| AFCC Regional Training Conference |  | | Choose one of four pre-conference institutes to attend in Reno at Interventions for Family Conflict: Stacking the Odds in Favor of Children, November 5-7, 2009: | - Children in Court, designed for judges and lawyers, addresses the challenging issues related to children’s involvement in the family court processes.
- Challenging the Culture of Conflict: Advanced Parenting Coordination Strategies and Interventions, focuses on how conflict develops and becomes entrenched in parenting partnerships and the role of parenting coordination in helping peace become a possibility and not just a pipe dream.
- Advanced Mediation Techniques: Cognitive Behavioral Problem Solving and the Art of the Question, will examine how the skillful use of questions can make or break a difficult mediation.
- Conducting Brief Assessments, designed for custody evaluators, will discuss three models of brief assessment, implementation and administrative issues, pitfalls and research findings. (See the Top Ten Features of Brief Focused Assessments below.)
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| | ASK THE EXPERTS | Top Ten Features of Models of Brief Focused Assessments | by Linda Cavallero, Ph.D. | | | The AFCC Brief Focused Assessments Task Force is finalizing the Guidelines that are a product of several years’ work and collaboration with members at open forums. Linda Cavellero, Ph.D., AFCC Member from Worcester, Massachusetts and the Co-Chair of the Task Force, has assembled these ten features shared by all brief models. | | Read more... | | | Case Law Update | Divorcing Parents May Agree to Binding Arbitration of Custody Matters | | The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled on July 1, 2009, that divorcing parents have the right, as part of their constitutionally protected sphere of parental autonomy, to sidestep the judicial process and agree to submit their custody issues to binding arbitration. This decision may be important to parent coordination as a process. | | Read more... | | | RESEARCH UPDATE | Natural Children from Blended Families Bring No Benefit to Older Half-Siblings | Courtesy of J.M. Craig Press, Inc. | | When people divorce, there is a high probability that they will remarry and have children with their new spouses. There has been very little research regarding how these children fare when raised with older half-siblings. This study addresses that issue. | | Read more... | | | FLAFCC’s Shared Parenting Bench Book Supplement | | | The Florida Chapter of AFCC (FLAFCC) Parenting Plan Task Force wrote a monograph entitled “Florida’s New Shared Parenting Statute: What Professionals Need to Know.” They also developed an education curriculum and presentation materials to accompany the monograph, as well as producing this Bench book. | | Click here to read the Bench Book Supplement... | | | | RECOMMENDED READING | | Connie Beck, Ph.D., AFCC member from Tucson, Arizona, recommends an article that provides a thorough review of the different theories explaining intimate partner violence. | | | Bell, K.M. and Naugle, A.E. (2008). Intimate partner violence theoretical considerations: Moving towards a contextual framework. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 1096-1107. | | Read abstract... | | | Conference of Interest
| | | | Celebrating Past, Present & Future: Reflections and Visionspresented October 22-25, 2009 by the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is IACP’s 10th anniversary Networking and Educational Forum. | | | Read more... | | |
| | | FEATURED WEB SITES
| Online Parenting Education Program | | | Children in the Middle Online is an interactive streaming video program for co-parents, endorsed by the US Dept. of Health and Human Services as a Model Program. Courts in a growing number of states are referring separating and divorcing parents to this program in lieu of attending classes. The program teaches conflict resolution and communication skills, as well as improving parenting skills, and attitudes that promote sensitivity to children's needs during and after separation. See www.divorce-education.com/online and email Dr. Gordon(gordon@mind.net) for a complimentary password to view the entire program. | | | | | FEATURED ARTICLE
| | | Professionalization Of Conflict Resolvers | by Deborah Sword, courtesy of Mediate.com | | Those of us speaking out against creating certification for conflict resolvers don't seem to have a lot of allies. The weight of popular opinion is that certification with standardized credentials should (must) be done. I appreciate an opportunity to present a cautionary point of view. | | Read more... | | |
| | INTERNATIONAL NEWS
| Media Rules Cause Chaos in Family Courts | Courtesy of guardian.co.uk | | | Three months after family courts were opened to the press, the presence of journalists is still causing havoc, even as the government is promising to change the law to open up the courts even more. | | Read more... | | | McClelland Announces Review of Family Law Act to Tackle Domestic Violence Laws | Courtesy of Australian Divorce Blog | | | “The primary aim of this work will be to address inconsistencies so as to ensure women and children are better protected under both Commonwealth and State laws,” Mr. McClelland said. | | Read more... | | | Advanced Parenting Coordination Training | | AFCC, in collaboration with the AFCC Missouri Chapter and the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, will be offering Attachment, Alienation and Access: Advanced Interventions for Parenting Coordinators on September 30-October 1, 2009. Arnold Shienvold, Ph.D. will focus on how to work effectively with the most challenging clients and issues, including those with personality disorders and attachment problems. | | Read more... | | | Correction | | An early version of the July eNEWS was sent with the incorrect link to the revised Arizona Statute providing access to the current Statute, before revision. The revised Statute will not be posted online by Arizona until the end of September. AFCC will provide that link, as soon as it is available, in the eNEWS. | | | | | |
| | | UPCOMING CONFERENCES & TRAININGS | | | AFCC Regional Training Conference | Interventions for Family Conflict: Stacking the Odds in Favor of Children
November 5-7, 2009
Peppermill Resort
Reno, Nevada |
| | | Attachment, Alienation and Access: Advanced Interventions for Parenting Coordinators | | Arnold Shienvold, Ph.D. | September 30-October 1, 2009 | | Kansas City, Missouri | | More information... | | | | | | AFCC 47th Annual Conference | Traversing the Trail of Alienation: Rocky Relationships, Mountains of Emotion, Mile High Conflict
June 2-5, 2010
Sheraton Denver
Denver, Colorado | | | | AFCC Ninth Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations | October 28-30, 2010
Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Cambridge/Boston, MA | | | | AFCC 48th Annual Conference | June 1-4, 2011
Hilton Orlando Bonnet
Creek Resort
Orlando, Florida | | | | | ASK THE EXPERTS |
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