Application for Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator and Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator

73 Valley Drive, Furlong, PA 18925
(800) 633-PACE (7223) FAX (215) 794-3386 staff@pace411.com

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Since 1991 PACE has been recognized as a national mental health professional organization. PACE certifies qualified mental health professionals to practice the specialties of Custody Evaluator and/or Parenting Coordinator. These individuals are certified to practice at the independent practice level and hold the following credentials:
Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™ (NCCE)
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Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™ (NCPC)

Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™ (NCCE)

PACE, as a recognized professional organization, certifies qualified custody evaluators to practice the mental health specialty of Custody Evaluator at the independent practice level. They will hold the credential of Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™ (NCCE)

Members will have a document to verify their certification. The certification document is a license-sized certificate (8” X 5”) with special built-in security characteristics. It contains all of the relevant information and attests to the fact that the named recipient "has satisfied the requirements for education, training, and experience, contained in PACE’S Criteria for Practice at the Independent Practice Level and is therefore recognized as a Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator."

Additionally, court personnel and prospective clients will be invited to visit a new website, being developed as both a Registry and also to enhance the credibility and stature of the Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™ (NCCE).

Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™ (NCPC)

PACE, as a recognized professional organization, certifies qualified mental health professionals to practice the mental health specialty of Parenting Coordinator at the independent practice level. They will hold the credential of Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™(NCPC)

What is a Parenting Coordinator?

The use of Parenting Coordinators is a relatively new intervention to manage high-conflict custody cases. Parents retain and compensate a clinician to arbitrate ongoing child-related disputes either by private agreement or by Court Order. That clinician then becomes the Parenting Coordinator.

What does the Parenting Coordinator do?

The Parenting Coordinator works directly with the parents to help them communicate more effectively and avoid conflicts about child-related issues. Parents who are constantly in court about child-related issues (such as a holiday visitation schedule or the sharing of information about a child’s academic or medical developments) might benefit from opinions and guidance to help make communication more effective. In addition, the parenting coordinator mediates issues, and when the parents are unable to agree, the parenting coordinator is often given the power to arbitrate what the result should be.

Ultimately, the court has the final say over child custody and visitation issues, but a Parenting Coordinator can drastically reduce the need to go to court and therefore reduce conflict for the children in families involved in such disputes.

Members will have a document to verify their certification. The certification document is a license-sized certificate (8” X 5”) with special built-in security characteristics. It contains all of the relevant information and attests to the fact that the named recipient "has satisfied the requirements for education, training, and experience, contained in PACE’S Criteria for Practice at the Independent Practice Level and is therefore recognized as a Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator."

Additionally, court personnel and prospective clients will be invited to visit a new website, being developed as both a registry and also to enhance the credibility and stature of the Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™(NCPC).

PACE'S
Criteria for Certification

Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™ (NCCE)
Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™ (NCPC)

1. Doctoral or Masters Degree in a mental health specialty from a university/college that is regionally accredited; and

2. One of the following:

• Currently licensed by a State Board of Examiners to practice a mental health specialty at the independent practice level or

• Member of a recognized mental health professional association that has promulgated relevant standards of practice for a mental health specialty or

• Minimum of two years experience working with a family court system; and

3A. If applying for Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™(NCCE)
A minimum of two years custody evaluation experience, during which the applicant has independently conducted a minimum of five comprehensive custody evaluations; and
3B. If applying for Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™(NCPC)
A minimum of two years experience working at a professional level with at least five sets of high conflict or litigating parents, providing services that have been described by various designations, including, but not limited to: parental coordinator, parenting coordinator, family coordinator, mediator, reunification therapist, etc.;

4. Two Endorsement Memos (See the “Endorsement Memos” section that is part of the Application)

Renewal occurs every six or twelve months (your choice). Six contact hours YEARLY of continuing education courses relevant to Custody Evaluator and/or Parenting Coordinator is required for renewal.
The PACE Executive Operating Committee has been authorized to use a degree of flexibility in the handling of certain special situations that may arise during the application process without compromising the integrity of PACE’S Current Criteria.

FEES

Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™ (NCCE)

   ONE-TIME APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE: $338   $169 during Vanguard Period

   ANNUAL CERTIFICATION FEE: $198 every 12 months or $109 every 6 months.

Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™ (NCPC)

   ONE-TIME APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE: $338   $169 during Vanguard Period

    ANNUAL CERTIFICATION FEE: $198 every 12 months or $109 every 6 months.)

BOTH CREDENTIALS AT THE SAME TIME:

Nationally Certified Custody Evaluator™(NCCE)

and

Nationally Certified Parenting Coordinator™(NCPC)

   ONE-TIME APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE: $498  $249 during Vanguard Period
   (Total for both applications)
   ANNUAL CERTIFICATION FEE: $298 every 12 months or $159 every 6 months.
   (Total for both applications)

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73 VALLEY DRIVE
Village of Furlong, PA 18925

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