Forensic
- Forensic Psychology
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
- Forensic Assessment For Security In Employee Recruitment, Selection & Placement
- Adoption Counseling Services
Human Relations Institute & Clinics is a specialist in providing psychological services within forensic sciences. We are specialized in assessment and counseling of forensic cases in the community, training, as well as research and consultancy to other professionals working with the client group.
Forensic psychology is the interface between psychology and the law, including:
Family Court
Child Custody Evaluations, Visitation Risk Assessments, Grandparent Visitation Evaluations, Mediation of Parental Conflicts about Children, Child Abuse Evaluations, Adoption Readiness Evaluations, Development of Family Reunification Plans, and Evaluations to Assess Termination of Parental Rights.
Civil Court
Personal Injury Evaluations, IME Second Opinion Evaluations, Assessment of Emotional Factors in Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, Worker’s Compensation Evaluations, Civil Competency Evaluations, and Psychological Autopsies.
Criminal Court
Evaluations of Juveniles accused of criminal acts, Juvenile Pre-sentencing Evaluations, Juvenile Probation Evaluations, Juvenile Waiver Evaluations, Evaluating the Credibility of Child Witnesses, Assessment of Juvenile and Adult Sexual Offenders, Competency and Diminished Capacity Evaluations, and Adult Pre-sentencing Evaluations.
Critical Incident is any extraordinary event, circumstance or series of events which are outside the range of ordinary human experiences.
They are overwhelming, powerful and generally disruptive to individuals, groups or communities. Some examples are earthquakes, floods, war, assault, robbery, suicide, fire, explosions, hostage situations, accidents, kidnappings, murder, and terrorism.
The contribution of psychology to the world of work constitutes a long and impressive record. Security has a direct relationship to employee selection and behavior, psychologists provide a unique perspective and contribution to human vulnerability and organizational safety.
The Forensic Organizational Psychology Service has expertise as the “Social Architects” for human resources consulting to business and NGOs, offering assistance in the following: Occupational Psychometrics, Training and Development, Vocational and Aptitude Testing, Stress Management, Transitional Leadership and Change and Consultancy, Organizational Behavior, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, and Emergency Preparedness.
This consulting program help reduce threat of corporate vulnerability, human devastation, economic damage and ruin. Careful understanding of recruitment measures to rule out an individual, or group, with clandestine motive(s) can save corporation and community from preventable financial expenditure and most importantly human loss.
Human Relations Institute and Clinics has been providing adoption counseling services in the UAE for more than 15 years. Our adoption services counselors offer emotional and psychological support to prospective adoptive families, while evaluating their level of preparedness and presenting them with necessary guidelines to help through their adoption journey as successfully as possible.
What Is a Home Study?
A homestudy is sometimes called a “family assessment,” and is a written report containing the findings of a adoption services counselor who has met on several occasions with the prospective adoptive parents, has visited their home, and who has investigated the health, medical, criminal, family and home background of the adoptive parents. If there are other individuals that are also living in the home of the adoptive parents, they will be interviewed and evaluated, if necessary, by the adoption services counselor and included as part of the homestudy. The purpose of the homestudy is to help the court determine whether the adoptive parents are qualified to adopt a child, based on the criteria that have been established by government laws of the country of adoption.
What is required of me for the home study?
Interview
You will be interviewed several times by the adoption services counselor. These interviews help you develop a relationship with your adoption services counselor that will enable him/her to better understand your family.
Home Visit
Home visits primarily serve to ensure your home meets safety standards (e.g., working smoke alarms, safe storage of firearms, safe water, adequate space for each child, etc.).
Health Statements
Each prospective adoptive parent will be required to have a physical exam. The purpose of the exam is to know that the prospective parents are essentially healthy, have a normal life expectancy, and are physically and mentally able to handle the care of a child.
Income Statements
The prospective parents are asked to verify their income by providing a list of assets and liabilities. You will be asked about savings, insurance policies and other investments and debts.
Background Checks
Each prospective adoptive parent and anyone living in the home over the age of 16 years old will be required to have a criminal and child abuse record clearance for all adoptive applicants. While the vast majority of prospective adoptive parents have no criminal or child abuse history, it is important for children’s safety to identify those few families who might put children at risk.
Biographical Statements
Each prospective adoptive parent will be asked to write an autobiographical statement. This is, essentially, the story of your life. This statement helps the social worker better understand your family.
References
The social worker will ask you for the names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of three or four individuals to serve as references for you. References help the social worker form a more complete picture of your family and support network. References should be individuals who have known you for several years, who have observed you in many situations.
Standardized Personality Testing:
As part of the home study process, we may ask each prospective parent to take part in standardized psychological testing. This will be completed in our professional facility, and involves paper and pencil questionnaires. We will provide you with a summary of the results post testing.
Post adoptive counseling:
If your adoption agency requires post adoptive support, you as a couple requests, or if there are any concerns identified at any point in the home study, we will provide post adoptive services. These sessions will provide information on issues such as attachment and bonding, as well as the adjustment of the couple to parenthood.
