How do we explore and intervene when a child says ‘NO’ · KEYNOTE SPEAKERS / PANEL MEMBERS...
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How do we explore
and intervene when
a child says ‘NO’
Different aspects/
perspectives from
within the family
law system
WHEN: WEDNESDAY, 26TH MARCH 2014
TIME: 4:00PM START (registrations commence at 3:30pm)
WHERE: Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf
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COST: $120 PER PERSON, includes dinner and drinks
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The event is worth 2.5 CLE
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A professional development event for Family Law practitioners facilitated by Jean
Kittson. Keynote speakers are Catherine Boland, Clinical Psychologist; Jenny
Kadwell, CatholicCare Children’s Contact Service; Judge Tom Altobelli, Federal Circuit
Court of Australia.
There will be a panel which will include Lisa Robinson, The Anchor/UnitingCare Unifam; and
Kylie Beckhouse, Legal Aid NSW as well as the keynote speakers.
Case studies will be used to illustrate how each area within the family law system deals with the issues of
alienation—from therapeutic interventions to legal decisions.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS / PANEL
MEMBERS
Judge Tom Altobelli
Federal Circuit Court of Australia
Dr Tom Altobelli was
appointed as a Federal
Magistrate on 13
November 2006 after 25
years of practice and is
currently sitting as a
Judge in the Family Law
Courts in Wollongong.
He holds a Master of Laws and Doctorate
in Juridical Science, and is an Adjunct
Professor in the School of Law, University of
Western Sydney. Before his appointment,
Tom was accredited as a specialist in the
areas of Family Law, Children’s law and
Mediation.
He was, formerly, Special Counsel at
Watts McCray Lawyers, Australia’s largest
family law firm, and an Associate Professor
at the University of Western Sydney. He
was also a member of the Executive of
the Family Law Section of the Law Council
of Australia. Tom has authored four books
on family law and dispute resolution as
well as 50 articles in Australian and
International Journals. Federal Magistrate
Altobelli is the Convenor of the Court’s
Working Party on Best Practice in
Children’s Cases.
Catherine Boland
M.Psych (Hons) B.Psych. B.Ed.(Maps)
Catherine Boland is a
Clinical Psychologist with
specialised expertise in
working with children,
young people and
parents who are
experiencing relation-
ship issues and are in
situations of family conflict and
separation. She is an accomplished
speaker, author and clinician who
understands the complex realities of child
and adolescent mental health and
provides evidence-based direction to
those who work with them. Catherine is an
experienced therapist offering services to
families in Court proceedings where
children are involved. Catherine has
developed a model by which families
ordered to attend therapy are assessed,
treated and reported. She is frequently
called upon to interview families in the
context of providing expert opinion and
report.
Catherine has worked in a range of
sectors as a clinical psychologist. She
underwent clinical training at Sydney’s
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sydney
Children’s Hospital. She has also worked
at the University of New South Wales and
a number of independent schools where
she was head of child counselling
services. Catherine now works exclusively
in private practice as Principal of The
Relationspace. She also provides
supervision and training for clinical
psychologists.
Catherine is on the professional advisory
panel of ReachOut Pro and has authored
a number of papers in the field of clinical
psychology. She frequently appears in the
popular media providing commentary on
parenting and family relationships.
Jenny Kadwell
CatholicCare
Jenny Kadwell is
Manager of Post-
Separation Services
for CatholicCare
Sydney, and has
worked in the family
law sector since
completing post-
graduate qualifications in mediation in
1998. She has managed the Sydney
Children’s Contact Service since it
commenced operation in 2008. Jenny
also manages the CatholicCare Family
Dispute Resolution team, which operates
across 6 sites from the CBD to southern
and south-west Sydney. Working with
programs at the two ends of the family
law services spectrum constantly
highlights the need for collaborative, child
focussed work to assist those children
whose families reach either early
intervention or court-ordered community
services such as FDR and CCS.
PANEL MEMBERS
Lisa Robinson
The Anchor, Unifam Counselling &
Mediation
Lisa Robinson is the
Manager of The Anchor,
UnitingCare Unifam's
Supporting Children
A f t e r S e p a r a t i o n
Program which is funded
by the At torney -
General’s Department.
She has been in this role
for over 3 years and for the 3 years prior
to this was the Manager of the Fairfield
Family Relationship Centre, based in
Sydney's south west.
Lisa has a Masters in Couple and Family
Therapy from UNSW and is also
accredited as a Family Dispute Resolution
Practitioner. Lisa is also a trainer for the
Institute of Family Practice in both the
Relationship Counselling and Family
Dispute Resolution Vocational Graduate
Diplomas. Lisa has worked in the area of
post separation within Unifam for the last
10 years.
Kylie Beckhouse
Executive Director—Family Law, Legal
Aid NSW
Kylie is passionate
about the delivery of
family law services to
the economically and
s o c i a l l y d i s -
advantaged. As head
of Legal Aid NSW's
family law division she
oversees possibly the
largest family law and family dispute
resolution services in Australian. She is an
accredited specialist in family law and an
independent children's lawyer.
In 2012 she was appointed to the Family
Law Council of Australia. She is also a
member of the Law Society of NSW's
Family Law Issues Committee and the
Children's Court Advisory Committee. She
regularly presents and speaks on family
law issues.
FACILITATOR
Jean Kittson
Jean Kittson is one of
Australia’s best known
and most popular
comedians, amusing
audiences in theatre,
radio, television and
print.
Jean recently facilitated
the Albury Wodonga FLPN 2013
Conference along with Judge Altobelli.
Her many credits include Flat Chat, Good
News Week and The Great Debate Series
where she has successfully argued that
The Aussie Bloke Is A Hopeless Joke, That
Beauty Is Better Than Brains, and That
Celebrities Should be Seen and Not
Heard.
Author of the best seller book Tongue
Lashing and a columnist with New Weekly
Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph
Magazine and The Sydney Magazine, she
has also been a writer and performer with
Sydney’s 2DAY FM, ABC’s 702 and a
breakfast presenter with MIX 106.5.
This year, Jean starred in the stage show
Calendar Girls, which played in Victoria,
New South Wales and Queensland.