The professional appointed to prepare the report will usually: interview itself is called a ''needs of the childassessment's parents or guardians; interview '. You might also hear the children, depending on their age and maturity; watch each parent or guardian interacting with and parenting report called a ''section 211 report''. It will provide a summary of what the children; administer personality and parenting tests to professional has learned about the parents; read any reports that are available about family, as well as the childrenprofessional's medical and mental health; and, interview a few people who know opinion about what is in the family and best interests of the children. What (Under the professional actually does will depend on the circumstances of the family old ''[http://canlii.ca/t/ldg3 Family Relations Act]'', these reports were called ''section 15 reports'' or ''custody and the sort of report they have been asked to writeaccess reports''. )

The professional appointed to prepare the report the professional will prepare is called a ''needs of usually: * interview the child assessment''s parents or guardians* interview the children, depending on their age and will provide a summary of what maturity,* observe each parent or guardian interacting with and parenting the professional has learned about children;* administer personality and parenting tests to the familyparents, as well as * read any reports that are available about the professionalchildren's opinion about what is in medical and mental health, and* interview a few people who know the best interests of family and the children. (You might also hear these reports called ''section 211 reports''. Under  Needs of the old ''[http://canlii.ca/t/ldg3 Family Relations Act]'', these reports were called ''section 15 reports'' or ''custody and access reports''.) These reports child assessments are intended to be neutral and prepared without biasare generally done by a professional who has no previous connection with the parties. They are ''evaluative'' because the professional is providing their expert opinion about the parents or guardians, the children, and the arrangements that are best for the children. What the professional does in each individual case will depend on the circumstances and the sort of report they have been asked to write. There is no fixed protocol or explicit checklist that must be followed, and the author is expected to use their education and experience when deciding what tests, interviews, or studies to conduct. These reports are not expected to be exhaustive. Whatever conclusions the author arrives at are for the purpose of helping the court decide what is in a child's best interests.