DATE:
   Thursday, June 2, 2011 (9:00 am – 4:30 pm)

LOCATION:
    TBA - in either northern San Rafael or in southern Novato (Hamilton), CA            (17-20 miles north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge)

FEE:     $250 (Early Registration: $200 if by 4/21/11; $225 if by 5/5/11).

CE CREDITS:    MCLE & BBS (6.0 hours); MCEP (6.5 hours to be submitted for review to MCEPAA for approval, Provider #NOR045)

DESCRIPTION:
Obtaining the views of children whose parents are separating and divorcing has received considerable attention in the past decade. This workshop presents research and the rationale for listening to children, and a structured child-focused interview format, including conceptual framework, developmental issues in the use of questions and language, techniques for interviewing children, guidance for how to provide feedback to parents, and examples of child interviews.

Who should attend: mediators, child specialists, therapists, custody evaluators, minor’s counsel, parenting coordinators, special masters, and court appointed therapists.

About the Instructor:

Dr. Joan Kelly, a research, forensic, and clinical psychologist, was Director of the Northern California Mediation Center for 19 years. Her research, writing, and practice has focused on children’s adjustment to divorce, custody and access issues, using child development research in parenting plans, divorce mediation, and Parenting Coordination. She has published more than 85 articles and chapters, and a classic book, Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents Cope with Divorce. Joan is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, has received the Distinguished Mediator Award from the Academy of Family Mediators, the Stanley Cohen Distinguished Research and the Meyer Elkin Awards from the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She is a frequent presenter and speaker in the United States, Canada, and abroad.