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Training Seminars
UPCOMING
Effective Representation of Children - February 25, 2010
Sponsored by the Clackamas County Bar Association
Leslie Abraham, Executive Director and Senior Attorney of Child Centered Solutions, will present a training seminar on the role of the child's attorney, child interviewing, and general procedure for representing children in domestic relations cases.
February 25, 2010, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Willamette Falls Education Center
519 15th Street, Oregon City
$65 registration fee
Samantha Hazel
Glazer & Associates, P.C.
4500 Kruse Way, Suite 390
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
P: (503) 635-8801
F: (503) 635-1108
sam@peterglazer.com
PAST
Age-Appropriate Parenting Plans - November 13, 2009
Philip Stahl, PhD, ABPP (Forensic)
Dr. Philip Stahl will present a 3-hour CLE / CE on Age-Appropriate Parenting Plans on Friday, November 13, 2009 from 9 am - 12 noon (registration begins at 8:30 am). This seminar, organized by Child Centered Solutions, will take place at the Billy Frank, Jr. Conference Center in the Ecotrust Building, 721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Stahl is a psychologist in private practice who conducts child custody evaluations and provides expert witness testimony. He is a provider of continuing education for psychologists and other mental health providers, and attorneys and Family Law Specialists in California. He has conducted trainings throughout the United States and internationally for child custody evaluators and others working with high-conflict families of divorce. He has presented workshops for judges throughout the country and is on the faculty of National Judicial College and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. He is also a faculty member with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) in a new program titled “Modern Divorce Advocacy”.
Order the DVD Online or Dowload the Order Form
Effective Representation of Children - June 12, 2009
Leslie Abraham, Jennifer Gilmore, Helen Hierschbiel, Charlene Sabin, MD
DVD Available CLICK HERE
Parenting Coordination: What is it, Who needs it, and How does it work? - December 12, 2008
Featuring Dr. Joan B. Kelly, PhD
DVD Available CLICK HERE
Handling High Conflict Parents While Helping Their Children - June 13, 2008
Featuring Bill Eddy, LCSW, JD
CCS, in partnership with the Henry L. Hillman, Jr. Foundation, presented nationally recognized speaker and author, Mr. Bill Eddy. Mr. Eddy is the President and co-founder The High Conflict Institute and author of High Conflict People in Legal Disputes and Managing High Conflict People in Court.
This seminar focused on the effect of personality disorders on children, parents and families. In the morning Mr. Eddy will focus on understanding and managing high conflict parents, with a particular focus on the role of personailty disorders such as narcissim and the role they play in this process. In the afternoon Mr. Eddy will focus on assisting children with attachment, alienation and abuse issues.
Effective Representation of Children - November 30, 2007
Featuring Risa Garon, LCSW
Child Centered Solutions, in partnership with Samaritan Counseling Centers presented the Effective Representation of Children training, featuring Risa Garon, author and Executive Director of the Natioanal Family Resiliency Center.
The first ever training of its kind in Oregon, this event provided both theory and practical skills, enabling more attorneys in our community to be adequately trained to represent children in custody and parenting time disputes.
This event was approved for 7.25 CLE credit hours.
Divorce and Children's Adjustment - May 4, 2007
Featuring Dr. Joan B. Kelly, PhD
Child Centered Solutions in partnership with the Henry Lea Hillman, Jr. Foundation presented Dr. Joan Kelly, Divorce and Children’s Adjustment: Current Research and Implication.
This event was approved for 4 CLE credit hours and 3.7 CEU credit hours.
To order a DVD of the conference and written please visit the order form or send a rquest with check for $100 payable to Child Centered Solutions to our office.
Articles by Dr. Joan B. Kelly
Children’s Living Arrangements following Separation and Divorce:
Insights from Empirical and Clinical Research
Developing Beneficial Parenting Plan: Models for Children Following Separation and Divorce.
Children’s Adjustment Following Divorce: Risk and Resilience Perspectives
Interview of Dr. Joan B. Kelly by Sheila Hamilton of Kink 101.9
In this interview Dr. Kelly gives a short but detailed explanation of her views on children's adjustment and the role of non-custodial parents.