Join us on Thursday 19th November at 1:00 PM
Speakers: Debra Carter and Marsha Kline Pruett
Organized by AFCC International

Description

High conflict separations affecting parent-child relationships and child well-being are common across and within countries in various parts of the world. The likelihood that such dynamics will impact children throughout their youth and into adulthood, creating intergenerational patterns that get repeated, create stakes so high that these dynamics rise to the level of a public health concern. In this workshop, we examine how these dynamics reflect and create trauma-related symptoms and psychological distress.

We also explore how the roles of lawyers, judges, and mental health professionals can reduce or exacerbate traumatic sequelae. When traditional models of legal and psychological intervention are insufficient, moving to trauma-informed, child-centered models can make a long-term difference. We will introduce some options that provide benefits for children and their families.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

• Learn how the dynamics of high conflict families create, maintain, and intensify trauma-related responses in children and parents.

• Analyze ways that legal and mental health professionals in various roles contribute to the family’s trauma-related responses.

• Become familiar with best practices for high conflict families locked into self-destructive patterns that undermine healthy child development after separation.