Schedule

November 1

11:30AM - 1:00PM Pre-Conference Institutes
1. Parent-Child Contact Disruption in Multi-Problem Families: What Do We know? What Can We Do?
2. Everything Lawyers Ever Wanted to Know About High Conflict Divorce but Are Afraid to Ask
1:30PM - 3:00PM Pre-Conference Institutes
1. Parent-Child Contact Disruption in Multi-Problem Families: What Do We know? What Can We Do?
2. Everything Lawyers Ever Wanted to Know About High Conflict Divorce but Are Afraid to Ask
3:30PM - 4:30PM Pre-Conference Institutes
1. Parent-Child Contact Disruption in Multi-Problem Families: What Do We know? What Can We Do?
2. Everything Lawyers Ever Wanted to Know About High Conflict Divorce but Are Afraid to Ask

November 2

11:30AM - 1:00PM Concurrent Workshops 1-2
1. Safety and Access: Balancing Best Interests in Families with Substance Use Disorder
2. Children’s Experience in Patterns of Coercive Control
1:00PM - 1:30PM Break
1:30PM - 3:00PM Opening Session
Children, Mental Health, and Family Law
3:00PM - 3:30PM Break
3:30PM - 5:00PM Concurrent Workshops 3-4
3. The Voice of the Child in the Mediation of Parenting Disputes
4. Developing a Parenting Education Course for Indigenous Families

November 3

11:30AM - 1:00PM Concurrent Workshops 5-6
5. Do We Know Best? Bringing the Voice of the Child into the Courtroom
6. Now What? Expectations, Roles, and Outcomes in Supervised Parenting Time
1:00PM - 1:30PM Break
1:30PM - 3:00PM Plenary Session
Trauma-Informed Lawyering
3:00PM - 3:30PM Break
3:30PM - 5:00PM Concurrent Workshops 7-8
7. Discipline versus Abuse: An African American Child Discipline Continuum Model
8. Interviewing the Traumatized Child in Family Law Cases

November 6

11:30AM - 1:00PM Concurrent Workshops 9-10
9. The Perils of Our Work: Individual and Systemic Considerations
10. Refuting the 5 Factor Model: Best Practice Requires a Systems Approach to PCCP
1:00PM - 1:30PM Break
1:30PM - 3:00PM Concurrent Workshops 11-12
11. Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud: A Conversation Between Advocates and Evaluators
12. The Paradox of Power: A Coach Approach Amid Intimate Partner Violence Allegations
3:00PM - 3:30PM Break
3:30PM - 5:00PM Concurrent Workshops 13-14
13. Doubling Down: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cases with Resist/Refuse Dynamics
14. One Size Does Not Fit All: A View on Focused Assessments

November 7

11:30AM - 1:00PM Concurrent Workshops 15-16
15. Enhancing Children’s Participation in Child Protection and Parenting Mediations
16. When Worlds Collide: Attorneys and Mental Health Experts on the Same Side?
1:00PM - 1:30PM Break
1:30PM - 3:00PM Concurrent Workshops 17-18
17. Hague Kidnapping Convention: When Swift Return Goal Collides with Grave Risk
18. Artificial Intelligence and Co-parenting
3:00PM - 3:30PM Break
3:30PM - 5:00PM Concurrent Workshops 19-20
19. Family Violence: Voices of Racialized Immigrant Youth and Their Best Interests
20. Access to Justice: Myth or Reality

Note: If you are unable to attend live, stay tuned to the AFCC website for a special offer. Recordings of the training program will be available at a reduced price for non-registrants following the completion of the program. Continuing education credit is available only for programs attended live.