Issues in PA for Family Court Professionals - June 2014

I enclose this presentation made in June 2014 by the New York Chapter of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts (AFCC) in New York.

It included these worthwhile segments:

• The Spectrum of Parental Alienation and Estrangement: Challenges for Mental Health Professionals, Attorneys and Courts by Bernice H. Schaul Ph.D
• Parental Alienation: Why Courts should Intervene by Amy J.L.Baker
• Ethical Issues Confronting the Attorney for the Child by Harriet Weinberger
• Strategy's in Representing each Party in Parental Alienation or Estrangement Cases by Susan Bender
• Relief Available from the Court and a Review of Significant Court Decisions by Hon. Jacqueline Silbermann (Retired)
• The Child's Attorney and the Alienated Child - Approaches to resolving the Ethical Dilemma of Diminished Capacity by Jamie Rosen
• DSM-5 - What you need to know about whats New and Old by Lawrence Jay Braunstein

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Most of these topics are directed at Court Professionals - Lawyers, Court Experts and Judges - and provides insights and advice on the current state of knowledge about Parental Alienation and Estrangement, how Officers of the Court can address Ethical challenges of representing their cases and why Action is necessary. 

LINK (217 page PDF)