Article archive / December 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 16. Source pages: 14.
The Louisiana Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC-LA) will hold its 5th State Conference on January 30- 31 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU in Baton Rouge.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Current Issues in Family Court: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.”
The conference will include a panel on “Improving the Parent Coordination Model.” Presenters are Renee McCarthy, LCSW, Leslie Todd, LCSW, Wendy Edwards, JD, and Lisa Mathews, JD.
Dr. Alyson McCain and Dr. Deann Johnson will present on “Relocation.”
“Supervised Visitation,” will be covered by presenters Yevonne Baran, LPC, Ladonna Ward, LPC, and Pam Guedry, LPC.
Todd Gaudin, JD, will present on “Extended Support Beyond 18 for Handicapped Children/Interdictions.”
Judge Pam Baker will present “What Do We Need from Each Other to Better Serve the Families We Work With?” as the final training on the first day.
On Saturday, Bob Lancaster, JD, will present on “Transformative, Facilitative, and Evaluative Styles of Mediation with Demonstrations of Each.”
A Panel Discussion on “Pros and Cons of the Types of Mediation in Family Divorce Situations,” will be offered by Lila Hogan, JD, Cinday Nassar, LPC, and Stacy Marcel, JD.
After a catered lunch the conference attendees will have the opportunity to engage in fishbowl/role play training.
The conference is limited to 90 attendees. In the February 2014 of the Times, past president and founder of the Louisiana Chapter Leslie Todd, said the group’s members are evenly split between legal and mental health professionals, with a few financial experts as well. “We have one of the highest percentages of judge members in the nation. Our Board is interdisciplinary; our second President was a judge, and our third is an attorney-mediator.” (See story, Feb 2014 Times.)
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