Child Treatment Declaration

When providing counselling services to children it is usually therapeutically beneficial to have both parents, or all significant caregivers involved. It is also ethically inappropriate to exclude a parent, or provide services without that parent's knowledge.

The Canadian Co-Parenting Centres use the following form to ensure that both parents, and any other significant caregivers*, are aware of the services being considered and that all are in favour of proceeding.

*In some situations, such as longer term common-law relationships, the child or children may have significant relationships with adults who are not a biological or adoptive parent. If someone has been a significant caregiver, and in practical terms been like a parent, then we believe it is appropriate to treat them as such.

If one or more significant caregivers or parents is not available to sign this declaration, or if one of them is not participating in the child or children's treatment, an Authorization To Contact Other Significant Caregiver form will have to be filled out and signed.

Note to other professionals.

Please feel free to utilize all or part of these documents. We only ask that you let us know that you are doing so. This then creates an opportunity for collaboration and mutual benefit.

Thanks.

CnCPC_Child_Treatment_Declaration.doc

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