Kids First Professional Education Committee presents: 2014 Annual Fall Conference
OVERCOMING ROADBLOCKS
TO RESOLUTION:
 Strategies to Help Your Clients Navigate Both the Legal and Emotional Divorce
Friday, October 17, 2014 8:30 - 3:30 pm
Our clients go through both a legal and emotional divorce. Learning to share parenting responsibilities, introduction of new partners, substance abuse and holding on to past grievances are often obstacles that prevent separated parents from resolving their differences. Skilled professionals can provide support and assistance to the client's ability to understand and effectively address these issues, leading to reduced conflict and healthier outcomes for kids. This conference will provide practical information to enhance professional skills in these areas.
Director of Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
Session I: Keynote address: "The New Normal:
Is This Shared Parenting?"
Robin M. Deutsch, Ph.D.
Session II: "New Partners" Terri DeCoster, MS, Sarah Maloney, LCSW, Betsy Van Betuw, LCSW,
Jed French, Esq., Hon. David Kennedy
Session III: "Substance Abuse" Mary Anne Roy, Ph.D., Hon. Keith Powers, Tina Smith, GAL,
Seth Levy, Esq. Session IV: "Forgiveness"
Tricia Weyand, LCPC
Learning Objectives
1. Learn the latest thinking about what is in a child's best interest regarding shared residence and shared parenting
2. Understand the developmental stages of step families and how new partners impact the co-parenting partnership
3. Understand the nature of addiction and substance abuse and how this impacts the divorcing/separating family
4. Gain a perspective on the why and how of forgiveness and letting go. Learn how this powerful practice can allow clients to move beyond anger and conflict
Suggested Audience
Judges, magistrates, attorneys, mediators, Guardians ad Litem, mental health
professionals, educators. Any professional working with the families navigating these common roadblocks to resolution
Continuing Education Units
6 CLEs, including 1 ethics have been approved and 6 CEUs for GALs have been approved. Applications have been made for 6 CEUs for mental health professionals. All other attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for 6 clock hours
..........Our Generous Sponsors..........
Givertz, Scheffee & Lavoie, PA
H.M. Payson
Susan M. Schultz, LLC
Moncure & Barnicle
Sarah P. Maloney, MSW
Amy Hamilton, LCSW, LLC
Holmes Legal Group
Shankman & Associates Legal Center
Powers & French, PA
Timothy E. Robbins, Esq.
High Tower, Simmons Wilkes Investment Advisors
Susan Wiggin, MSW
Dave Webb, Esq.
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