Education / Experience
Questions/Talk Points I Dean Tong Web Site
MSc. Candidate Universities of Portsmouth/Leeds,
England in progress, projected completion in 2004 for Masters Degree in Child
Forensic Studies. Completed PGDip (Post-Graudate Diploma) program.
B.S. Northeastern University, Boston, MASS 1979 Major in Biology/Pre-Medicine Deans List Minor in Psychology
1990'S Attended numerous conference seminars and plenary sessions dealing with child custody, and parental alienation syndrome given by Richard Gardner, M.D., Douglas Darnall, Ph.D., and Philip Stahl, Ph.D., at the Childrens Rights Council, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999.
2000 Attended all-day workshop given by Stephen Ceci, Ph.D., Co-Author of Jeopardy in the Courtroom, Feb. 24, 2000 with Tampa Florida's Louis De La Parte Mental Health Institute on *Preserving the Reliability of Childrens Testimonies*. 7.0 CEU's.
2000: Attended an all-day workshop given by Stephen Ceci, Ph.D., Co-Author of Jeopardy in the Courtroom, Feb. 24, 2000 with Tampa Florida's Louis De La Parte Mental Health Institute on *Preserving the Reliability of Childrens Testimonies*. 7.0 CEU's.
October 2004: Attended a two-day workshop given by David Martindale, Ph.D. entitled: "Conducting Child Custody Evaluations - Legal, Ethical, and Clinical Issues." Completed 12.0 hours of training at the University of South Florida in Tampa , Florida
October 2004: Attended an all day workshop given by Kathryn Kuehnle, Ph.D. entitled: "Complex Child Custody Evaluations Involving Allegations of Incest nd Abuse." Completed 6.0 hours of training at the University of South Florida in Tampa , Florida EXPERIENCE
Professional and independent Forensic Consultant on divorce, child custody, child abuse-related, domestic violence, sex crimes and repressed memory cases, with a concentration in parental alienation, false accusations and mental health disorders. In cases over the past several years Dean Tong has been retained by parents and attorneys from the following 41 states: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV.
Dean Tong, as Forensic Consultant, assists attorneys
and individuals accused of abuse and/or those embroiled in protracted child
custody litigation, nationally, with case intake, selection of experts,
coordinating psychosexual, psychological and polygraph testing of the accused,
legal research relative to help on motions, case law, depositions, request for
admissions, et al, the application of science to the law, and overall forensic
guidance of court cases. His selection of experts includes: Registered Custody
Evaluators; Parental Alienation and Relocation Experts; Borderline Personality
Experts; polygraph examiners; psychosexual assessors; forensic pediatricians;
miscellaneous medical doctors; criminal, civil, juvenile and administrative
expert attorneys; Guardians-Ad-Litem; private investigators; Suggestibility
Experts (Child Developmental Psychologists), Attachment Theory Experts, and
Psychologists that critique Social Services and other Psychologists.
In December 2001, Mr. Tong was qualified as and tendered as an expert witness by
Attorney - State Legislator Charles Rusty Webb in Case. No. 98-D-47, Drake v.
Drake, out of Parkersburg, West Virginia. In January 2003, Mr. Tong was tendered
by Attorney Timothy Lapointe and provided expert testimony in a family court
case from Iowa in the case of Kaduce v. Kaduce.
In addition, Mr. Tong is a Florida licensed Laboratory Medical Technologist in
Chemistry, Hematology, Serology and Microbiology, with over 20 years of
experience in clinical lab settings testing blood and bodily fluids, speaker,
radio talk show host and author.
Dean Tong and his critically acclaimed book Elusive
Innocence have received mention by Dr. Gordon Finley, Professor of Psychology at
Florida International University in Miami. Tong's book is referenced in the
following article within the following treatise:
Finley, G.E. (2003). Father - Child Relationships Following Divorce. In J.R.
Miller, R.M. Lerner, L.B. Schiamberg, & P.M. Anderson (Eds.).
Enclyclopedia of Human Ecology, Volume 1: A - H.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, pp. 291 - 293.
Dean Tong and his book Elusive Innocence have been referenced by William Eddy,
Esq., LCSW, in his 2003 recently published booklet Splitting: Protecting
Yourself While Divorcing a Borderline or Narcissist. Attorney Eddy says of
Elusive Innocence on page 131 in Splitting - "This is an excellent book for
those who have been falsely accused of child sexual abuse in divorce, with many
case examples and numerous resources."
- Elusive Innocence (Huntington House, 2002)
- ASHES to ASHES... Families to Dust (FamRights Press, 1997)
- Don't Blame ME, Daddy (Hampton Roads, 1992) and
He is Author of the Monograph, Pitfalls When Divorcing a Borderline Personality Disorder Spouse. And, he's a Contributor to the Booklet, Love & Loathing: Protecting Your Mental Health and Legal Rights When Your Partner Has Borderline Personality Disorder.
Dean Tong has presented seminars on issues related to divorce, custody, child abuse, domestic violence, borderline personality disorder, spanking, and parental alienation syndrome to the following organizations:
