To a child, divorce can feel like a war zone.
	When parents use children in the battle against each other, it can be a form of child abuse.

If you deal with children of split parents,
or are going through a divorce,
learn to recognize the signs of PAS.

We can help.

	Contributing Mental Illnesses
	Stockholm Syndrome (Patty Hearst Syndrome) Out of survival children may choose to side with the perpetrator against the targeted parent. Victims have to concentrate on emotional and physical survival. The perpetrator becomes their captor and in order to stay safe, the children will become dependent on the captor and do anything to please them. They focus on the captor's kindnesses, not his/her acts of brutality. Battered women assume that the abuser is a good man whose actions stem from problems that she can help him solve. Narcissism There is a big correlation between narcissistic personality disorder and PAS. Narcisissm (Napoleon Syndrome) is where the perpetrating parent craves the attention they gain by harassing the targeted parent. Although they seem to be doing everything they possibly can to sever contact between the victimized parent and their children, actually it is the attention that is gained that they crave. They will do anything they can to make themselves the center of attention, especially if they can portray themselves as the victim. Many times this leads to a barrage of false reports of child abuse to police, DCF and unwarranted hospital visits alleging child abuse by the targeted parent. Perpetrating parents engage well-meaning individuals to join them in their assault by encouraging the filing of abuse reports. Their abuse stories seem all the more credible when the child has been coached to back up the perpetrator. Sadly, most people do not realize that children naturally love their parents, even if they are abused. And because of fear, a child will protect their abuser. Rarely will a child willingly expose their abuser.

	MISSION
	To raise society consciousness about Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), to provide legal advocacy for and to develop and implement, on a collaborative basis where possible, a full range of solutions to the problem of PAS.
		GOALS
		1. To identify and increase knowledge, educate locally and nationally the public on PAS.
		2. To reduce the incidences of PAS by developing public policy initiatives and educating key stake holders about the problems in PAS identification.
		3. To reduce the incidence of re-introduction of known victims to PAS by developing more effective identification and intervention measures.
4. To align comprehensive, new prevention and intervention strategies with innovative treatment methodologies to enhance support of those suffering the ramifications of PAS.