APPRECIATING AND RESPONDING TO PARENTING CONFLICTS AFTER SEPARATION AND DIVORCE
Limited places are available in the following workshops coming up in March.
Provides an overview of the common categories of post separation parenting conflict, why they occur and how to respond to them.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will gain an understanding of:
- the research evidence about post separation parenting arrangements
- how to think about parenting conflicts after separation (including allegations of violence or abuse)
- what the law says
- what your response should be when a separated parent asks a therapist or other helping professional to assist in a conflict over parenting
Who Should Attend?
This presentation is suitable for therapists and other ‘helping professionals': case managers, social workers, psychologists, nurses, doctors, occupational therapists, youth and childcare workers etc. who find themselves drawn into parenting disputes following separation and divorce. The most recent research on the efficacy of different parenting arrangements is considered - as are the findings on professional best practice. No prior knowledge or experience of family mediation or family law is required.
Presenter: Lawrie Moloney PhD. Lawrie is a former Director of the Family Court Counselling Service and a former Head of the Department of Counselling and Psychological Health at La Trobe University. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Family Studies
1 DAY - Monday 7th March
9.15am - 4.30pm
Cost: $185
