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1w ago
Children 4 Tomorrow
5th Annual PA Symposium
What We Need to Know about Psychological Child Abuse a.k.a. “Parental Alienation.”
Raising Awareness – Increasing Knowledge of Parental Alienation
WHEN: April 26, 2024
TIME: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Central U.S. Standard Time)
WHERE: via Zoom
8 CLE’s – Legal (Judges & Attorneys)
8 CEU’s – Mental Health (LMSW, LSCW, LPC, LMFT
8 CPE’s – Teachers & Schools Administrators (TEA Accredited)
For more information, go to www.children4tomorrow.org or call 713-660-0760.
Presenters:
• Shawn Wygant (keynote speaker) Who Needs to B ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
1w ago
Custodial Interference is a form of child maltreatment and a crime under family violence. Raising awareness about this issue can help reduce alienating behaviors, such as withholding and manipulating children.
Your help would be appreciated in sharing and promoting this campaign throughout the month of April.
The goal is to urge parents to contact their governmental representatives (state legislators in the U.S.) to ask them to take a stand against custodial interference in all its forms ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
1M ago
Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court announced the adoption of new Rule 909 which establishes a statewide framework for courts to utilize “parenting coordinators” to resolve minor issues causing conflict in family law cases. The new Rule is effective immediately.
New Rule 909 and the Illinois Supreme Court Rules can be found here.
New Rule 909, first proposed by the Illinois State Bar Association and approved unanimously by the Supreme Court Rules Committee, allows for each Illinois judicial circuit, if it chooses, to establish a parenting coordination program via ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
3M ago
Source: One Mom’s Battle
” The High Conflict Person’s actions are driven by revenge and anger. This person is unable to act in the best interest of their child and is unable to move forward in a healthy direction. They use every opportunity to berate, chastise or make digs at the healthy parent. They undermine the healthy parent by disrupting the child’s sleep schedule, diet and routines. They contradict established rules and withhold information. Ignoring school responsibilities, projects and homework to create chaos for the healthy parent. It’s also using the parenting time schedule as ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
8M ago
In my practice, much of the emphasis on this blog is placed on complex child custody litigation, and how to manage these difficult issues with child custody litigation. Yet, in some of my cases along with child custody issues there can be significant financial issues and division of property issues. One issue that sometimes arises is the valuation of a family owned business, or the valuation of a percentage share in a corporation our group of companies.
With certain exceptions all property acquired during marriage through the time, skill and efforts of either spouse is considered m ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
8M ago
In my practice, I have the privilege of working with parents who are the targeted end of a toxic alienation campaign. The above video highlights the importance of the reintegration therapist, with the reminded that there are very few clinicians that actually have the training and experience to work with “brainwashed” children.
“A therapist that’s going to be helpful to an alienated parent and their damaged children here should have clinical and research experience, at least to know the research completely, and be able to differentiate the weak studies from the strong studies ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
9M ago
https://amandasillars.com/blog/f/parental-alienation-literature-2016-and-beyond?blogcategory=Books
Amanda is the founder of the Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Foundation and the creator of the Australian Parental Alienation Awareness Day, on the 12th of October. Amanda is regularly consulted as an emerging subject matter expert in this field. Amanda’s goal, and that of the Eeny Meeny Miney Mo Foundation, is to educate parents, Family Court and mental health practitioners on parental alienating behaviours, the dynamics, processes and profiles, and the trauma, stress, and lifelong impact it has o ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
10M ago
Why the First Year Is the Toughest
By Amy Morin, LCSW
As you might expect, research has found that kids struggle the most during the first year or two after the divorce. Kids are likely to experience distress, anger, anxiety, and disbelief ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
1y ago
The Parental Alienation Study Group has completed a thorough critique of a book that has been published seeking to discount the reality of Parental Alienation. PASG has done a thorough and clinically sound debunking of this book, and the review published by PASG is worth reading by any clinician or legal professional involved in PA mitigation. https://pasg.info/app/uploads/2023/04/Analysis-of-Mercer-Drew-2023-04-04.pdf
A Comprehensive Review of Misinformation and Other Inaccuracies in Challenging Parental Alienation: New Directions for Professionals and Parents
Created by Parental Alienation S ..read more
LexBlog » Illinois Divorce Law Blog
1y ago
As a long-term member of the Parental Alienation Study Group, I am pleased to see that there is going to be an excellent seminar this summer on new developments in the field. See the recent post from Dr. Harman. Dr. Harman is an accomplished and awarded scientist and teacher, and has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has presented her research regularly at scientific conferences around the world. Dr. Harman’s areas of research expertise focus on the topic of power in relationships: power in how intimate partners influence each other for good or bad. As an applied so ..read more