About this Event
This program provides a comprehensive live training framework designed to equip professionals with deep insights into the complexities of shared parenting. Through this experience, therapists, counselors, and mental health leaders explore the emotional landscape of children navigating two households while learning to identify specific risks associated with parental division. Proactive solutions will be presented to equip professionals to help divided parents thrive as they support their shared children in divided households, including careful attention to personal and professional ethics.
Agenda
Evaluate the "Five Categories" of Co-parenting
Info: Analyze the varying levels of parental interaction and the effectiveness of their communication, based on Constance Ahron’s research, to differentiate the specific impact on a child's emotional and relational well-being.
Identify the "Six Specific Risks" for Children after Divorce
Info: Recognize predictable developmental and psychological risks children face after divorce, and develop intentional, positive behaviors to counteract these factors, drawn from Amato’s research of what puts children at risk.
Apply Evidence-Based Adjustment Research
Info: Utilize clinical insights from Mavis Hetherington’s two-year post-divorce adjustment research to better assess and support parents and children during the transition time.
Master Future-Focused Communication Strategies
Info: Learn to separate personal grievances from parental responsibilities by using neutral, respectful language that prioritizes the child’s needs over past conflict while compartmentalizing when to have coparent discussions and when to restrain from having discussions. Expand on the idea of co-parent meetings as a solution for parents to improve their communication and lower conflict and protecting children from witnessing or overhearing the discussions.
Execute Harmonious Child "Hand-offs"
Info: Implement strategies for low-key, conflict-free exchanges by keeping transitions brief, using neutral locations, and avoiding adult discussions during the exchange.
Simulate the Child's Perspective via Role Play
Host: Tammy and Jay Daughtry
Info: Engage in perspectival exercises and role-playing to gain an empathetic understanding of the "double-bind" and competing attachments children experience between two households.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
215 Ward Cir, 215 Ward Circle, Brentwood, United States
USD 350.00
