DATE:
   Friday, April 18, 2008 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm)

LOCATION:
    Conference Room at 175 North Redwood Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903.
            (17 miles north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge)

FEE:     $220 (Early registration: $175 if by 3/7/08; $195 if by 3/21/08).

CE CREDITS:    MCLE & BBS (6.5 hours); MCEP (7.0 hours)

This training has been approved pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 5.225(n) and rule 5.210(g)(2) for 7 hours continuing education for child custody evaluators and for mediators.

The course outline or agenda for this training has been approved as corresponding to subject areas specified in California Rules of Court, rule 5.225(d)(1)-(21) and rule 5.210(f)(1)(A), (B) or (f)(2). The views expressed in this training are those of the trainer and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the Judicial Council of California or the Administrative Office of the Courts.

DESCRIPTION:
This workshop focuses on the use of a structured child-focused format for obtaining the views of children whose parents are separating and divorcing. The research and rationale for listening to children, conceptual framework, models, developmental issues in the use of questions and language, and techniques for interviewing children will be presented. Case examples of child interviews and guidance for how to provide feedback to parents will be discussed.

Who should attend: mediators, child specialists, therapists, custody evaluators, minor’s counsel, 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.