PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES
Parenting Coordination Training, April 2012
Dr. Sullivan will be presenting a full day training Parenting Coordination in Seattle Washington on April 13+14, 2012. The presentation and two additional workshops will be part of the Washington state chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts...
October 21st – Minor’s Counsel training in Sacramento
Dr. Sullivan will present on interviewing children in the morning of an all-day minor's counsel training in Sacramento on October 21, 2011. This training is a response to the new California legislation mandating children's input be solicited (if over 14) and...
10 top things divorced parents can do to protect their children from conflict
Conflict between parents who share custody can have a damaging impact on their functioning and long-term healthy development. Attached below are some thoughts about what divorced parents can do to protect their children from conflict.  It comes from the AFCC website...
Web-based Consultation Group: Working with High Conflict Coparents
Dr. Sullivan is forming a web-based consultation group for professionals who work with high conflict coparents. If there is enough interest to have 6-8 members, Dr. Sullivan will lead a monthly consultation group, using Web-ex, which allows for video conferencing, or...
AAML-AFCC Joint Conference September 15-17, Philadelphia
Dr. Sullivan will join some of the leading professionals in the child custody field for this first collaboration between the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). This will be a specialized...
10 tips for Family Court Professionals involved in alienation or alleged alienation cases
Drs. Barbara Fidler, Nicholas Bala and Michael Saini provide 10 helpful tips for handling cases where allegations of alienation are present. These are tough situations. Click on the link 10 tips on Alienation - AFCC
AFCC Parenting Coordination Pamphlet
Dr. Sullivan collaborated with several PC professionals to design a brochure for office display or to send to clients, explaining the who, what, why of Parenting Coordination.  The attachment presents the material in the pamphlet. You can order the tri-fold pamphlets...
Parenting Coordination: Top Ten Toughest Challenges
Drs. Matthew Sullivan and Robin Deutsch, and attorney-mediator Christie Coates put their experience together to provide Association of Family and Conciliation Courts member the ten toughest challenges that those who practice parenting coordination will encounter....
Parenting Communication Resources in High Conflict Cases
Please see the attached report from a project completed by members of the Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. It has excellent suggestions for custody orders/parenting plans and other online resources to support functional coparenting in high...
AFCC approves Practice Guidelines for Court-Involved Therapy
Just published!!  Association of Family and Conciliation Court's two year task force just completed the first comprehensive practice guidelines for therapists who work with Court-involved clients. Issues such as informed consent for such therapy, dealing with...