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Free Training Video: Child-Inclusion

  • 1.  Free Training Video: Child-Inclusion

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    Posted 13-04-2022 12:39 PM

    Hi all,

    I hope this finds you well. As some of you already know, I am the Director of The Family Matters Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from where I consult with children and families. I also advise on family justice policy and have been training industry professionals for many years.

    My particular research specialisation is working in child-inclusion in mediation: over the past two decades, I have published pioneering research and practised extensively in this area.

    Child-Inclusion and Policy

    Finally, after much lobbying, the Ministry of Justice is set to evaluate the way child inclusion can be incorporated as a guiding principle in parental dispute resolution in out-of-court settings.

    This follows their 2019 review of the Family Court, for which I was invited to advise as a published researcher on family mediation.

    Below is a no-cost 60-minute video of my research-backed child-inclusion model. It offers an overview of why this way of working offers such (proven) benefits, and how the model works.

    Video Link

    Opportunity: Advanced Child-Inclusion Training (Online )

    I am currently finalising participants and dates for my online child-inclusion professional training course. As a former lecturer, upskilling industry practitioners is something I particularly enjoy.

    Modules covered include:

    - crafting the feedback interview with parents,
    - working with high and intractable parental conflict,
    - the difference between a "voice" and a "choice" for a child, - use of tools and skills for the child interview,
    - child-parent contact problems and alienation,
    - inclusion of the extended family,

    To register your interest in the course and receive more details, email jillgoldson@thefamilymatterscentre.co.nz

    Feedback from previous training modules attended by family practitioners:

    - "Jill has a powerful and engaging interest in her subject. We all learnt so much." - Lawyer for Child, Wellington

    - "Jill has a wonderful teaching style and I often hear her voice as I continue to develop my practice."
    -
    FDR Mediator, Auckland

    - "The delivery of theory integrated with practical experience made this a very professional training."
    -
    Counselor, Christchurch

    Getting child-inclusion right is a matter of urgency for public health. No court order comes close to parents realising the importance of maintaining their child's attachment to them both.

    Many thanks,

    Jill Goldson



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    Jill Goldson
    Counsellor
    The Family Matters Centre
    Westmere
    6421498878
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