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Details
CLIENTS
IN LITIGATION:
A Workshop for Mental Health Professionals
Ethical issues
working with the Family Courts. Providing practical and effective strategies
for your daily practice.
The Dates
Friday, July 11th, 8-430
or Friday, August 29th, 8-430
The Location
1106 North Highway 360
Suite 317
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
Metro (972)988-9100
Fax (972) 623-2251
www.childreninthemiddle.com
childreninthemiddle@yahoo.com
Class Size is Limited!
The CEUs
6 Hours of CEU credit available to LPCs, LMFTs, and Licensed Social
Workers -
3 Hours ethics included
The Registration
Process
 Fax
or mail your registration
form with check or money order payment prior to the workshop date.
Print out registration form and send $35 per person to the Children
in the Middle office.
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Understand the current professional and legal standards of practice in
making recommendations to the Family Courts
Identify what ethical considerations
arise when your clients are involved with the Family Court System
Identify circumstances where
a professional’s experience can be misapplied to families involved
in the court system and ways to prevent this
Learn to spot pitfalls commonly
associated with forensic involvement and increase your forensic assessment
skills
Identify strategies in working
with families involved with the courts for optimum client outcomes
Understand
the dynamics of testimony and how to handle being called to testify
in your client's case
The Agenda
8:00
Check In
8:30 Types of cases involved with the Family Court
system, Current legal and professional guidelines
10:00 Break
10:15 “Comments from the Bench”
10:30 Ethical considerations involved in working with
clients during litigation, Considerations regarding allegations of abuse,
neglect and parental alienation
11:45 Lunch On Your Own
1:00 Guidelines in conflict, The practical application
of current standards, Clinical forensic decision making
2:30 Break
2:45 The call to Court, How to handle the provider-client
relationship, Trial preparation, and being on the witness stand
4:15 Wrap Up and Q&A, Evaluations and Certificates
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The Workshop
Professionals in
the mental health fields commonly deal with children and families in
crisis. With over half of all marriages in the United States ending
in divorce, sometimes involvement with the Family Court system becomes
an unpleasant reality of working with that population. Issues involving
blended families, attachment and bonding between non-custodial parents
and their children, allegations of sexual abuse by a divorcing parent,
and other clinical concerns may often end up with service providers
on the witness stand. Well meaning professionals can be negatively impacted
by this involvement if they are unaware of the specialized issues that
come with Court interaction. Worse yet, this involvement can not only
have long term damaging effects on these children and their families,
but on your professional credibility as well.
This seminar offers
participants the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the higher
standard of practice involved in working with forensic (Court connected)
cases while learning about current research and knowledge regarding
Parental Alienation Syndrome, abuse allegations in custody cases, and
expectations of attorneys, judges, and other professionals involved
with the courts. Understand how maintaining an informed, up to date,
and ethical practice can prevent the common mistakes seen regularly
in the Family Courts. Learn from legal and counseling professionals
who have hundreds of hours of courtroom time and years of experience
in working with court-mandated cases. Case examples are used extensively
and seminar leaders present on their specific areas of clinical forensic
experience.
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The
Instructors
Aaron Robb, M.Ed., NCC, LPC
Mr. Robb has worked extensively with children and families involved
in the Family Court System in divorce and custody modification cases.
He trained as a family law mediator, is a former Advanced Certified
Child Protective Services Specialist, and currently serves on the Board
of Directors of the Texas Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation
Courts. He is a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse
of Children as well as a member of the American College of Forensic
Examiners. Mr. Robb has appeared at various educational forums as well
as on television speaking about issues related to providing services
that are in the best interest of children involved in the legal system.
He currently works directly for Dallas County Family Court Services
and is involved in private practice in other counties in the North Texas
area.
Bradley S. Craig, LSW
Mr. Craig, a noted coparent educator in the Dallas area and Founder/Director
of Children in the Middle Coparenting Services, has developed a number
of parent education programs for families raising children in two homes.
He trained as a trained family law mediator and provides family law
mediation training currently with other organizations. He currently
serves in the Board of Directors of the Texas Chapter of the Association
of Family and Conciliation Courts. Mr. Craig offers training for teachers,
counselors, and other school staff on the effects of divorce on children
in the classroom and how educational professionals can structure approaches
to help these children. Children in the Middle produces educational
videos for families and professionals, and Mr. Craig is the host of
the ongoing cable television series "The Children in the Middle
Show," aimed at educating viewers about both the effects of parental
conflict after a separation on children and the services available to
help families through coparenting issues.
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