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Jun
4
Fri
Non-Evaluative Child Interview Training @ Online
Jun 4 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

The BC Hear the Child Society Proudly Presents:

Non-Evaluative Child Interview Training

Led by Bev Churchill, Chair of the Hear the Child Society

With Special Guest Speakers:
Madam Justice Young
Arlene Henry QC
Dr. Mary Korpach
Suzanne Williams

Registration is now open with special pricing for Hear the Child Society roster members!

Be sure to register early and take advantage of the early bird rates.

Click below to download the registration form.

HTC Training_Registration Form_final.pdf

 

When: June 3 and 4, 2021
Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day
Where: Via online platform: involves participant interaction; computer or other device with a camera and microphone will be required

Leaders: The training program will be led by Bev Churchill and a team of multidisciplinary trainers from the HTC Board and Roster.

Special Guest Speakers: Madam Justice Young, Arlene Henry QC, Dr. Mary Korpach & Suzanne Williams.

Who should attend: Any professional who meets with children and believes children should have a voice in family justice matters that affect them.

What you will learn:
The 2-day workshop will cover:

  • Child development—ages and stages
  • Trauma and impact on children
  • Benefits and cautions of listening to the voice of the child/adolescent
  • Mechanisms for hearing the voice of the child
  • Integrating the child’s voice into different dispute resolution options
  • Background and history of Hear the Child Reports
  • How to conduct a HTC interview and write a non-evaluative HTC report
  • Effective interviewing skills, inc. video conferencing
  • Sample questions and reports
  • The art of introspection—understanding how our values, life experiences, culture and biases affect the interviewer’s lens
  • Pitfalls to avoid as a non-evaluative child interviewer
  • Review of case law with respect to HTC reports

Opportunities to practice the skills of conducting a non-evaluative child interview and writing a nonevaluative report will be integrated over the 2-day workshop giving participants the opportunity to develop or enhance their proficiency in conducting non-evaluative child interviews and writing non-evaluative reports.

Credits:

  • BC Hear the Child Society—this course will provide participants with 13 hours of child interview skills training which can be applied towards your HTC Roster application. Full application requirements can be found at www.hearthechild.ca
  • Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 13 hours (a minimum of 2 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)
  • Law Society of BC: recognizes 7 hours towards Parenting Coordinator Accreditation
  • BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society: recognizes 7 hours towards the child interviewing
    portion of the basic training segment.
Sep
17
Fri
Training: Annual Family Law Year in Review @ Zoom
Sep 17 @ 8:30 am – 10:00 am

Annual Family Law Year in Review
presented by: Todd Bell

Date: Friday, September 17, 2021
Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Where: The training will be online via Zoom
Credits: 1.5 hours of CPD (approval pending)
Cost: Free for members of the BC Collaborative Roster Society
Non-Members $52.50 ($50 + $2.50 GST)

Todd Bell will review new case law developments in 2020 and up until June 2021

About Todd Bell:
todd bellTodd Bell is an experienced, effective litigator and trial lawyer. He also mediates, arbitrates, and settles matters through various forms of agreement. Todd has wide-ranging courtroom experience spanning all levels of Court in British Columbia. Todd’s practice areas include the division of high-net-worth assets including complex corporate structures, trusts, real estate, and pensions. He also does income determination, often in complex financial circumstances for the purposes of child and spousal support. He practices in all manner of parenting and custody litigation, including relocation, Hague Convention matters, adoption, and emergency protection from family violence.

Registration:
Proceeds of this course will go to support the Pro Bono Collaborative Family Law Project.

Please RSVP to [email protected] if you wish to attend.

Non-members please E-transfer your payment to: [email protected] If you are not able to e-transfer, please mail your cheque payable to ‘BC Collaborative Roster Society’ to 1400-1030 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, BC V6E 2Y3.

Sep
30
Thu
Training: Recognizing & Responding to Resistance at the Collaborative Table @ Zoom
Sep 30 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Roll With It: Recognizing & Responding to Resistance at the Collaborative Table
presented by: Dr. Deborah Gilman, Ph.D.

The focus for this training will be on working more effectively with clients who we label as “difficult” or “resistant” in collaborative cases

Dates: Thursday, September 30, 2021 & Friday, October 1, 2021
Times: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Where: The training will be online via Zoom
Credits: 6 hours of CPD (approval pending)

Resistance to change comes up in our work often. As clients discover they must make changes avoidance, defensiveness, or confrontation can occur. Recognizing resistant behaviour and underlying motivations helps to identify best approaches to responding to unwilling clients.

Learning to “roll with resistance” effectively creates cooperation between professionals and clients for eliciting change and making agreements. At this training, participants will learn to:

• understand the psychological function of resistance
• recognize different resistance behaviours at the collaborative table
• learn ways to “roll” with resistance to increase connection
• practice skills through dynamic group exercises
• gain insight into how resistance impacts professionals and teams
• develop your own personal philosophy for dealing with resistance

About Dr. Deborah Gilman:
Deborah GilmanDr. Deborah Gilman is a licensed psychologist, divorce coach and child specialist. Dr. Gilman has special expertise working with children, adults, families, schools, businesses, communities and other organizations impacted by trauma. She completed her undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology with Honors. She then attended Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, where she received her Master’s Degree and Doctorate (Ph.D.) in clinical psychology. She completed an APA-Accredited Residency at Johns Hopkins University Medical School/Kennedy Krieger Institute, focused on pediatric psychology. Dr. Gilman then completed a 3-year Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University, where she collaborated on an NIH Grant and continued to train at a high level within the pediatric clinical psychology field.

In her work as a coach and mediator, Dr. Gilman uses dispute resolution techniques to help define the issues and gain understanding, discover hidden interests and create options for breaking impasses and improving conflict resolution and interpersonal communication skills. She facilitates communication among the parties so that the parties can independently set goals and objectives together for mutual implementation. Dr. Gilman’s overall goal is to foster growth and insight for healthy interpersonal development.

Click to download the registration form.

Oct
1
Fri
Training: Recognizing & Responding to Resistance at the Collaborative Table @ Zoom
Oct 1 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Roll With It: Recognizing & Responding to Resistance at the Collaborative Table
presented by: Dr. Deborah Gilman, Ph.D.

The focus for this training will be on working more effectively with clients who we label as “difficult” or “resistant” in collaborative cases

Dates: Thursday, September 30, 2021 & Friday, October 1, 2021
Times: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Where: The training will be online via Zoom
Credits: 6 hours of CPD (approval pending)

Resistance to change comes up in our work often. As clients discover they must make changes avoidance, defensiveness, or confrontation can occur. Recognizing resistant behaviour and underlying motivations helps to identify best approaches to responding to unwilling clients.

Learning to “roll with resistance” effectively creates cooperation between professionals and clients for eliciting change and making agreements. At this training, participants will learn to:

• understand the psychological function of resistance
• recognize different resistance behaviours at the collaborative table
• learn ways to “roll” with resistance to increase connection
• practice skills through dynamic group exercises
• gain insight into how resistance impacts professionals and teams
• develop your own personal philosophy for dealing with resistance

About Dr. Deborah Gilman:
Deborah GilmanDr. Deborah Gilman is a licensed psychologist, divorce coach and child specialist. Dr. Gilman has special expertise working with children, adults, families, schools, businesses, communities and other organizations impacted by trauma. She completed her undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology with Honors. She then attended Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, where she received her Master’s Degree and Doctorate (Ph.D.) in clinical psychology. She completed an APA-Accredited Residency at Johns Hopkins University Medical School/Kennedy Krieger Institute, focused on pediatric psychology. Dr. Gilman then completed a 3-year Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University, where she collaborated on an NIH Grant and continued to train at a high level within the pediatric clinical psychology field.

In her work as a coach and mediator, Dr. Gilman uses dispute resolution techniques to help define the issues and gain understanding, discover hidden interests and create options for breaking impasses and improving conflict resolution and interpersonal communication skills. She facilitates communication among the parties so that the parties can independently set goals and objectives together for mutual implementation. Dr. Gilman’s overall goal is to foster growth and insight for healthy interpersonal development.

Click to download the registration form.

Oct
14
Fri
Navigating The Family Law Environment
Oct 14 – Oct 15 all-day

Lawyers who work in family law will often work in tandem with counselling professionals. This 2-day, in-person training is primarily to assist counsellors in understanding the intricacies of working with families experiencing a breakdown. Additionally, it offers an opportunity for lawyers and law students to understand the overlap between family law and family mental health from counsellors’ perspectives.

This is an opportunity for people in the legal profession to network with counsellors and to understand what is happening from a counsellor’s perspective when working with a family breakdown.

Legal Professionals Can Expect to Learn:

  • The role of counsellors in the lives of children and families
  • The role of the counsellor in the legal framework
  • The impact of parental conflict on children
  • Implications of working with the whole family
  • Counselling in the presence of family violence
  • Working in partnership with counsellors

This is a great orientation for law students interested in working in the family law environment and will provide insight into the world of family law from the counsellor’s perspective.

Credits:
This course would qualify for: 14 hours of ADR maintenance hours with the Law Society of BC / 14 educational/ BCACC continuing competency credits

Speakers:
BCACC is bringing together Clinical Director, Child & Family Therapist and Divorce Specialist Alyson Jones, MA RCC and award-winning Family Law Arbitrator, Family Law Mediator and Parenting Coordinator, John-Paul E. Boyd, QC, AOCA MA LLB for two robust days of training.

Learn more at:

Feb
22
Wed
Basic Training in the Collaborative Model of Dispute Resolution @ UBC Robson Square
Feb 22 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Getting Started in Collaborative Divorce

Basic Training in the Collaborative Model of Dispute Resolution
Sponsored by the BC Collaborative Roster Society

This 21-hour training is for family lawyers who want to transition to collaborative practice. Mental health professionals and financial specialists who want to work in the collaborative model of dispute resolution.

The course will also be of interest to those practitioners wishing to resolve disputes collaboratively under the Family Law Act. (Note: this training is limited to 35 students)

When: February 22, 23 and 24, 2023 (9:30 am – 4:30 pm each day)
Where: The training will be in person at the UBC Robson Square Room C 440 and attendees must be present for the entirety of all sessions. Discussion and small group work are a crucial part of this process. Successful completion of the course requires on-time attendance at
all sessions.
Credits: 21 hours of continuing legal education (CPD approval pending)
Co-Chairs: Bev Churchill, Abby Petterson, Rebecca Stanley and Yuval Berger

Download the registration form here.

Feb
23
Thu
Basic Training in the Collaborative Model of Dispute Resolution @ UBC Robson Square
Feb 23 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Getting Started in Collaborative Divorce

Basic Training in the Collaborative Model of Dispute Resolution
Sponsored by the BC Collaborative Roster Society

This 21-hour training is for family lawyers who want to transition to collaborative practice. Mental health professionals and financial specialists who want to work in the collaborative model of dispute resolution.

The course will also be of interest to those practitioners wishing to resolve disputes collaboratively under the Family Law Act. (Note: this training is limited to 35 students)

When: February 22, 23 and 24, 2023 (9:30 am – 4:30 pm each day)
Where: The training will be in person at the UBC Robson Square Room C 440 and attendees must be present for the entirety of all sessions. Discussion and small group work are a crucial part of this process. Successful completion of the course requires on-time attendance at
all sessions.
Credits: 21 hours of continuing legal education (CPD approval pending)
Co-Chairs: Bev Churchill, Abby Petterson, Rebecca Stanley and Yuval Berger

Download the registration form here.

Feb
24
Fri
Basic Training in the Collaborative Model of Dispute Resolution @ UBC Robson Square
Feb 24 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Getting Started in Collaborative Divorce

Basic Training in the Collaborative Model of Dispute Resolution
Sponsored by the BC Collaborative Roster Society

This 21-hour training is for family lawyers who want to transition to collaborative practice. Mental health professionals and financial specialists who want to work in the collaborative model of dispute resolution.

The course will also be of interest to those practitioners wishing to resolve disputes collaboratively under the Family Law Act. (Note: this training is limited to 35 students)

When: February 22, 23 and 24, 2023 (9:30 am – 4:30 pm each day)
Where: The training will be in person at the UBC Robson Square Room C 440 and attendees must be present for the entirety of all sessions. Discussion and small group work are a crucial part of this process. Successful completion of the course requires on-time attendance at
all sessions.
Credits: 21 hours of continuing legal education (CPD approval pending)
Co-Chairs: Bev Churchill, Abby Petterson, Rebecca Stanley and Yuval Berger

Download the registration form here.

Jun
8
Thu
Non-Evaluative Child Interview Training @ Online
Jun 8 @ 9:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Non-Evaluative Child Interview Training @ Online

Trainers: Bev Churchill and Viviane Wingerak

Who should attend: Any professional who meets with children and believes children should have a voice in family justice matters that affect them.

 

What you will learn:
The 2-day workshop will cover:
• Child development—ages and stages
• Trauma and impact on children
• Benefits and cautions of listening to the voice of the child/adolescent
• Mechanisms for hearing the voice of the child
• Integrating the child’s voice into different dispute-resolution options
• Background and history of Hear the Child Reports
• How to conduct an HTC interview and write a non-evaluative HTC report
• Effective interviewing skills, inc. video conferencing
• Sample questions and reports
• The art of introspection—understanding how our values, life experiences, culture and biases affect the interviewer’s lens
• Pitfalls to avoid as a non-evaluative child interviewer
• Review of case law with respect to HTC reports

Opportunities to practice the skills of conducting a non-evaluative child interview and writing a non-evaluative report will be integrated over the 2-day workshop giving participants the opportunity to develop or enhance their proficiency in conducting non-evaluative child interviews and writing non-evaluative reports.

Credits:
• BC Hear the Child Society—this course will provide participants with 13 hours of child interview skills training which can be applied towards your HTC Roster application. Full application requirements can be found at www.hearthechild.ca
• Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 13 hours (a minimum of 2 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)
• Law Society of BC: recognizes 7 hours towards Parenting Coordinator Accreditation
• BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society: recognizes 7 hours towards the child interviewing portion of the basic training segment

 

Download the PDF registration form.

 

Jun
9
Fri
Non-Evaluative Child Interview Training @ Online
Jun 9 @ 9:00 pm – Jun 10 @ 1:00 am
Non-Evaluative Child Interview Training @ Online

Trainers: Bev Churchill and Viviane Wingerak

Who should attend: Any professional who meets with children and believes children should have a voice in family justice matters that affect them.

 

What you will learn:
The 2-day workshop will cover:
• Child development—ages and stages
• Trauma and impact on children
• Benefits and cautions of listening to the voice of the child/adolescent
• Mechanisms for hearing the voice of the child
• Integrating the child’s voice into different dispute-resolution options
• Background and history of Hear the Child Reports
• How to conduct an HTC interview and write a non-evaluative HTC report
• Effective interviewing skills, inc. video conferencing
• Sample questions and reports
• The art of introspection—understanding how our values, life experiences, culture and biases affect the interviewer’s lens
• Pitfalls to avoid as a non-evaluative child interviewer
• Review of case law with respect to HTC reports

Opportunities to practice the skills of conducting a non-evaluative child interview and writing a non-evaluative report will be integrated over the 2-day workshop giving participants the opportunity to develop or enhance their proficiency in conducting non-evaluative child interviews and writing non-evaluative reports.

Credits:
• BC Hear the Child Society—this course will provide participants with 13 hours of child interview skills training which can be applied towards your HTC Roster application. Full application requirements can be found at www.hearthechild.ca
• Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 13 hours (a minimum of 2 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)
• Law Society of BC: recognizes 7 hours towards Parenting Coordinator Accreditation
• BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society: recognizes 7 hours towards the child interviewing portion of the basic training segment

 

Download the PDF registration form.