Dorothy Rodgers wants her children returned to her from foster care. (CBC)

A western Newfoundland couple fighting to get their children back from foster care have complained to the province's psychology board about a psychologist who performed a parental assessment report on them for Child, Youth and Family Services.

Dr. Anthony Alexander's report suggested that the parents aren't fit to raise children.

"We are writing today to register a complaint with the Newfoundland and Labrador Psychology Board regarding psychologist Dr. Anthony Alexander," said the complaint signed by Dorothy and Robert Rodgers.

"We have not only reviewed this document ourselves but also consulted with professionals. As a result of this consultation and review, we now wish to lodge a complaint with the NLPB for ethical practice of this psychologist, based on the assessment report he completed on our family."

Their complaint lays out numerous reasons why they believe Alexander's evaluation of their parenting capacity was flawed.

The complaint questions why the psychologist insisted that the Rodgers travel to Stephenville against their will for an evaluation.

The complaint asks for evidence linking intelligence with ability to parent and why Alexander chose to test their IQ's "against their wills" while they were under "profound anxiety."

It questions if it was "ethical" to assess people "under such duress."