIONS

Clinical Psychology Intern, Bricklin Associates, 1977-1980. Same duties as above in "Independent Practice."

Instructor, Clinical Division, Psychology of Reading, Temple University, 1978. Taught a graduate level practicum in psychological assessment and diagnosis and assessment and diagnosis of learning and reading disabilities. Supervised clinicians in training.

Teaching Assistant, Clinical Division, Psychology of Reading, Temple University, 1977-1978. Conducted psychological evaluations and educational evaluations, diagnosed and recommended treatment for children and adults with reading and learning disabilities, developmental disorders, information processing deficits, and other psychological disorders. Taught graduate level classes in psychological and educational assessment and diagnosis of adults and children. Supervised clinicians in training.

Graduate Assistant, Clinical Division, Psychology of Reading, Temple University, 1973-1977. Conducted psychological and educational evaluations, diagnosed and recommended treatment for children and adults with reading and learning disabilities, developmental disorders, information processing deficits, and other psychological disorders.

School Psychology Intern, Bryn Mawr College, 1989-1990. Conducted group therapy for emotionally disturbed children, children of divorced parents, and culturally different children in a public junior high school. Conducted psychological evaluations, diagnosed and recommended psychological and educational treatment for public elementary school children. Consulted with teachers and parents on issues of treatment planning and implementation in public elementary school multidisciplinary team meetings.

Teaching Supervisor Intern, Laboratory School, Temple University, 1973. Supervised teachers in training to teach elementary school age children with reading and other language learning disabilities in a full-time remedial school setting.

Teaching Intern, Laboratory School, Temple University, 1972. Taught elementary school age children with reading and other language learning disabilities in a full-time remedial school setting.

Other Teaching Experience. Philadelphia School District (kindergarten, 1 year), Twin Springs Farm Nursery School, Ambler, PA (1 year), U.S. Army Cooperative Nursery School, Munich, Germany (2 years).

MEMBERSHIPS

American Psychological Association

Pennsylvania Psychological Association

Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators (PACE), Vice Chair, Executive Operating Committee

American Board of Assessment Psychology (Diplomate)

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (1991). The Parent Perception of Child Profile (PPCP).

Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (1995). ACCESS: A Comprehensive Custody Evaluation

Standard System. Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2000). Qualifications of and procedures to be used by judges,

attorneys, and mental health professionals who deal with children in high-conflict

divorce cases. University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 22(3), 501-528.

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2001). The Bricklin family of custody instruments: Updated validity, reliability and normative data. Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.

and www.vp411.com

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2002a, April). What can empirical data on 4,500 child custody cases

tell us? Paper presented at the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA.

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2002b). The Perception-of-Relationships Test (PORT)and Bricklin

Perceptual Scales (BPS): Current and new empirical data on 3,880 cases, 1961-2002.

Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2005). Parental time-share plans. In L. Gunsberg, &

P. Hymowitz (Eds.), Divorce and custody: Contemporary developmental

psychoanalytic perspectives. Washington, DC: American Psychological

Association Books.

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2006). Test-assisted detection of the Parental Alienation Syndrome.

In Gardner, R., Sauber, R. and Lorandos, D. (Eds.) The International Handbook of

Parental Alienation Syndrome: Conceptual, Clinical and Legal Considerations.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd.

Bricklin, B., & Elliot, G. (2007). How To Structure and Write Custody Evaluation Reports-

Revised. Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.

Elliot, G. (1998). Assessment of Parenting Skills: Infant and Preschooler (APSIP).

Furlong, PA: Village Publishing, Inc.

Elliot, G., & Bricklin, B. (1995). Postdivorce issues: Relevant research. In B. Bricklin, The

custody evaluation handbook: Research based solutions and applications

Dealing with Custody Litigants: Improving Assessment Accuracy

Invited address, APA Division 43 Symposium, American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA (August 15, 1994).

Empirical Approaches to Custody Evaluations

Invited address, American Psychological Association, New York, NY (August 15, 1995).

How to Conduct A Comprehensive Custody Evaluation

Invited address, Wyoming Psychological Association and Colorado Psychological Association, Cheyenne, WY (October 7, 1995).

How To Conduct a Comprehensive Custody Evaluation

Invited address, Penn Council for Relationships, Division of Family Study, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (October 12, 1995).

Assessment Procedures in Child Custody Evaluations

Invited address, American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada (August 13, 1996).

Dealing with Subjective Bias and Adversarial Bitterness in Custody Evaluations: The Contributions of Data-based and Formal Decision Models

Invited address, Conference by the American Bar Association Section of Family Law and the American Psychological Association (Children, Divorce, and Custody: Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together), Los Angeles, CA (April 17, 1997).

Scientific Basis of Custody Decisions

Invited address, American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL (August 18, 1997).

Assessment of Attachment in Child Custody Evaluations

Invited address, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (October 17, 1997).

The Simulation of Real-Life Events in Comprehensive Custody Evaluations

Paper presented at the Fourteenth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (April 30 to May 2, 1998).

Therapeutic and Monitoring Strategies in High Conflict Custody and Visitation Disputes Using

New Motor Therapy Strategies to Increase Cooperation

Invited address, American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA (August 17, 1998).

The Bricklin-Elliot Comprehensive Custody Evaluation Standard System (ACCESS) Adapted for Usage in China

Invited workshops for psychologists and social workers, Government of China Social Service Department, Hong Kong, China (February 28 to March 8, 2000).

The Knowledge Base and Specific Procedures Needed in High Conflict Child Custody Cases

Paper presented at the Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, Newport Beach, CA (April 6, 2000).

The Bricklin Family of Custody Instruments: Its Use As A Comprehensive System, and

Special Procedures Needed in High Conflict Cases: A Study Commissioned by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School

Invited address, Seminar for judges and family law attorneys, St. Louis, MO (April 12, 2001).

The Bricklin Family of Custody Instruments

Invited address, British Columbia Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (April 20 to 22, 2001).

The Bricklin Family of Custody Instruments: Its Use As A Comprehensive System, and

Special Procedures Needed in High Conflict Cases: A Study Commissioned by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School

Invited address, Seminar for judges and family law attorneys, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (April 23, 2001).

The Bricklin Family of Custody Instruments: Its Use As A Comprehensive System, and

Special Procedures Needed in High Conflict Cases: A Study Commissioned by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School

Invited address, Seminar for judges and family law attorneys, sponsored by the Cook County Family Court, Judges Moshe Jacobius and Ponce de Leon, Chicago, IL (May 17, 2001).

What Can Empirical Data on 3880 Child Custody Cases Tell Us?

Paper presented at the Eighteenth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (April 18, 2002).

Parental Fitness Evaluations Using the Bricklin Family of Custody Instruments

Invited address, Seminar for the Department of Human Services of the State of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (May 17 to 19, 2002).

Test-Assisted Detection of the Parental Alienation Syndrome and Related Clinical Scenarios

Paper presented at the Twentieth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (April 1, 2004).

Severe Parental Alienation Scenarios: Outpatient Therapeutic Protocols

Paper presented at the Twenty-Second Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (March 16, 2006).

Predicting Alienation in Children – Prodromal Signs: How and When To Use Therapies and To Involve the Court

Paper presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, Santa Fe, NM (May 3, 2007).

Test-Generated Child Custody Hypotheses: New Statistical Data

Paper presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (April 10, 2008).

Helping Seriously Impaired Custody Disputants Upgrade Their Parenting Skills

Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Diego, CA (March 26, 2009).

Coping With Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome Testimony

Paper presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Francisco, CA (April 22, 2010).

Are We Really Ready For Research-Based Custody Evaluation Recommendations?

Paper presented at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium of the American College of Forensic Psychology, San Diego, CA (March 31, 2011).

CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINARS GIVEN

Custody Evaluation Problems and Solutions

Midwinter Conference of the Georgia Psychological Association, Sea Island, GA (February 6, 1993).

Custody Evaluation Problems and Solutions

Midwinter Convention of Divisions 29 (Psychotherapy), 42 (Independent Practice), and 43 (Family Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA (March 13, 1993).

Child Custody Evaluations: Legal and Ethical Considerations

Mississippi Psychological Association, Jackson, MS (May 21, 1994).

Comprehensive Custody Evaluation Workshops

Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators: (with Barry Bricklin, Ph.D.)

Fort Lauderdale, FL (January 14 and 15, 1995)

San Diego, CA (April 29 and 30, 1995)

Princeton, NJ (June 3 and 4, 1995)

San Antonio, TX (June 23 and 24, 1995)

Minneapolis, MN (July 15 and 16, 1995)

Chicago, IL (August 25 and 26, 1995)

San Francisco, CA (September 22 and 23, 1995)

New York, NY (October 20 and 21, 1995)

Dallas, TX (November 17 and 18, 1995)

Fort Lauderdale, FL (January 19 and 20, 1996)

Los Angeles, CA (February 16 and 17, 1996)

Atlanta, GA (March 15 and 16, 1996)

Seattle, WA (May 3 and 4, 1996)

Philadelphia, PA (May 17 and 18, 1996)

New York, NY (May 31 and June 1, 1996)

Washington, DC (June 21 and 22, 1996)

Chicago, IL (September 27 and 28, 1996)

San Francisco, CA (November 15 and 16, 1996)

Fort Lauderdale, FL (January 31 and February 1, 1997)

Santa Monica, CA (February 28 and March 1, 1997)

Philadelphia, PA (May 16 and 17, 1997)

Chicago, IL (September 12 and 13, 1997)

Philadelphia, PA (May 15 and 16, 1998)

Chicago, IL (October 2 and 3, 1998)

Philadelphia, PA (April 23 and 24, 1999)

Chicago, IL (October 1 to 3, 1999)

Philadelphia, PA (April 28 to 30, 2000)

Chicago, IL (October 6 to 8, 2000)

Atlanta, GA (May 25 to 27, 2001)

Chicago, IL (October 5 to 7, 2001)

Atlanta, GA (May 31 to June 2, 2002)

Chicago, IL (October 4 to 6, 2002)

Tampa, FL (February 28 to March 2, 2003)

Chicago, IL (November 14 to 16, 2003)

Tampa, FL (May 21 to 23, 2004)

Chicago, IL (November 19 to 21, 2004)

Tampa, FL (May 20 to 22, 2005)

Chicago, IL (November 4 to 6, 2005)

Tampa, FL (May 5 to 7, 2006)

Chicago, IL (November 3 to 5, 2006)

Chicago, IL (November 2 to 4, 2007)

Orlando, FL (November 7 to 9, 2008)

King of Prussia, PA (January 22 to 24, 2010)

King of Prussia, PA (June 11 to 13, 2010)

Valley Forge, PA (June 3 to 5, 2011)

Advanced Custody Evaluation Workshops

Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators: (with Barry Bricklin, Ph.D.)

Fort Lauderdale, FL (February 2, 1997)

Santa Monica, CA (March 2, 1997)

Philadelphia, PA (May 18, 1997)

Chicago, IL (September 14, 1997)

Philadelphia, PA (May 17, 1998)

Chicago, IL (October 4, 1998)

Philadelphia, PA (April 25, 1999)