As I teach a class for high conflict divorcing couples, I would love
to attend but you are too far away!
On Jan 25, 2009, at 3:18 PM, annelopiano@xxxxxxx wrote:
SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, May 8, 2009
Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable, Inc. presents:
Parenting Together After Separation
How to Keep It Out of Court -- Strategies for Interdisciplinary Professionals
Produced with support from the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office
When: Friday, May 8, 2009 Time: 8:00 AM to 4:15 PM
Where: The Universities at Shady Grove, Rockville, Montgomery County, MD
What: A full day Conference presented in nine break-out sessions via interactive, interdisciplinary speaker panels. Each presentation is designed to teach skills, explain research findings, explore and share best practices in different modalities (including mediation, collaborative law, parenting coordination, parenting education) for transforming custody litigation and potential litigation into alternative forms of dispute resolution. A key focus will be on developing effective strategies for managing parental conflict in child custody matters.
Keynote Speaker: Andrew I. Schepard, Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law, Director of the Hofstra University’s Center for Children, Families and the Law; author of Children, Courts, and Custody: Interdisciplinary Models for Divorcing Families; Editor in Chief of the Family Court Review, which is sponsored by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Who should attend: family law attorneys of all experience levels, judges, mediators, mental health professionals, school counselors, court and private custody evaluators, educators.
Cost: $175 regular registration after 4/1/09; $150 early registration before 4/1/09; $95 students, county or state agency staff, nonprofit staff.
Choose one of three 2 hour morning presentations: A. Resolving the Impasse Issues of Relocation; B. Parenting 101-The missing high- school AP course - a necessary support to successful ADR; C. Developing Successful Parenting Plans -- Theory and Practice
Choose two from six 1.5 hour afternoon presentations: D. Overnights for Young Children -- Don’t Paint by the Numbers; E. “I won’t go!” -- What to do when the child rejects an access schedule; F. Custody Evaluations -- Help or Harm?; G. Parenting Coordinators -- What are they and how can they help?; H. Get it from the web: parenting tools available on the internet; I. Learning Disabilities and ADD in Parenting Plans.
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