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Preconference Institutes
Early Intervention with Resistance-Refusal Dynamics
Room: Ballroom C Dr Lyn Greenberg 9.30 am – 4.00 pm
Psychologist, California, USA
High con ict and disrupted parent-child relationships create extreme risks of maladjustment in children. Dr Greenberg will address various causes of resistance-refusal dynamics and the myth that children cannot be helped until every element of causation is established. She will present research-informed, trauma-sensitive, creative strategies for interventions with high con ict families, including those with young children. Based on the award-winning Child-Centered Conjoint Therapy model, she will present practical strategies and speci c tools for therapists, lawyers, and judicial of cers to use in addressing, addressing dysfunctional behavior without compromising external investigations. Engaged discussion of sample cases will assist participants in applying these strategies to their daily practice.
The Role of Children in 1980 Hague Child AConvention Proceedings and Other High Con ict Parenting Disputes (Estrangement, Alienation, Relocation and
Entrenched Con ict)
Professor Marilyn Freeman
University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Nicola Taylor
Associate Professor Nicola Taylor
Dr Sarah Calvert
Clinical Psychologist and Specialist Report Writer, New Zealand
Room: Balcony 1/2 9.30 am – 4.00 pm
Practitioners and researchers are coming to regard high con ict parenting disputes as ‘child welfare’ cases. Children’s lives can become overwhelmed by the dif culties between their parents and, often, the usual ways in which parents and the courts resolve such post-separation issues fail. This Institute explores estrangement, alienation, relocation, abduction and entrenched con ict from a ‘child welfare’ perspective and considers the role of children in expressing their views and participating in dispute resolution processes. Recent research ndings from a demonstration project in England/Wales and New Zealand, funded by the British Academy, on the child’s objections exception in 1980 Hague Convention proceedings will illustrate the tensions, challenges, developments and opportunities that exist in this eld.
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