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  1. Archer-Kuhn; B., Saini, M. Tam, D., Hughes, J., Beltrano, N., Trudgill, D., & Still, M. (in press). Domestic violence during COVID-19: Stories from service providers engaging with survivors. Journal of Policy Practice and Research.

  2. Godbout, E., Poitras, K, Saini, M. (in press). Entre aide et autorité : perceptions les juges et des experts concernant leur rôle auprès des familles vivant des conflits sévères de séparation. Revue scientifique de l’AIFI.

  3. Saini, M., Stavro-Pearce, S., Deljavan, S., Newman, J., & Christensen, M. (in press) Safety and wellbeing from the perspectives of youth: Experiences of using supervised access and exchange services following separation and divorce. Family Court Review.

  4. Jones, A., & Saini, M. (in press). Remote technology-assisted parenting plan evaluations in a global pandemic: Exploring the safety, reliability and feasibility. Family Court Review.

  5. Pruett, M., Johnston, J., Saini, M., Sullivan, M., & Salem, P. (2023). The use of parental alienation constructs by family justice system professionals: a survey of belief systems and practice implications. Family Court Review. 61(2), 372-394.

  6. Archer-Kuhn; B., Saini, M. Tam, D., Hughes, J., Beltrano, N., Trudgill, D., & Still, M. (2023). A survey of mothers’ experiences of shared parenting and domestic violence. Family Court Review. 61(2), 395-412.

  7. Archer-Kuhn, B., Hughes, J., Saini, M., Still, M., Beltrano, N., & Tam, D.,  (2022). Who is going to keep us safe? Surviving shared parenting and COVID-19. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 32(1), 57-66.

  8. Zumbach J, Brubacher S, Davis F, de Ruiter C, Ireland JL, McNamara K, October M, Saini M, Volbert R & Laajasalo T (2022). International perspective on guidelines and policies for child custody and child maltreatment risk evaluations: A preliminary comparative analysis across selected countries in Europe and North America. Frontiers in Psychology, section Forensic and Legal Psychology doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.900058

  9. Archer-Kuhn, B., Hughes, J., Saini, M., Tam, D., Beltrano, N., & Still, M. (2022). A balancing act when children are young: women’s experiences in shared parenting arrangements as survivors of domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-022-00452-z

  10. Saini, M., Pruett, M., & Alschech, J. (2022). The short-form of the Coparenting Across Family Structures Scale (CoPAFS-27): A confirmatory factor analysis. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 31, 2785-2800.

  11. Lam, A., Emery, V., Griffin, R. & Saini, M.(2022). Integrating social work within legal clinics: An inter-professional perspective to facilitate access to justice. Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues, 38, 11-29.

  12. Archer-Kuhn, B., Beltrano, N. R., Hughes, J., Saini, M., Tam, D. (2022). Recruitment in response to a pandemic: Pivoting a community-based recruitment strategy to Facebook for hard to reach populations during COVID-19. International Journal of Social Research Methodology.  22(6), 797-808.

  13. Romano, E., Weegar, K., Gallitto, E., Zak., S. & Saini, M. (2021). Meta-analysis on interventions for children exposed to intimate partner violence. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 22(4), 728-738.

  14. Sawyer, J. L., Mishna, F., Bouffet, E., Saini, M., & Zlotnik-Shaul, R. (2021). Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Impact of Hospital Isolation on Peer Relationships Among Children and Adolescents with a Malignant Brain Tumor. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1-15.

  15. Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M.(2021).  Working beyond capacity: A qualitative review of healthcare providers’ experiences of working with autistic individuals. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-021-00283-6

  16. Birnbaum, R., Poitras, K., Saini, M., Bala, N., Cyr, F. (2021) Views and experiences of parents in the family justice process in Ontario and Quebec: Report on the first stage of a longitudinal research project Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. 62(7), 532-550.

  17. Pruett MK, Alschech J, & Saini M. (2021). The impact of coparenting on mothers’ COVID-19-related stressors. Social Sciences. 10(8), 311. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10080311

  18. Southey, S., Morris, R., & Saini, M. (2021). Coparenting autistic children during COVID-19: Emerging insights from practice. International Social Work.  64(5), 790–795. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211013881

  19. Sawyer, J. Mishna, F., Saini, M., Bouffet, E. & Shaul, R. (2021). Applying attachment theory to explore the impact of hospital isolation on peer relationships among children and adolescents with a malignant brain tumour. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-021-00764-x

  20. Zumbach, J., Saini, M., & Koglin, U. (2021). Children's strategies for giving voice to needs consistent with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Family Court Review, 59(2), 309-323.

  21. Black, T., Fallon, B., Saini, M.., Deljavan, S., Theoduloz R. (2021). The intersection of child welfare, intimate partner violence and child custody disputes: secondary data analysis of the Ontario incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 15(4), 473-486.

  22. Poitra, K., Birnbaum, R., Saini, M., Bala, N., Cyr, F. (2021). Family dispute resolution: Case characteristics associated to trial. Children and Youth Service Review, 123 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105832

  23. Saini, M., Belcher-Timme, R., Nau, D., (2020). A multidisciplinary perspective on the role, value, and effectiveness of parenting coordination. Family Court Review. 58(3), 658-672.

  24. Edwards, T., Hussain, A., Sato, C., King, J., Sani, M., & King, B (2020). Racial Disproportionality and Disparities for Black Families Involved with the Child Welfare System: A Scoping Review Protocol. Social Science Protocols. 3, 1-10. http://journals.ed.ac.uk/social-science-protocols/article/view/4949

  25. Saini, M., Laajasalo, T & Platt, S. (2020). Gatekeeping by allegations: An examination of verified, unfounded, and fabricated allegations of child maltreatment within the context of resist and refusal dynamics. Family Court Review, 58(2). 417-431.

  26. Greenblatt, A. & Saini, M. (2019). Experiences of adolescents with cancer from diagnosis to post-treatment: A scoping review. Social Work Health Care. 58(8):776-795.

  27. Saini, M. (2019). Strengthening coparenting relationships to improve strained parent-child relationships: A follow up study of parents’ experiences of attending the Overcoming Barriers Program. Family Court Review, 57(2), 217-320.

  28. Saini, M., Nikolova, K., Black, T., & Godbout, E. (2019). An integrative model for taming the storm: Casework supervision in child protection services for working with families involved in high-conflict child custody disputes. Child Welfare. 97(3), 41-59.

  29. Saini, M., Pruett, M., Alschech, J. & Sushchyk, A. (2019). A pilot study to measure Co-Parenting Across Family Structures (CoPAFS). Journal of Child and Family Studies. 28(5), 1392-1401.

  30. Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M. (2019). Healthcare providers’ experiences with autism: A scoping review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49(6), 2374-2388.

  31. Saini, M., Black, T, Godbout, E., Deljavan, S. (2019). Feeling the pressure to take sides: A survey of child protection workers’ experiences about responding to allegations of child maltreatment within the context of child custody disputes. Children and Youth Services Review, 96, 127-133.

  32. Polak, S., & Saini, M. (2019). The complexity of families involved in high-conflict disputes: A post-separation ecological transactional framework. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. 60(2), 117-140.

  33. Bogossian, A., King, G., Lach, L., Currie, M., McNeill, T., Nicholas, D., & Saini, M. (2019). (Unpacking) father involvement in the context of childhood neurodisability research: a scoping review Disability and Rehabilitation. 41(1), 110-124.

  34. Alschech, J. & Saini, M. (2018) "Fathers' rights" activism, discourse, groups and impacts: Findings from a scoping review of the literature Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 1-27.

  35. Godbout, E, Saini, M., Turbide, C. (2018). Les conflits sévères de séparation: le point de vue et les besoins des intervenants en protection de la jeunesse. Revue québécoise de psychologie, 39(3), 99-124.

  36. Saini, M., & Polak, S. (2018). The benefits, drawbacks and safety considerations in digital parent-child relationships: An exploratory survey of the views of legal and mental health professionals in family law. Family Court Review, 54(4), 597-606

  37. Birnbaum, R., McCleary, L., Saini, M., & Bala, N. (2018). Dimensions of Conflict for Separated Families Index: An Index for Family Courts. Children and Youth Services Review. 88, 191-196.

  38. Romano, E, Weegar, K., Babchishin, L, Saini, M(2018). Cross-informant agreement on mental health outcomes in children with maltreatment histories: A systematic review. Journal of Violence. 8(1), 19-30.

  39. Birnbaum, M., Saini, M. & Bala, N. (2018). Growing concerns about the impact of self-representation in family court:  Views of Ontario judges, Children’s Lawyers and clinicians. Canadian Family Law Quarterly. 37, 121-136.

  40. Landers, A., Cann, R., Shapiro, V., McLuckie, A., Carrey, N.J., MacLaurin, B., Trocmé, N. & Saini, M. (2018). A scoping review of evidence-based interventions available to parents of maltreated children ages 0-5 involved with child welfare services.  Child Abuse & Neglect. 76, 546-560

  41. Birnbaum, R., Saini, M., & MacAulay, M. (2017). Ottawa coordinated case management project for high conflict custody and access cases: Lessons learned. Canadian Family Law Quarterly, 36.3(3), 239-340.

  42. Houston, C., Bala, N., Saini, M. (2017). Crossover cases of high-conflict families involving child protection services: Ontario research findings and suggestions for good practices, Family Court Review. 55(3), 362–374.

  43. Ketelaar, M., Bogossian, A., Saini, M., Visser-Meily, A., Lach, L. (2017). Assessment of the ‘family’ in the context of practice and research: A state-of-the-art review of pediatric neurodisability. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 59(3), 259-269.

  44. Saini, M., Newman, J., & Christensen, M. (2017). When supervision becomes the only plan: An analysis of long‐term use of supervised access and exchange services after separation and divorce. Family Court Review. 55 (4), 604-61.

  45. Bala, N., Birnbaum, R., Poitras, K., Saini, M., Cyr, F. & Leclair, S. (2017). Shared parenting in Canada: Increasing use but continued controversy. Family Court Review. 55 (4), 513-530

  46. Saini, M. (2017). Optimizing the repair of strained parent-child relationships: A summary of the research. Ontario Family Law Reporter. 31(1), 8-15.

  47. Godbout, E., Saint-Jacques, M.C., Blaude, A., Saini, M., et Pierce, T., (2017). Le point sur la garde partagée : ce que la recherche nous dit et ne nous dit pas sur cette forme de partage du temps parental. Intervention, 145, 63-67.

  48. Saini, M., Drozd, L., & Olesen, N., (2017). Adaptive and maladaptive gatekeeping behaviors and attitudes: Implications for child outcomes after separation and divorce. Family Court Review. 55(2), 260–272.

  49. Salem, P. & Saini, M. (2017). A survey of beliefs and priorities about access to justice of family law:  The search for a multidisciplinary perspective. Family Court Review. 55(1), 120–138

  50. Birnbaum, R., Saini, M. & Bala, N. (2017). Canada’s first integrated domestic violence court: Examining family and criminal court outcomes at the Toronto I.D.V.C. Journal of Family Violence. 32(6), 621–631.

  51. Black, T., Saini, M., Deljava, S., Fallon, B., Theoduloz, R, and Wall, M. (2016). The Intersection of Child Custody Disputes and Child Protection Investigations: Secondary Data Analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008). International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience, 4(1), 143-157.

  52. Bala, N., Saini, M., Spitz, S. (2016). Supervised access as a stepping stone rather than a destination: A qualitative review of Ontario services & policies for assisting families transitioning from supervised access. Queen's University Legal Research Paper No. 085. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2887653

  53. Saini, M. Birnbaum, R. & Bala, N. (2016) Access to justice in Ontario’s family courts: The parents’ perspective. Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues. 37, 1-25.

  54. Saini, M., Birnbaum, R., Bala, N., & McLarty, B. (2016). Understanding pathways to family dispute resolution and justice reforms: a court file analysis & survey of views of professionals in Ontario. Family Court Review. 54(3), 382-397.

  55. Salem, P. & Saini, M. (2016). A survey of beliefs and priorities about access to justice of family law:  The search for a multidisciplinary perspective. Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, 17, 661-690.

  56. Saint-Jacques, M.-C., Filion, L., Godbout, É., Turcotte, D., Parent, C. et Saini, M. (2016). La médiation familiale à distance. Survol d’une pratique en émergence. Tiers, 15, 113-127. https://doi.org/10.3917/tiers.015.0113

  57. Emery, R.E., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Johnston, J., Pedro-Carroll, A., Kline Pruett, M., Saini, M., & Sandler, I. (2016). “Bending” evidence for a cause: Scholar advocacy bias in family law. Family Court Review. 54(2), 134-149.

  58. Sandler, I., Saini, M., Kline Pruett, M., Pedro-Carroll, J., Johnston, J.J., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., & Emery, R.E. (2016). Convenient and inconvenient truths in family law: Preventing advocacy bias in the use of social science research for public policy. Family Court Review. 54(2), 150-166.

  59. Saini, M., Stoddart, K., & Morris, R. (2015). Review of parenting decisions in Canadian family courts involving children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD): Eight salient themes for the family law professional. Canadian Family Law Quarterly, 34(3), 335-372.

  60. Cargo, M., Stankov, I., Thomas, J., Saini, M., Rogers, P., Mayo-Wilson, E., & Hannes, K. (2015). Development, inter-rater reliability and feasibility of a checklist to assess implementation (Ch-IMP) in systematic reviews of complex interventions. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 15(1), 73.

  61. Saini, M., Stoddart, K.P., Morris, R., Gibson, M., Morris, R., Barrett, D., Muskat, B., Nicholas, D., Rampton, G., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2015). Couple relationships among parents of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Findings from a scoping review of the literature. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 17, 142-157.

  62. Saini, M., Birnbaum, R. (2015). Raising the bar:  A risk  assessment  checklist when  supervised  access  is  being  considered in  child  custody  disputes. Canadian Family Law Quarterly. 34(3), 373-400.

  63. Saini, M. & Birnbaum, R. (2015). The supervised visitation checklist: Validation with lawyers, mental health professionals, and judges. Family Law Quarterly, 49(3),449-476.

  64. Saini, M., Allan-Ebron, D. & Barnes, J. (2015). A critical review of relocation research specific to separation and divorce.  Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 56(2), 388-408.  DOI:10.1080/10502556.2015.1046797

  65. Polak, S. & Saini, M. (2015). Children resisting contact with a parent post-separation: Assessing this phenomenon using an ecological systems framework. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 56(3), 220-247.

  66. Birnbaum, R. & Saini, M. (2015). A qualitative synthesis of children’s experiences of shared care post-divorce. International Journal of Children’s Rights, 23, 109-132.

  67. Saini, M. & Polak, S. (2014). The ecological validity of parent-child observation visits in custody evaluations. Journal of Child Custody, 11(3), 181-201.

  68. Bejan, R., Craig, S., & Saini, M. (2014) I love my job but.....A portrait of Canadian social workers’ occupational conditions. Canadian Social Work Journal. 16(1). 23-45.

  69. Manassis, K., Changgun Lee, T., Bennett, K., Yan Zhao, X., Duda, S., Saini, M., Wilansky-Traynor, P., Baer, S, Barrett, P., Bodden D., Cobham, V., Dadds, M., Flannery-Schroeder, E., Ginsburg, G., Heyne, D., Hudson, J., Kendall, P., Liber, J., Warner, M., Mendlowitz, S., Nauta, M., Rapee, R., Silverman, W., Siqueland, L., Spence, S., Utens, E., Wood, J. (2014) Types of parental involvement in CBT with anxious youth: A preliminary meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 82(6), 1163-1172.

  70. Saini, M., Mishna, F., Barnes, J., Polak, S. (2013). Parenting online: Virtual parenting time in the context of separation and divorce. Journal of Child Custody, 10(2), 120-140. DOI:10.1080/15379418.2013.796265

  71. Birnbaum, R., Saini, M., McCleary, L., Hurwitz, H. (2013). A community-based response for addressing the needs of high conflict families. Journal of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies. 58(1), 15-27.

  72. Quinn, A. & Saini, M. (2013). Authentic youth engagement in social work services. Journal of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies, 58(1), 10-14.

  73. Saini, M., Black, T., Fallon, B., & Marshall, A. (2013). Child custody disputes within the context of child protection investigations: Secondary analysis of the Canadian Incident Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Welfare, 92(1), 115,137.

  74. Saini, M. & Barnes, J.  (2013). A 50-year scoping review of Family Court Review: An analysis of the journal's core values. Family Court Review, 51(1), 74-86.

  75. Regehr, C., Alaggia, R., Denise, J., Pitts, A., & Saini, M. (2013) Interventions to reduce distress in adult victims of sexual violence and rape: A systematic review. Research for Social Work Practice. 23(3), 255-263. DOI: 10.1177/1049731512474103

  76. Birnbaum, R. & Saini, M. (2012). A scoping review of qualitative studies on the voice of the child in child custody disputes. Childhood. 20(2), 260-282. DOI: 10.1177/0907568212454148

  77. Saini, M., Black, T., Lwin, K., Marshall, A., Fallon, B., Goodman, D. (2012). Child protection workers’ experiences of working with high conflict families. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(7), 1309-1316. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.03.005

  78. Birnbaum, R. & Saini, M. (2012). A qualitative synthesis of children’s participation in custody disputes. Research for Social Work Practice. 22(4), 400-409. DOI: 10.1177/1049731512442985

  79. Saini, M. (2012). Reconceptualizing high-conflict divorce as a maladaptive adult attachment response.Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 93(3), 173-180. DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.4218

  80. Bogossian, A., Lach, L.M., Nicholas, D., McNeill, T., & Saini, M. (2012). Integrating qualitative research on the experience of fathers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 11(5), 851-852.
     
  81. Bogossian, A., Lach, L. M., & Saini, M. (2012). Environmental factors: support and relationships. Clinics in Developmental Medicine, (194), 455.

  82. Saini, M. (2012). Methods for conducting qualitative synthesis: Aggregating, integrating and interpreting islands of exploratory data. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 11(5), 746-746.

  83. Saini, M., Van Wert, M., Gofman, J.  (2011). Parent-child supervised visitation within child welfare and custody dispute contexts:  An exploratory comparison of two distinct models of practice. Children and Youth Services Review. 34(1), 163-168. DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.09.011

  84. Nicholas, D., Zwaigenbaum, L., Clarke, M., Roberts, W., Magill-Evans, J., Saini, M., Lach, L., McCuuloch, R., Barrett, D., & Spoelestra, M. (2011). Synthesis Review of Qualitative Studies in Autism. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 10(4), 506-506.

  85. Cimino, T., Lach, L., Mechan, K. Saini, M., Nimigon, J., MNeill, T., Nicholas, D., & Rosenbaum, T. (2011). Quality of abstracts in the context of a systematic review on parenting of children with chronic health conditions and disabilities. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 8(4), 369-78. DOI: 10.1080/15433714.2010.531228.

  86. Mishna, F., Cook, C., Saini, M., Wu, M-J., MacFadden, R., (2011). Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Cyber Abuse of Youth: A Sys