Services for Professionals at the Kids First Center

The Kids First Professional Education Series is designed to help further educate professionals within the fields of law, mental health and education who work with families going through separation and divorce. Our annual conference in November brings nationally-recognized authorities on the impact of separation and divorce on children to the state of Maine.

We hope you will also review the list of services that we provide to children and parents - we appreciate you recommending our services to your clients when you feel they would benefit.

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE - TOOLS FOR WORKING WITH HIGHLY CHALLENGING CLIENTS

speaker: Nancy WIlliams Oleson, PhD

This workshop will provide professionals with the tools needed to identify clients who have characteristics of personality disorders and how best to help them as they navigate and parent through the separation, divorce and post divorce.  Suggested audience: judges, magistrates, family law attorneys, guardians ad litem and mental health professionals.  CEU and CLEs will be awarded.

Harraseeket Inn, Freeport

Friday, October 3, 2008   8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

"INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING FOR COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE" 

A Two-Day Workshop Providing Training for Financial, Legal and Mental Health Professionals on the Collaborative Divorce Process

(see brochure)

View the Schedule to see when the

following workshops will be offered:

FORGIVENESS WORKSHOP - LEARNING TO LET GO

Join Kids First for this first time offering for family members touched by divorce and others who may find that letting go is a challenge in an relationship.  Designed for an audience of parents and professionals.

GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER FAMILIES: PARENTING THROUGH SEPARATION, TRANSITION AND DIVORCE  Guiding Parents Through the Challenges of Co-Parenting and Meeting the Needs of Children

IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN
Parenting during and following a divorce becomes more complex when the safety and protection of children is an issue. This free workshop provides professionals with information about the impact of domestic violence on children. It also provides information about how to help parents who feel they and/or their children may be in danger.

SEPARATION, DIVORCE AND THE VERY YOUNG CHILD

This evening workshop is designed for parents and professionals who touch the lives of children, infants through early school years, whose families are going through separation and divorce.

SEPARATION, DIVORCE AND THE ADOLESCENT
This workshop is appropriate for an audience of parents and professionals faced with the challenges of supporting an adolescent through a separation or divorce.

past ANNUAL CONFERENCES FOR PROFESSIONALS

"THE TEAM APPROACH TO COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE"
An Interdisciplinary Workshop Providing Strategies for Financial, Legal and Mental Health Professions

Friday, November 2, 2007 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, Maine (see brochure)

"Busting the Myths About High Conflict Divorce: An Interdisciplinary Workshop Providing Strategies for Legal and Mental Health Professionals"
Friday, November 3, 2006  8:00 am- 4:00 pm, Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, Maine  (see brochure)

"Same Sex Parenting - The Creation and Separation of Family; Legal and Social Issues for Partners and Their Children"
Friday, November 4, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, Maine (see brochure)