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American Psychological Association Powerpoints

Attached are the powerpoints from the all day symposium on parenting coordination and the workshop Dr. Sullivan did at the American Psychological Association in Boston in August of 2008.
APA morning presentation
APA Risk Management presentation
APA Parenting Coordination Presentation

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Parenting Coordination: Journal of Child Custody

Volume 5 numbers 1/2 of the Journal of Child Custody, was published in July of 2008  (go to customerservice@taylorandfrancis.com to get the Journal from the publisher). Dr. Sullivan is the Guest Editor for this special issue, which is the first ever volume dedicated to this emerging role. There are 7 articles, covering the conceptual framework [...]

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Consultation in Child Custody Cases

Dr. Sullivan has written a chapter in a book that will be published in the next couple of months by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. The book is entitled, Innovations in Family Law, and the chapter written by Dr. Sullivan and colleague, Elena Hobbs-Minor, is entitled, “Mental Health Consultation in Child Custody Cases” [...]

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Breaking Barriers Family Camp for Severe Child Alienation

Three experts in the field of high conflict divorce designed and carried out a multi-day camp program for severely alienated children and their coparents in Vermont July, 2008.  Psychologists Robin Deutsch, current president of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Matthew Sullivan, a national expert in working with child alienation and Peggie Ward an [...]

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Munich Family Law Symposium April 28-30, 2008

Dr. Sullivan is one of 4 international experts in the field of Child Custody who have been invited to present at a 2-day symposium in Munich, Germany on April 28-30, 2008. He will be speaking about innovations in the family courts in the United States, covering topics such as Parenting Coordiation, Collaborative Law, and parent [...]

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Journal of Child Custody Special Issue on Parenting Coordination

The next volume of the Journal of Child Custody (probably May or June of ‘08) will be devoted to Parenting Coordination. Dr. Sullivan is the guest editor of this volume and he and JCC editor, Dr. Leslie Drozd have invited several experts – practicioners, trainers, researchers, legal authorties- to submit articles on this emerging role. [...]

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Parallel Parenting Plans

For high conflict coparents, it is essential to construct parenting plans/custody orders that support a parallel parenting model. This disengages coparents, and provides the structure that they need to implement custody orders with minimal interaction. This document explains the essentials of parallel parenting plans
parallel-parenting-plans.doc

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