The Supervised Visitation Institute is an independent, non-profit body that develops professional standards, accredits provider agencies, and credentials individual supervisors serving the family courts. Our mission is the safety, dignity, and continuity of the parent-child relationship under court-ordered supervision.
Supervised visitation sits at the most difficult intersection of family law: where a child's right to a parent meets the court's duty to protect. For too long, the work has been carried out without unified standards, formal training, or accountable oversight.
The Supervised Visitation Institute exists to change that. We define what competent practice looks like, we credential the people who do it, and we give judges, attorneys, and families a reliable signal of trust.
Publish and maintain a national framework of practice standards covering safety, neutrality, documentation, ethics, and reporting — informed by court practice across all fifty states.
Examine and certify individual supervisors at two professional tiers, with continuing education requirements and an enforceable Code of Conduct.
Award institutional accreditation to provider agencies that meet operational, training, and case-management requirements — giving courts a defensible referral.
Serve as a non-partisan resource to judiciary, family bar, and child welfare professionals on emerging issues in the field.
SVI offers credentialing for individual supervisors and accreditation for provider agencies. Each pathway requires examination, documented practice hours, and adherence to the SVI Code of Professional Conduct.
The CSVP credential is the national mark of competence for individual supervisors. Master-level certification recognizes practitioners with documented case complexity, advanced training, and supervisory experience.
Agency accreditation evaluates the institution itself: facilities, staffing, training, case-management, recordkeeping, and conflict-of-interest controls. Accredited agencies are listed in the public Directory and may use the SVI mark.
The SVI Standards of Practice are the framework against which all credentialed supervisors and accredited agencies are evaluated. They are reviewed and republished on a three-year cycle in consultation with the SVI Standards Committee.
The paramount duty of the supervisor is the physical and emotional safety of the child during contact and exchange.
Supervisors maintain professional impartiality and refrain from advocacy on behalf of either party.
Contemporaneous, factual, and court-admissible records of every supervised contact, free of interpretive opinion.
Strict controls on the handling of case information, with defined disclosure obligations to the court.
Demonstrated knowledge of family violence, child development, trauma response, and de-escalation.
Conformance with the SVI Code of Professional Conduct, including conflict-of-interest and dual-relationship rules.
For agencies: insurance, retention, intake, scheduling, complaint handling, and continuity of operations.
The complete SVI Standards of Practice (4th Edition) is available to credentialed members and to courts upon request via the Office of the Registrar.
Request the Document →Courts, family law attorneys, and parents may use the SVI Directory to verify the standing of an agency or supervisor. Only currently-accredited entities appear here.
Listings reflect institutional accreditation status as of this quarter
A technology-enabled supervised visitation and monitored exchange agency operating across the southwestern, southeastern, and mountain west regions. TruVisit holds Class A accreditation and employs CSVP-credentialed supervisors in every market.
Visit TruVisit.org →Additional accredited agencies are added quarterly. Agencies seeking accreditation may begin the application process at any time.
The Institute's inaugural position paper examines the regulatory patchwork governing supervised visitation across the fifty states, identifies the structural risks of an unstandardized field, and proposes a four-pillar framework for professionalization.
Read the PaperProposed revisions to Standards III and V are now open for thirty days of public comment from credentialed members and partner organizations.
View Comment DocketThe next sitting of the CSVP Foundations Examination is scheduled for July. Candidate registration closes June 1.
Examination DetailsSubmissions are received by the Office of the Registrar. Routine inquiries are typically acknowledged within three business days. Formal complaints are reviewed by the Standards & Ethics committee.
Credentialing, accreditation, court referrals, press, and document requests
Concerns regarding the conduct of a credentialed supervisor or accredited agency
Whether you are a judicial officer seeking a referral, an agency pursuing accreditation, or a supervisor ready to credential — the Institute is open to you.