About the Event
Cognitive Behavior Institute is excited to welcome Kaleigh Bantum, PhD, NCSP, for a live interactive webinar on: Polishing Your Practice: Working with High Conflict Families
Date: 02/07/2023
Time: 1pm-4pm EST
Location: online
Cost: $10
Level: Intermediate
Credit Hours: 3 Ethics CEs
Description:
Parent–child contact problems may arise in the context of high conflict separation/divorce dynamics between parents. In cases where there is parent–child contact problems and children resist or refuse contact with one of their parents, there may also be incidents of child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, or compromised parenting that can be experienced by a parent or child as traumatic (Deutsch, 2020). Through this presentation, participants will identify ethical considerations in working with high conflict families. During treatment, it is helpful to motivate co-parents to reframe the narrative they have about the separation/divorce, as well as the role and responsibility each parent had in the breakup of the family. By helping the parents support the new narrative, as well as take each other’s perspective (and the perspective of the child), helps the child see that the parents can focus on their well-being, and can communicate and cooperate in developing a new family structure/plan in which the children are no longer triangulated (Deustch, 2020). Participants will describe role identification and delineation in working with high conflict families. In high-conflict family situations, access to resources can be helpful in building emotional coping abilities and resilience within and amongst family members. Following this presentation, participants will also be able to list resources available in working with high conflict families and analyze ways of adapting their current practices for working with high conflict families.
Agenda:
1-2:30pm Lecture Part 1
- Impacts of Conflict in Families
- Ethical Considerations
- Treatment considerations
- Case examples
*Program does not include breaks
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will identify ethical considerations in working with high conflict families
- Participants will describe role identification and delineation in working with high conflict families.
- Participants will list resources available in working with high conflict families
- Participants will analyze ways of adapting their current practices for working with high conflict families
Instructor Bio:
Dr. Kaleigh N. Bantum, PhD, NCSP is Cognitive Behavior Institute’s Co-Director. Dr. Bantum is a licensed psychologist in the state of Pennsylvania as well as a nationally certified school psychologist. She completed her undergraduate work at Ohio University before continuing her graduate education at Duquesne University. She completed her clinical training through Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC where she received specialized training in evidence-based practices in trauma and early childhood mental health. She has clinical, consultative and supervisory experience in school, hospital and community-based settings. Dr. Bantum has presented at a number of national conferences, taught at local universities, and serves as the Co-Director of CBI's Center for Education. Course bibliography:
Anderson, S. R., Sumner, B. W., Parady, A., Whiting, J., & Tambling, R. (2020). A Task Analysis of Client Re‐engagement: Therapeutic De‐escalation of High‐Conflict Coparents. Family process, 59(4), 1447-1464.
Cummings, E. & Davies, P. (2010). Marital conflict and children: An emotional security perspective. NY: Guilford Press.
Deutsch, R., Drozd, L., & Ajoku, C. (2020). Trauma‐Informed Interventions in Parent–Child Contact Cases. Family Court Review, 58(2), 470-487.
Grych, J.H. (2005). Interparental conflict as a risk factor for child maladjustment: Implications for the development of prevention programs. Family Court Review, 43(1), 97-108.
Hu, F. H. (2021). High-Conflict Divorce: Therapeutic Approaches for Children.
Lebow, J.L. (2019). Treating the difficult divorce: A practical guide for psychotherapists. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Smith, A. & Gollop, M. (2001). What children think separating parents should know. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 30, 23-31.
Wonders, L.L. (2019). When Parents Are at War: A Child Therapist’s Guide To Navigating High Conflict Divorce & Custody Cases. Independent Publisher.
Approvals:
Cognitive Behavior Institute, #1771, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Cognitive Behavior Institute maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/30/2022-6/30/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 ethics continuing education credits.
Cognitive Behavior Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0098 and the State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0646 and the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0216.
Cognitive Behavior Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7117. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Cognitive Behavior Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Cognitive Behavior Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cognitive Behavior Institute maintains responsibility for content of this program. Social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors in Pennsylvania can receive continuing education from providers approved by the American Psychological Association. Since CBI is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education, licensed social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors in Pennsylvania will be able to fulfill their continuing education requirements by attending CBI continuing education programs. For professionals outside the state of Pennsylvania, you must confirm with your specific State Board that APA approved CE's are accepted towards your licensure requirements. The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) has a process for approving individual programs or providers for continuing education through their Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. ACE approved providers and individual courses approved by ASWB are not accepted by every state and regulatory board for continuing education credits for social workers. Every US state other than New York accepts ACE approval for social workers in some capacity: New Jersey only accepts individually approved courses for social workers, rather than courses from approved providers. The West Virginia board requires board approval for live courses, but accepts ASWB ACE approval for other courses for social workers. For more information, please see https://www.aswb.org/ace/ace-jurisdiction-map/. Whether or not boards accept ASWB ACE approved continuing education for other professionals such as licensed professional counselors or licensed marriage and family therapists varies by jurisdiction. To determine if a course can be accepted by your licensing board, please review your board’s regulations or contact them. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
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