Bonding Assessment

I'm sorry mistonicee, here's a slight amendment: I went off on a tangent but should note that the documentation I do is for court--not specifically for bonding assessments. I was thinking that, if you documented family visitation and in doing so developed a pattern (i.e. "parents attended 10 out of 24 visits") then that info. might be useful in a bonding assessment because, in addition to what the evaluator witnesses in person, s/he can also deduce that so little contact could not facilitate a sufficient parental bond relative to your bond with the baby). Bottom line, if you haven't documented visits with family there's no need to worry. It really wouldn't make or break the assessment. DYFS will provide the evaluator with the parents' history, progress, visitation, etc...but sometimes DYFS caseworkers are vague (at least in my cases). That's what prompted me to think about it. Again, I have no doubt you'll do great! Jenn