Strengthening Families Parenting Class, for families with children ages 8-14 years old.  No cost to attend!!

Starting May 9, 2012 through June 20,2012.

Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Located at Parent line-301 Lopez, Port Angeles WA

Class size is limited so call 360-452-5437 to register today

Dr. Sarah Baxter
Dr. Andrew Benjamin
Dr.  Marian Birch
Dr. Mary Wegman
Mark Baumann, coordinator

CLE Workshop Materials

Top 10 Attachment-Informed Do-Ables for Lawyers and Judges
By Mark Baumann, J.D., Rachel Hardies, MA, and Sarah Baxter, Ph.D.
Dr Birch’s Top 10 attachment needs
Bibliography (This bibliography identifies books, articles and websites. The debate around overnights for children under age 3 is largely championed by Kelly and Lamb, who believe overnights can be OK in certain situations, and by Jennifer McIntosh and Judith Solomon, who found in their research that overnights cause significant stress and behavioral problems. Some of the articles around this debate are identified.)

Developmental Guidelines for Parenting Time (Baris and Garrity model modified by Dr. Baxter)

Still Face Experiment
Brain scan image comparing healthy and traumatized brain

Powerpoint presentations

Dr. Benjamin’s parenting evaluation powerpoint
Dr Birch’s introdcution to the science of attachment

Attachment informed parenting time guidelines
Residential Guidelines – Spokane County (try using the rotate button in the PDF reader for better readability)
Arizona Supreme Court Parenting Time Guidelines
Minnesota Supreme Court Parenting Time Guidelines
Indiana Rules of Court Parenting Time Guidelines

Links to other resources

The Australian government is undertaking perhaps the largest longitudinal study (10,000 people) of the impact of divorce on children. In 2010, several interim conclusion reports were issued. You can access the full report (169 pages) here: Post-separation parenting arrangements and developmental outcomes for infants and children- Collected Reports 2.

Here is a link to a shorter discussion paper Dr. Jennifer McIntosh. The study finds significant problems for children under age 3 who have overnights away from their primary caregiver, and but not for children 4 and older.

Washington standards for parenting evaluations by psychologists

Brain Rules for Babies
Between Parent and Child
Top Ten Ways to Protect Your Kids (By Dr. Joan Kelly)

ACES Study
Zero to Three
Healing Resources: Preventing and Healing Stress Related Problems

CLE INFORMATION

Date & Time: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (including 30 minute free lunch)
Location: Clallam County Superior Court room #3 (family court), Port Angeles, Washington
Topic: The Significance of Childhood Attachment in a Rural Family Law Practice
Price: $85, includes lunch and (est) 4 CLE credits

Prevention Works of Clallam County and the Clallam County Bar Association are pleased to present a unique training about childhood attachment for all family law judges, lawyers, staff and other legal professionals who work with families.

Leading this training is Andrew Benjamin J.D., Ph.D., ABPP. He is the director of the Parenting Evaluation/Training Program (PETP) and is a Clinical Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Law at the University of Washington. Joining him will be a panel of three psychologists: Sarah Baxter, Ph.D., Marian Birch, Ph.D., and Mary Wegman, Ph.D. These presenters are all highly experienced clinicians and expert witnesses with expertise in attachment theory as applied in the court system.

Childhood attachment is considered by many to be the most important psychological discovery in the last 50 years. Substantial neuroscience research supports the connection between childhood attachment and brain development. This research also connects the quality of attachment to how a child behaves as an adult. More recently, attachment theory and its practical implications to family law are changing the nature of the practice.

The seminar panel will define attachment, describe good and bad parenting in terms of promoting healthy attachment, describe the incredible life-long harm poor attachment can cause, and discuss the practical significance for family court practitioners. Information will be provided to help judges and lawyers recognize when a family needs help fostering healthy attachment, what judges can specifically order to facilitate improved attachment (and healthier children) that are low or no cost, and how lawyers can counsel clients to appreciate and take advantage of the benefits of adopting an attachment-focused approach.

The seminar format will be two lectures followed by a question and answer period, and a panel discussion of common fact scenarios with audience involvement. This seminar will be highly focused on applying attachment principles to real-world situations in family court, rather than dependency court, where resources are limited,. Participants are encouraged to provide fact patterns or case examples for discussion. If you have a situation you would like the panelists to discuss, please email Mark Baumann.

As far as we know, this is the first attachment seminar focused specifically on the needs of a family court where resources are poor and the solutions are focused on what judges, lawyers and parents can do to improve the lives of children. The panel is very excited to be able to present this topic and I hope you will you join us for this very special opportunity. Lunch will be provided and I expect to be approved for 4 CLE credits. Information about materials will be provided as available.

To register, send your name, email address, bar number, and a check payable to Prevention Works (we apologize that we cannot accept credit card payments) and mail them to:

Mark Baumann
PO Box 2088
Port Angeles WA 98362
360-452-8688
(mark@markbaumann.com)

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• Topic:  The Significance of Childhood Attachment in a Rural Family Law Practice
• Date & Time:  Thursday, April 26, 2012, 9-1
• Location:  Port Angeles, Washington (specific place TBD)

Childhood attachment is considered by many to be the most important psychological discovery in the last 50 years. Supported by substantial neuroscience research in how childhood attachment is intimately tied to infant brain development, attachment theory has driven considerable change in how the fields of mental health, social work and conflict management understand the impact of early relationships on childhood development. More recently, attachment theory and its practical implications are being applied in the law. Prevention Works of Clallam County is pleased to announce a training on this essential topic for all family law practitioners and all other legal professionals who work with families.

The training will be led by Andrew Benjamin J.D., Ph.D., and Sarah Baxter Ph.D. Dr. Benjamin is a clinical Professor of Psychology and affiliate Professor of Law at the University of Washington, and Dr. Baxter is a clinical psychologist whose work specializes in children, families and trauma.

Please save the date. We will provide more information on the precise location, cost and agenda as it becomes available.

Mark Baumann
Port Angeles

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You may join the section at http://www.wsba.org/Legal-Community/Sections

Their OMA presentation focused on how mediators affect and are affected by high conflict personalities during mediation. Their topics included understanding high conflict personalities, understanding how conflict resolvers can get triggered and/or hooked, what assumptions conflict resolvers should be aware of and how they may need to change, the importance and difficulty of setting effective boundaries, and the strong challenge to ethics high conflict people can impose.

Listening to highly insistent emotions and applying techniques of empathy, attention and respect (EAR) are highly valuable skills in high conflict cases, not only for helping to reduce conflict by the parties, but also to help mediators and judges stay centered and reduce the effect of being triggered and unhooking.

30 presentations were made at the two-day multi-track conference.

Mr. Baumann and Ms. Hardies also presented at the two-day spring 2011 NW Dispute Resolution Conference at University of Washington, focusing on “movement” as technique for working with high conflict people.

Mark Baumann is a lawyer, mediator and associate of the High Conflict Institute, litigating in Port Angeles, mediating in Seattle, and consulting internationally on high conflict cases to professionals and individual parties.

Rachel Hardies is a therapist and parenting instructor practicing in Port Angeles, and a co-mediator with Mark Baumann.

Ms. Ortloff also specializes in estate planning, including wills, trusts, adoptions, real estate, commercial and contracts.

Ms. Ortloff’s office is located at 319-A South Peabody, Port Angeles, WA 98362.

1-360-504-1148; kim@olypentitle.com

Derek practices in the areas of Family and Landlord/Tenant.

Derek Medina
210 E. Fifth Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362

360-504-2191
www.medina-law.com

Hours are:

Monday: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Tuesday: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Wednesday: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Thursday: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Friday: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Welcome Shirley!

Mark Baumann, JD, Rachel Hardies, MA, and Angeles Mediation, will be operating a pro bono Domestic Violence Mediation Project to help low income families who have had allegations or a history of domestic violence resolve conflict through mediation. Domestic violence may involve physical and/or emotional abuse, and/or may be perceived as a “high conflict” case. These are difficult cases that require special handling and attention, particularly to both parties needs and safety.

The interdisciplinary DV Mediation Project is an access to justice oriented project, offering people of modest means an alternative to litigation that may also offer a more effective method of managing entrenched conflict patterns. Part of the purpose of the project is to develop and report on effective mediation techniques for domestic violence situations.

The DV Mediation Project encourages attorney and advocate participation and the development of safety plans. Attorneys and advocates interested in participating in the Project may contact Mark Baumann or Nancy Rohde, and are encouraged to attend the Quileute Tribe’s unique DV training opportunity by the Southwest Center for Law and Policy in La Push on June 28 and 29. (This training is free and offers CLE credit. For more information see http://clallamcountybar.com/2011/06/03/842/)

Referrals to the DV Mediation Project will only be accepted from professionals, including lawyers, therapists and advocates. Parties interested in mediation services should ask professionals they are working with for a referral, and/or call Healthy Families for advocate and safety planning services in this or any DV situation. If you are interesting in contributing to the project, as a volunteer mediator, advocate, advisor, counselor, educator, concept developer, or otherwise, please call for more information.

Mark Baumann
360-452-8688

Rachel Hardies
360-670-2336

Healthy Families, 360-452-2381

This trainings is FREE, offers CLE credit and is open to anyone (breakfast & lunch provided).

Southwest Center for Law and Policy (SWCLAP), based in Tucson, Arizona, is a nationally recognized training and technical assistance provider and approved by the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women to provide training and technical assistance to grantees. Please contact Monica Henry, New Beginnings Program Manager, if you are interested in receiving CECs for this training.

The purpose of this training is to provide law enforcement, court personnel, prosecutors, judges, victim advocates, school staff, social service & health providers and community members with the knowledge and skills to understand and effectively respond to domestic violence and dating violence.

Southwest Center for Law & Policy and the Quileute Tribe New Beginning’s Domestic Violence and Teen Intimate Partner & Sexual Violence Training Agenda:
June 28th, 2011
8:00 – 8:30 Opening and Traditional Welcome
8:30 – 10:00 Effective Investigation and Prosecution of Domestic Violence Crimes – Hallie Bongar White
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:15 Identifying Predominant Aggressors and Self-Defense – Hallie Bongar White
11:15 – Noon Courtroom Safety in Domestic Violence Cases – Melodie Lopez
12:00 — 1:30 Lunch (provided) / Film: “Sin By Silence”
1:30 – 3:00 Native Teens: Dating Violence/Intimate Partner Violence- Melodie Lopez
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:45 School and Community Issues to Protect Teen Victims – Melodie Lopez

June 29th, 2011
8:30 – 10:00 Interviewing domestic violence victims, perpetrators, and other witnesses – Hallie Bongar White
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – Noon Protection Orders for Teens and other Victims- Hallie Bongar White
12:00—1:00 Lunch (provided) Film: “Listen to the Grandmothers”
1:30 – 3:00 Sexual Assault against Teens – Melodie Lopez
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:45 Confidentiality with Teen Victims – Melodie Lopez
4:45 – 5:00 Closing

Ride sharing: For information, contact Emily Qualls at the Law Office of Mark Baumann, 360-452-8688

To register, contact:
Monica Henry Quileute Tribe New Beginnings Program Manager & Victim Advocate
monica.henry@quileutenation.org
Phone: (360) 374-5110
Fax: (360) 374-5128

Strengthening Our Community Through Prevention, Protection, Safety, and Awareness.

Sponsored by Lower Elwha Family Advocacy Program OVW and OCVA Grants

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

For more information, contact 452-8471 ext. 231/205 or 460-1745.

Kathleen McCormick

These free, weekly fathering classes are designed to teach parenting and nurturing skills to men.

Each 2 1/2 hour class provides proven, effective skills for healthy family relationships and child development.

Participants will learn:
*The secrets for creating safe, loving, stable, and nurtured families;
*Positive discipline tools taught through a uniquely father-friendly method for successful child behavior management;
*Effective family communication techniques to strengthen father-child and father-mother relationships;
*How to stop fighting and arguing by using proven-effective strategies for conflict resolution and problem solving;
*And much more.

Space is limited, so register early!

For more information or to register, please call Daryl Trowbridge at 775-5069 or e-mail Daryl.Trowbridge@ppgnw.org.

For more information:

http://www.ccbawashington.org/cle/2011-0429_Title26Training.pdf

www.ccbawashington.org
Respectfully,
Please note new e-mail address below.

Diane J. Wheeler
Executive Director
Clark County Bar Association
500 W. 8th Street, Suite 65
Vancouver, WA 98660
Telephone: (360) 695-5975
Facsimile: (360) 737-6891
E-mail: diane@ccbawashington.org
Web Site: www.ccbawashington.org