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Session : AFCC1509HANDOUT
Opening Keynote Address: Rediscovering the Language of Youth
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  • Julie Kenniston
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  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • 1. Define the concept of "same language" when speaking with children.
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  • 2. Utilize the concept of framing first and asking second.
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  • 3. Explain the practice implications of the use of pronouns.
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1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What is the Value of a Custody Evaluation?
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  • Arnold T. Shienvold, PhD
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  • James R. Flens, PsyD, ABPP
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  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • 1. Identify the various components of the Comprehensive Custody Evaluation Process.
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  • 2. Discuss when various components of the CCE process contribute in positive and/or negative ways to answering the Court's referral questions, through the use of case examples.
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  • 3. Explain how even when the components used in a given evaluation are appropriate, their misuse or misinterpretation can still create more harm than good.
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  • 4. Describe the interplay between components of an evaluation and the evaluator's competence in using those components.
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Session : AFCC1511HANDOUT
2. Minimizing Miscommunication in Child Interviews
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  • Julie Kenniston, MSW, LISW
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  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • 1. List examples of concrete questions.
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  • 2. List examples of abstract questions.
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  • 3. Prepare questions that increase accuracy in children's statements.
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Session : AFCC1512HANDOUT
3. Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Science, Advocacy and Heated Family Law Controversies
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  • Robert E. Emery, PhD
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  • Marsha Kline Pruett, PhD, ABPP
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  • 1. Analyze existing shared parenting research to distinguish what is and is not known from the current state of knowledge, with a critical focus on where different interpretations of the same research are or are not legitimate.
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  • 2. Discuss types of advocacy bias in social science research.
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  • 3. Identify needed research in the area of shared parenting to fill in current empirical gaps that are sought by practitioners and policymakers.
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Session : AFCC1513HANDOUT
4. Preventing Abuses of the Family Court Process by Unhappy Litigants
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  • Tami Moscoe, LLB
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  • Barbara Fidler, PhD
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  • Graeme Clark, MEd, PhD
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  • Jenni Neoh, PhD
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  • 1. Explain the impact of frivolous and vexatious complaints on the family court process.
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  • 2. Prepare possible responses to help minimize the impact of these complaints.
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  • 3. Utilize valuable tools and precedents that could be used in developing local solutions.
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Session : AFCC1514HANDOUT
5. Unmarried Parents and Their Children: Review of Social Science Research and Law
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  • Brittany N. Rudd, BA
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  • Magistrate Jason G. Reyome
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  • 1. Discuss the latest social science research on unmarried families and the interplay of federal laws, state laws and local practices for handling family law cases involving unmarried parents.
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  • 2. Describe the characteristics of a unique group that has not been previously studied unmarried parents in a Title IV-D court.
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  • 3. Utilize the presented information to consider possible family law interventions and policies that could help buffer unmarried families from negative consequences.
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Session : AFCC1515HANDOUT
6. In and Out in One Hearing: Volunteer Attorneys, Mediators and Child Support Staff
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  • Stacey Marz, JD
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  • Wendy Lyford, JD
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  • Suzanne Cole, JD
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  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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  • 1. Develop special mass calendars of selfrepresented family law litigants that emphasize early case resolution, both at initial filing and with postdecree motions, using pro bono attorneys, mediators and a settlement judge.
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  • 2. Explain the mechanics of starting similar programs, including screening, recruitment of unbundled pro bono attorneys, partnering with the child support agency, training and collecting data.
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  • 3. Discuss ideas for adapting this model to other courts, including using video participation by outofarea participants and including cases filed in several courts into one court calendar.
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Session : AFCC1516HANDOUT
7. Addicted! Sex, Parenting and Custody Determinations
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  • Larry V. Swall, JD
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  • Lori Schwartz, PhD, CST
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  • Sherrill Roberts JD
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  • 1. Discuss sexually variant diagnostic and nondiagnostic categories and criteria
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  • 2. Explain the risk factors related to these problems.
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  • 3. Describe the role that problematic and sexually variant behaviors have on issues of parenting and custody for settlement and litigation.
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Session : AFCC1517HANDOUT
8. One Family, One Judge, Three Courts: Unifying an Un-Unified System
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  • Hon. Karen S. Adam
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  • Stacey Brady, JD
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  • Hon. Ken Sanders
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  • LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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  • 1. Explain how and why facilitating overlapping juvenile, family, probate and criminal matters can improve outcomes for children and families by removing barriers, fostering consistency and streamlining services.
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  • 2. Discuss how a unified court system could actually help to alleviate budgetary stressors by reducing or eliminating duplicative and redundant services and proceedings.
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  • 3. Implement a unified case management approach for families with overlapping cases, particularly in such clearly related matters as child welfare, domestic violence and family law.
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Session : AFCC1518HANDOUT
9. Same-Sex, Different Experiences: Current Issues for LGBTQ Families in the Courts
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  • Hon. Ramona Gonzalez
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  • Todd Brower, JD, LLM
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  • 1. Discuss the rapidly changing law on samesex marriage and divorce.
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  • 2. Explain the fine line that judges must walk between providing leadership in their communities around access to justice for underserved persons in the court, and "activism."
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  • 3. Prepare for the changes in legal practice that are raised by LGBTQ families in the court system.
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