This workshop will cover emerging trends in virtual parenting including the latest technology practitioners are utilizing and recommending for their clients.
This panel discussion will go over the history of video visitation software options, the shortcomings of conventional video calls, the development of specialty software, and how practitioners can use this technology to improve outcomes for the parents they work with. They will also explore where we see room for innovation and how these tools will develop in the future.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how family law professionals can help their clients foster positive relationships with their children through virtual visitation.
2. Gain an understanding of how specialty virtual visitation software can offer enhanced reporting and safety features, and in turn empower and protect families.
3. Learn best practices when drafting an order that includes virtual visitation.
This is a free event. Attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance after the webinar.
Honorable Alyssa M. Levine
Judge Alyssa Levine is a native Charlottean and proud third-generation Mecklenburg County attorney. Judge Levine attended Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools, received undergraduate degrees in public policy and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Graduate Certificate in Women in Politics and Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston, and a law degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law.
Before Judge Levine was sworn in as a district court judge in January, she ran a successful private practice focused primarily on family law. Judge Levine is a trained collaborative attorney, parenting Coordinator, and NCDRC Family Financial Mediator. She served as a volunteer attorney for local and statewide programs helping low-income adults, minor children, and servicemembers. Judge Levine is an active community leader who has served on and chaired many nonprofit boards. She is a Past President of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys and its local NCAWA chapter, the Charlotte Women’s Bar.
Judge Levine is currently assigned to Family Court and currently serves as a member of the Mecklenburg Bar Foundation Board of Directors.
Aaron D. Robb, PhD
Dr. Robb has worked extensively with children and families involved in the legal system, specializing in divorce and other family law cases. In addition to National Counselor Certification and license to practice as a Professional Counselor in the State of Texas he is also trained as a family law mediator.
Dr. Robb serves on the editorial boards of the journal Family Court Review and the Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody, and Child Development, has been a reviewer for the Journal of Forensic Social Work, he is a Past-President of the Texas Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and has served nationally on the Social Work and the Courts Specialty Practice Section Committee for the National Association of Social Workers.
Dr. Robb is the author of numerous publications, has been an invited speaker at national trainings for judicial officers and presents frequently across Texas and the United States on issues related to mental health and the law. His ongoing research interests focus on high conflict family systems, child maltreatment, and forensic mental health services.
Bradley Benedetto, JD
Brad is a legal liaison for OurFamilyWizard. His role includes educating judges, attorneys, mediators, GAL’s, and other family law professionals on the online tools that can be utilized to benefit and monitor parental communication in high conflict cases. Brad travels throughout the United States and Canada attending and presenting at dozens of family law conferences, roundtable discussions, and continuing legal education seminars each year.
Brad’s professional memberships include the State Bar of Michigan, SBM Family Law Section, Oakland County Bar Association, Macomb County Bar Association, Association of Family & Conciliation Courts, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and Grand Rapids Bar Association. Brad currently serves as the membership liaison for the Oakland County Bar Association Family Court Committee.
Brad earned his Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University Law School and his Bachelor of Science from the University of Dayton. He maintains a family law practice based in metro-Detroit. He is a licensed Domestic Relations Mediator by Michigan’s State Court Administrative Office and volunteers at the Family Law Assistance Project in Oakland County, serving low-income parents in need of domestic relations legal services.
Kevin Dorsey, BA
Kevin’s role includes educating judges, attorneys, mediators, GAL’s, and other family law professionals on the online tools that can be utilized to benefit and monitor parental communication in high conflict cases. Kevin travels the country speaking and exhibiting at dozens of continuing legal education conferences and seminars each year. Kevin graduated from the University of Denver receiving a BA in Music and Political Science.
About OurFamilyWizard
Working alongside clients on OurFamilyWizard, family law and mental health practitioners can assist families to move beyond conflict and co-parent with confidence. OurFamilyWizard's web and mobile applications offer parents living separately an array of tools to easily track parenting time, share important family information, manage expenses, and create an accurate, clear log of co-parenting communication.