Bring your lunch and please join us for a viewing of  “I DON’T WANT TO GO!” When Children Resist or Refuse Parent Contact in Dependency Cases.  After lunch CASA staff will facilitate a discussion about how this topic applies to the work we do as CASAs.

Topics covered include case law, statutes, administrative rules and procedures as well as psychological research implicated in circumstances of children resisting or refusing contact with parents.

RSVP Required. Register on ARC today.

Presenters:

Wendy Bourg, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Portland

Anna Fuller, Senior Asst. Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice

Lisa Kay Williams, Youth, Rights, Justice, Attorneys at law, Portland

Erin Lane, Reunification and Permanency Programs, ODHS Child Welfare