AFCC Washington Chapter
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Conference Registration
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- AFCC Member: $325
- AFCC Student: $275
- Nonmember: $375
- Full-time WA Counties Court Personnel: $225
Saturday Seminar: Advanced Interventions and Solutions for PCCP Cases
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- $75 – Conference registration required.
Parent child contact problems (PCCP) present some of the most daunting issues we face in family law. Explore challenges and solutions for PCCP cases at the AFCC Washington Chapter 10th Annual Conference, “Resist, Refuse and Resolve: Turning the Corner on PCCP Conflict,” on April 25, 2025, in Seattle.
Conference participants can also take a deeper dive by registering for a half-day Seminar “Advanced Interventions and Solutions for PCCP Cases” on April 26.
Conference speakers Leslie Drozd, PhD, and Barbara Fidler, PhD, CPsych, AccFM, FDRP PC, will focus on intermediate and advanced concepts and solutions that teach us how to intervene with these complex PCCP dynamics.
Judicial officers, forensic professionals, mental health specialists, and our collaborative partners supporting families with PCCP cases are invited to attend this full-day master class training. APA, MCLE, and mental health professional continuing education contact hours will be provided.
We’ll examine how PCCP cases present tremendous challenges to the Family Courts, Family Attorneys, Parents Evaluators, GAL, Parenting Coordinators, and Mental Health Specialists who work with resist/refuse dynamics (RRD) in high-conflict family systems.
Case challenges include:
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- What does the court do when a 14-year-old child is refusing contact with a parent?
- What is the role of attorneys, the court, and other providers in cases involving resist/refuse dynamics (RRD)?
- How can the court recommend risk assessments and interventions without delaying timely and safe contact between children and the rejected parent when time is the enemy in these cases?
Dr. Drozd and Dr. Fidler will lead us in an exploration of intermediate and advanced PCCP topics, including:
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- How do we assess mild-moderate and severe interventions for PCCP cases?
- What are evidence-informed step-wise decision-making and decision trees to assess PCCPs?
- How do we determine if a case is right for us and if we are right for a case?
- How can we provide vital risk-assessment while simultaneously ensuring safe parent/child contact?
- What do we do in cases where there is DV, IPV, trauma, or other restrictions based on RCW 26.09.191?
- What is the role of the Court, Parenting Evaluator, GAL, Parenting Coordinator, mental health specialist, and attorney?
- How can we implement a family systems model of intervention with the participation and active involvement of the favored parent at the onset in PCCP cases?
- What are some Measurement Tools to utilize throughout intervention to assess the increase or decrease of the Resist-Refuse Dynamics?
- What are ethical considerations for providing treatment to parents and children who do not want to participate?
- What do we do with a case that is not a good referral for intervention?
- How can we utilize a multiple hypotheses perspective?
- What is the continuum of intervention and blended sequential model for PCCP cases?
- How can we set realistic expectations for the family in terms of intervention success?
Take a deeper dive
At the April 26 seminar, Dr. Drozd and Dr. Fidler will explore additional complexities of PCCP cases. The presenters will be integrating PCCP concepts and interventions using case study examples. Space is limited to 15 people. You must be registered for the conference to attend this seminar.
Extra Credit CEUs
As a conference participant, you can earn additional contact hours at no extra charge:
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- Video: “PCCP 101 Foundations for Early Learners” featuring David Goldman, MS CMHC, MAEd, LMHC. If you have limited knowledge of PCCP cases, you are strongly encouraged to watch this video prior to the conference.
- Video: “Attorneys as First Responders” featuring Jennifer Wheeler, PhD. This session is targeted for attorneys and other providers who collaborate with attorneys on PCCP cases.
About Our Speakers
Dr. Drozd is a licensed psychologist who works clinically and forensically with families in the various stages of divorce, including families with parent-child contact problems, co-parenting therapy, family therapy, reintegration therapy, and parent coordination. She is part of a group of experts producing a 16-hour training for the AFCC: Advanced Issues in Family Law: Parent-Child Contact Problems.
Dr. Fidler is a psychologist in private practice who has more than 38 years of experience working with divorcing families. She has authored four books and many chapters and peer reviewed papers, including as guest co-editor of two special issues of the Family Court Review (FCR) on alienation (January 2010 and April 2020). She served on the AFCC task force that developed the Guideline for Parenting Coordinators in 2019.
Registration Cancellation/Refund Policy
Transfer of registration to another person may be done at any time prior to the event without a fee. All requests for refunds must be made in writing. Written notice of cancellation received by email by March 31, 2025, will be issued a full refund. Written notice received by email after March 31, 2025, will be issued a 50% credit for a future WA AFCC conference.
Continuing Education
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- APA: This conference provides contact hours for psychologists (pending). AFCC National is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. AFCC maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
- MCLE: The conference is eligible for CLE credit hours (pending).
- Mental health professionals: This training provides contact hours for Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Social Workers (pending).
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