61st Annual Conference

Session 214
Strategies for Working with Children and Parents of High-Conflict Divorce

Chair:              

Judith Coche, Ph.D., FAGPA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Presenters:           

Pam Ankowitz, M.S. Consultant, Children of Divorce Program & Director,

Parents Place, White Plains, New York           

Marilyn Kotcher, LCSW, Lecturer in Social Work in Psychiatry, Cornell

University Medical College & Co-Director of Children of Divorce Program,

New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division, White Plains, New

York           

Andrew Robins, Ph.D., Instructor of Psychology in the Department of

Psychiatry, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

Didactic and sharing of work experience presentation treating families of high conflict divorce in a group setting. Pre-school, latency age, early teenage children and parents are in separate groups. Presentation will include group activity materials, children's drawings and clinical vignettes. Group themes and strategies will be illustrated.

Course References:

1. Roseby, V. & Johnston, J. (1998). Children of Armageddon: Common developmental threats in

    high-conflict divorcing families. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 7(2),

    295-309.

2. Wallerstein, J. & Lewis, J. (1998).  The Long-term Impact of Divorce on Children: Family and

    Conciliation Courts Review, 36(3), 368-383.

3. Wallerstein, J. & Resnikoss, D. (1997). Parental divorce and developmental progression: An  

    inquiry into their relationship. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 78, 135-154.