: : : : CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE LANDMARK PAS CASE IN TORONTO! : : : : Click Here for a List of Speakers by Name Pamela Richardson www.akidnappedmind.com Presentation: A Kidnapped Mind Presentation Description: A mother's heartbreaking story of Parental Alienation Syndrome. "A Kidnapped Mind takes readers on a real life emotional roller-coaster ride. Its message is that whenever possible former partners and the justice system should work together to ensure that children maintain strong and positive relationships with both parents." Biography: Pamela Richardson has hosted television's The Saturday Show and The Vancouver Show, and written and produced pieces for magazines and other television programs. Today she is a full-time mother to her two teenaged boys and lives in Vancouver with her husband, David. She continues to work with many school and community organizations, speaking at private and public events, meeting with legal professionals, counselors, other parents whose children have been alienated from them, as well as the media and other groups, bringing a much-needed awareness of the damage that can be done by alienating a child from a once-loved parent. Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D. www.amyjlbaker.com Presentation: Adult children of Parental Alienation Syndrome Presentation Description: The presentation will provide an overview of research on adults who as children experienced parental alienation. Implications for targeted parents will be discussed along with new research findings on targeted parents' experiences with their attorneys. Biography: Dr. Baker has a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Teachers College of Columbia University. Her areas of research include parental alienation, child welfare, parent involvement in their children's education, early intervention, and attachment. She is the Director of Research at the Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection. She is the author or co-author of 3 books and over 45 peer reviewed articles. J. Michael Bone, Ph.D. Presentation: Treatment for Alienated Children Presentation Description: Currently there are two primary models for understanding the alienation of children. Not surprisingly, these two approaches yield different types of treatment recommendations. This presentation will describe these models, their origins, and how well or how poorly they work, and why. Biography: J. Michael Bone, Ph.D. has been working in the area of Parental Alienation and high conflict divorce for the last two decades. He worked directly with Richard Gardner, M.D. on multiple cases, and consulted with him on a regular basis. Directly related to this work, he served on the Scientific and Professional Advisory Board of the Parental Alienation Research Foundation in Washington D.C., along with Dr. Gardner, Randy Rand, Ed.D., and Dierdre Rand, PhD, among others. He has provided both mental health and legal continuing education training to lawyers and mental health professionals regarding parental alienation in multiple states. He has served as court appointed evaluator, therapist and expert witness in numerous cases involving Parental Alienation in as many states, and has consulted with and made recommendations to courts across the country. He has presented at numerous conferences across the United States concerning Parental Alienation, and has appeared on both radio and television concerning this problem, most recently on The Anderson Cooper show. He is published in professional journals, as well as in the popular press. He serves on the Board of Directors of Lakeside Behavioral Health, Inc., and is also its Chair of Quality Assurance. He has maintained a Private Practice for over twenty five years in Florida, and has most recently has opened a consulting practice devoted exclusively to the problem of Parental Alienation. In this capacity, Dr. Bone is President of JMB Consulting, P.A., which provides educational and consultative services to both parents and attorneys in cases involving the alienation of children. Jayne Major, Ph.D. www.breakthroughparentingonline.com Presentation: The Macabre Dance of Abnormal Psychology, Family Law and Parental Alienation Syndrome Presentation Description: A philosopher's look at the profound epistemological and ethical questions that arise in family law and abnormal psychology as it applies to issues of parental alienation syndrome. Family law courts are not protecting children from the heinous damage disturbed parents inflict on their children's critical thinking, the loss of one half of their heritage, from a life time of failed social relationships and psychiatric disorders. A new paradigm is presented that will not only stop parental alienation syndrome but preserve the well-being of all members of separating families. Biography: Jayne A. Major, Ph.D. is the founder of Stop Parental Alienation of Children and the author of numerous articles on parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome. At her Los Angeles agency Breakthrough Parenting Services she specializes in parent education classes and counseling for individuals who are litigating their cases in family law court. Her most recent article is the Causes, Costs and Controversies of Parental Alienation and Parental Alienation Syndrome. Richard Sauber, Ph.D. Presentation: Forensic Evaluations Presentation Description: There are certain procedures to follow as either a court appointed or retained expert in PAS cases. A case presentation will illustrate how a court-appointed custody evaluator, child psychologist, parent coordinator, and attorney Guardian Ad Litem recommended sole custody and supervised visitation to the wrong parents, missing the correct diagnosis of PAS, and how a limited PAS-related evaluation was able to refute these mistaken findings and alter the process and outcome of the trial. Biography: S. Richard Sauber, Ph.D. has been in practice for 30 years as a forensic family and clinical psychologist who specializes in the evaluation, consultation, and treatment of complex litigenous family law cases. He is Board Certified in Family and Clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Trained at Harvard University in this area of expertise, he has been court appointed or retained as an expert throughout the United States and Canada. Formerly, Dr. Sauber was Professor of Family and Clinical Psychology in the Dapartments of Psychiatry at the Medical Schools at Columbia, Brown, and the University of Penn..At the latter two Medical Schools, he was Director of their Post-doctoral Training Program in Family Psychology, Family Therapy, and Family Forensic Psychology. He has been on the Founding Board of Directors of the Academy of Family Mediators and the National Academy of Professional Custody Evaluators. He also serves on the Adviso ry Board of the Children's Rights Council in Washington, D.C.. Since 1976, Dr. Sauber has been the Editor-in- Chief of The American Journal of Family Therapy and his most recent book with Richard Gardner, M.D. and Demosthenes Lorandos, J.D., Ph.D. was the International Handbook of PAS: Conceptual, Clinical, and Legal Considerations. Terence Campbell, Ph.D., ABPP www.campsych.com Presentation: Why Doesn't Parental Alienation Occur More Frequently Presentation Description: What circumstances increase the risk of parental alienation? What circumstances decrease the risk of parental alienation. How can attorneys and mental health professionals most effectively use this information when dealing with cases of potential alienation. Biography: Subsequent to receiving his baccalaureate degree from Western Michigan University in 1965, Dr. Campbell completed his doctoral degree in Human Development and Clinical Psychology at the University of Maryland in 1970. He has also done postdoctoral training in family psychology and family therapy at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Dr. Campbell was a co-founder of the Psychodjagnostic and Family Services Clinic of the Macomb County (Michigan) Circuit Court in 1972. Dr. Campbell's publications have appeared in various scientific and professional journals including American Journal of Forensic Psychology, American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Issues in Child Abuse Accusations, Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, Journal of Systemic Therapies, Michigan Bar Journal, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, and Psychotherapy. His work has also been reprinted in the Norwegian journal, Fokus Pas Familien. Dr. Campbell's first book - Beware The Talking Cure: Psychotherapy May Be Hazardous to Your Mental Health published by Upton Books, an imprint of SIRS Publishing, was released in September of 1994. His second book - Smoke and Mirrors: The Devastating Effect of False Sexual Abuse Claims - was released by Insight Books, a division of Plenum Publishing, in September of 1998. His third book - Cross-Examining Experts in the Behavioral Sciences - (co-authored with D.A. Lorandos, Ph.D., J.D.) was released by the West Group in September 2001 with annual updates for every year begining in 2003. Dr. Campbell's fourth book - Assessing Sex Offenders: Problems and Pitfalls - Was published by Charles C. Thomas in July 2004 as part of its American Series in the Behavioral Sciences and Law. His fifth book - Benchbook in the Behavioral Sciences: Psychiatry, Psychology, and Social Work - (co-authored with D.A. Lorandos, Ph.D., J,D.) was released by Carolina Academic Press in April 2005. Dr. Campbell has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Systemic Therapies. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sexual Offender Civil Commitment: Science and the Law. He is a member of the Scientific and Professional Advisory Board of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation of Philadelphia. He also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Association for Consumer Protection in Mental Health Practices. He has been designated a Fellow of the American Psychological Society in recognition of "a distinguished contribution to psychological science." He is also board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Campbell has also ban listed in Who's Who in America since the 56th edition in 2002. In addition to his treatment practice, Dr. Campbell frequently assists attorneys in matters related to appropriate standards of practice, evidentiary reliability in forensic psychology, eyewitness identifications, coerced confessions, child custody and visitation evaluations, allegations of child sexual abuse, and claims of repressed memories. He has testified as an expert witness in numerous states and the Dominion of Canada. Dr. Douglas Darnell, Ph.D. www.parentalalienation.com Presentation: Breaking the Stalemate Presentation Description: Frustrating to parents and the professional community are two parents embattled in alienation that dig there heals into the sand and refuse to break the stalemate. Dr. Darnall will discuss strategies to motivate the unmotivated and the role of crisis to bring about change. Biography: Dr. Darnall has appeared in court on over one hundred cases in eleven (11) states involving issues of custody, parental alienation syndrome, parental alienation, and other forensic matters. He has also appeared on the Montel Show and Court TV. Reference to his work has been written up in over 50 newspaper articles. He has given presentations at both State and National Conferences including the Missouri State Bar and North Dakota State Bar Associations, AFCC, Children's Rights Council, and Local and State Bar Associations addressing visitation of alienation and parenting. PUBLICATIONS "Divorce Casualties: Protecting Your Children from Parental Alienation." Published by Taylor Publishing. 1998 "Not in the Best Interest of the Child," North Dakota Law Review, August, 1999 "Parental Alienation and its Impact on Legal and Mental Health Systems. Part I and II. DVD" (223) Life Messages, Inc. Baker, A.J.L., & Darnall, D. (2006) Behaviors and strategies of parental alienation: A survey of parental experiences. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 45 (1/2) 97-124. Baker, A.J.L. & Darnall, D. (2007) A Construct Validation Study of the Eight Components of Parental Alienation Syndrome. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage. 47(1/2) 55-75. Darnall, D.C. & Steinberg, B.F. (2008) Motivational models for spontaneous reunification with alienated children - Part I. Article accepted for publication. Journal of Family Therapy. Darnall, D.C. & Steinberg, B.F. (2008) Motivational models for spontaneous reunification with alienated children - Part II. Article accepted for publication. Journal of Family Therapy. Dr. Glenn Ross Caddy Presentation: Parental Alienation: The Dynamics of Mind Control Presentation Description: This presentation shows how the psychological processes that induce parental alienation are fundamentally no different than any other mind controlling process and how this process inevitably involves the victimization of the recipient by the mentally aberrant functioning of the perpetrator. The fact that in parental alienation the perpetrator is also a parent tragically makes the process all that more insidious and also much easier to induce. Biography: Dr. Caddy is a licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist in the State of Florida and the State of New South Wales, in Australia. He holds Diplomate and/or Fellowship status within the American Board of Clinical Psychology, the Behavior Therapy and Research Society, the International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, the American Academy of Forensic Examiners, the International Academy of Eclectic Psychotherapy, and the American Board of Sexology. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy, and a member of both the Colleges of Clinical and Forensic Psychology of the Australian Psychological Society. Dr. Caddy holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of New South Wales, Australia. During his graduate education Glenn became a Commonwealth Scholar and thereafter a Commonwealth University Fellow. He also has served as a Commissioned Officer in the Royal Australian Army and an Intelligence Officer in the Australian Security Intelligence Organization. In the mid 1970s Dr. Caddy took up a research scientist position at the University of California, Los Angeles. Thereafter he was promoted to progressively more senior academic appointments at several major universities and medical Schools, becoming a full professor and head of a school by the mid 1980's at Nova Southeastern University and Medical School. Dr. Caddy has served on the editorial board of a number of scientific journals, and for ten years he was the series editor in clinical psychology and behavioral medicine for a major publishing house. Dr. Caddy also has published over one hundred peer reviewed scientific manuscripts, numerous monographs, four books, and various internet-based distance learning applications. During these years and subsequently, Dr. Caddy has also consulted for numerous organizations ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the United States Air Force to the Veterans Administration, and many governmental and non-governmental institutions. In 1990 Dr. Caddy left full time academic work and entered the full time practice of clinical and forensic psychology. In that context he has directed the American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, the Institute of Forensic and Behavioral Psychology, and Dr Glenn R. Caddy and Associates. While in these various roles Dr Caddy has served very broadly as a clinician and expert in literally thousands of cases and legally related events. He is especially well know for matters of high trauma including cases involving traumatic injury, war crimes and torture, cult issues and mind control. In the latter in particular Dr. Caddy has done a great deal of work in the area of Parental Alienation. Dr. Caddy lives with his wife and three of his four children in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Demosthenes Lorandos, J.D., Ph.D. www.lorandoslaw.com/lorandos-cv.php Presentation: Is PAS Scientific? Presentation Description: There are many detractors of PAS, who state that PAS is not a scientific concept and therefore should not be admissible in court under the rubric of scientific evidence. Dr. Lorandos will review the supporting data in Canada and the United States that shows that PAS is indeed scientific and therefore admissible in court. Biography: Dr. Lorandos received his B.A. in Psychology from San Francisco State University. He attended the New School for Social Research in New York City, studying the principles and methodology of science. He earned the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Sciences scholarship award. He spent the next four years studying the philosophy of science at an experimental university, earning a Ph.D. in 1976. He served two clinical internships and completed his doctorate in Clinical Psychology with Union Graduate School in Cincinnati. Dr. Lorandos taught as an assistant, then associate, professor at Indiana University, Saginaw Valley State College, and Central Michigan University. He created the largest private Vietnam veterans treatment program in the United States, which won national recognition from the Vietnam Veterans of America. As a research scientist, he has published both commentary and original scientific research in many scientific journals. He has also published three books: Cross-Examining Experts in the Behavioral Sciences (co-authored with Dr. Terence Campbell); Benchbook in the Behavioral Sciences: Psychiatry – Psychology – Social Work (co-authored with Dr. Terence Campbell); and The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome – Conceptual, clinical and Legal Perspectives which brings contributors from all over the world together to discuss this important phenomena. Dr. Lorandos retired from the active practice of clinical psychology to attend the University of Detroit Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1991. He is licensed in New York, California and Michigan an attorney, and in California and Michigan as a psychologist. Dr. Lorandos maintains an educational website at: www.falsely-accused.net. Abraham Worenklein, Ph.D. Presentation: Themes Energizing Parental Alienation Presentation Description: The subtle and obvious techniques used by parents to undermine the other parent will be presented. As will be seen, such methods are often used to distort reality and to make the child insecure in the presence of the target parent. The major themes used by alienating parents will be discussed as well as the various stages in "programming" and aligning the child with one parent against the other. Examples from actual case material will be presented ensuring the maintenance of confidentiality. Excerpts from judgments will also be presented. Biography: Abe Worenklein, Ph.D. has been in practice for more than 30 years as a clinical and forensic family psychologist who specializes in the evaluation of high conflict and highly litigious situations involving parental alienation, child sexual abuse allegations, and relocation disputes. He has been declared an expert witness by courts in Canada and the United States and has presented at professional conferences in Canada, the United States and Europe. He has testified in more than 600 trials and has been an expert witness in some of the early groundbreaking cases in Quebec on parental alienation. Dr. Worenklein received his Ph.D. at the Universite de Montreal and is a professor at Dawson College in Montreal and an adjuct at Concordia University, where he has taught Forensic Psychology, Psychology and the Law, etc. In addition to the high conflict family evaluations that he conducts, he also has been certified as a family mediator with advanced training. In addition to being licensed by the Ordre des Psychologues du Quebec, he is also a member of th Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology and has a Certifcate of Professional Qualification by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. Gene Colman - Gene C. Colman Family Law Center www.4famlaw.com Presentation: PA in Canada - Trends Analysis Presentation Description: Colman analyzes trends in the Canadian case law since 1987. Are the genders treated differently? During the last few years, is there a greater tendency for the courts to take more definitive action? Biography: Gene C. Colman is a Toronto family law lawyer.  He was called to the bar in 1979.  From its inception in 1980 until 1988, he represented children in Hamilton's Unified Family Court as a member of the Official Guardian's Child Representation Panel.  He has authored many articles and has spoken to a number of groups over the years on many family law issues.  Amongst his public service endeavours are: founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Family Law and current member of its advisory board; founding member of the Canadian Equal Parenting Council and its secretary-treasurer; past president of his community homeowners association and current executive member.  Gene has a special interest in parental alienation.  He is dedicated to gender equality and equal treatment for all in Ontario's courts.  Pamela Stuart-Mills Hoch, M.A., Bob Hoch, M.A. www.rachelfoundation.org Presentation: Rebuilding The Ties That Bind Presentation Description: What works and what doesn't? With informative and moving case studies of parents and children reunited at Rachel House. Pamela and Bob identify proven elements for successful reunification in the most severe and intransigent alienation cases, along with predictors for almost certain failure. Biography: Bob and Pamela Hoch, co-founders, The Rachel Foundation for Family Reintegration. Situated in the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio, Rachel House provides residential reintegration programs and other services to reunite parents and children whose bonds have been damaged or destroyed by abduction, alienation or estrangement. The Rachel Foundation collaborates with U.S. federal and state courts, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the U.S. Department of State, Office of Children's Issues, the U.S. Department of Justice, Missing and Exploited Children's Division, law enforcement, Central Authorities in cases involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and professionals in agency and private practice. Family court judges and agency representatives from Spain and Russia recently visited Rachel House to learn about its programs and services to courts. Pamela Stuart-Mills Hoch, M.A. directs Rachel programs as a volunteer, and consults on family reintegration issues. A doctoral student in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of Texas San Antonio, she has worked for 18 years, in Canada and the U.S., to develop solution-focused family reintegration programs. Courts in 11 states and 5 countries have recognized her as an expert in this field and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's honored her with the "Award of Merit for Outstanding Commitment to the Protection of Children and International Child Abduction Issues." Fluently bi-lingual (English/French) Pamela is a member of the American Counseling Association, Texas Counseling Association, the Scholastic Honors Society, and Chi Sigma Iota, international honor society for students, professional counselors and counselor educators. Bob Hoch, M.A., volunteer Executive Director, the Rachel Foundation. Since 2000, when the U.S. Department of Justice provided start-up funding, the Hochs have built "Rachel" to serve about 600 families, courts and professionals in 49 states and 27 foreign countries, with more than 60 children reunited with parents through Rachel's residential reintegration program "Bridges." Bob oversees the complex logistics that ensure the safe arrival of alienated or returning abducted children and their custodial parent, from within the U.S. and from abroad. He interfaces with law enforcement, courts and agencies around the world. Using a methodology he designed for this purpose, Bob analyzes the demographics of divorce and alienation and prepares internal studies to estimate the number of families who experience high-conflict divorce throughout the United States. He also developed a methodology for estimating Rachel Foundation success rates. Bob is Vice President of the Association of Missing and Exploited Children's Organizations (AMECO), an international association that provides a unified voice on issues related to missing and exploited children and their families, and nurtures credible, ethical and effective nonprofit member organizations. David L. Levy, J.D. Presentation: Increasing Public and Policy Makers Response to Parental Alienation Presentation Description: Adaptation of my chapter entitled "The Need for Public Awareness and Policy Makers to Respond to PAS: A Neglected Form of Child Abuse" appearing in "The International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome." Conceptual, Clinical and Legal Considerations," by Gardner, Sauber and Lorandos. Many individuals and policy makers are not aware of how they can help to curb the destructive practice of parental alienation. This talk will provide 10 practical steps that the public and policy makers can take to help curb this form of child abuse. Biography: David L. Levy, J.D., is a pioneer in the field of children's rights. In 1985, Levy co-founded the National Council for Children's Rights, later re-named the Children's Rights Council, which he currently serves as President. As President of CRC, Levy directs the Board of Trustees to strengthen families and reduce the trauma of divorce to children through supporting legislation and programs which favor shared parenting (joint custody), mediation, access/parenting time (visitation), and financial and emotional child support. Levy received a "Lifelong Achievement Award" for his "untiring efforts on behalf of the Children of America" from the National Child Support Office in September, 2000. Levy and CRC received the 1996 "Distinguished Service to Children" award from Parents Without Partners International, sand the "1996 Legislative Achievement" award from the National Parents' Day Coalition. In 1989, Levy received the Prince George's County Civic Association award for convincing Prince George's County, MD to hire the first access (visitation mediator east of Michigan. He is listed in "Who's Who in America." A noted author, Mr. Levy has written a myriad of articles on the subject of child custody and divorce mediation which have been published in prominent legal journals as well as noted general interest publications. Michael Gough - President - Internet Visitation www.internetvisitation.net Presentation: Virtual Visitation for use with PAS cases Presentation Description: Virtual Visitation' (The use of electronic communication for parent-child contact) is fast becoming a usual event in divorce cases. In this session learn how 'Virtual Visitation' can be useful in PAS cases and benefit the parent-child relationship. Presented by Michael Gough, the foremost expert on 'Virtual Visitation' and author of 'The Virtual Visitation Handbook.' Biography: Michael is Principal of www.internetvisitation.net & the leading expert on Virtual Visitation for use in divorce, custody and Parental Alienation cases. In addition, Michael is a nationally recognized supporter of Virtual Visitation & has extensive court experience on the subject of getting Virtual Visitation in a long distance & local situations. Michael is responsible for the first four Virtual Visitation Laws in the United States in Utah, Wisconsin, Texas & Florida and is actively seeking legislation with the help of others in over 25 states.  In addition, Michael's efforts have been recognized in various publications worldwide. Michael has presented to several State Legal conferences as well as Family Law groups and others on Virtual Visitation. Michael writes articles on Virtual Visitation for many websites and publications as well as a published author with two books... Video Conferencing over IP and Skype Me! by Syngress Press available through his website, Amazon or your local bookstore. In addition, Michael is a Computer Security Consultant for a large computer consultancy & services Fortune 500 accounts & is uniquely qualified to address security & privacy concerns surrounding Virtual Visitation. C. Gwendolyn Landolt - National Vice President - Real Women Of Canada www.realwomenca.com Presentation: How Legislation and the Courts Are Encouraging PAS Presentation Description: In recent years, legislation, as well as judicial decisions, have led to an increase in PAS. This in turn has resulted in the absence of a parent, mainly a father, although not always, from the lives of the children. This, in turn, has led to life long problems for children and lasting grief for the absent parent. This situation has to be addressed in order that the harm caused by PAS be reduced. Biography: C. Gwendolyn Landolt graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada and was called to the British Columbia Bar. She has had an extensive legal career in private practice, as a Crown prosecutor and as a lawyer with the federal government where she specialized in immigration and aboriginal affairs. Gwen has written extensively on constitutional issues, in particular the Canadian Charter of Rights and has participated in many cases before the Supreme Court of Canada on pro-life and pro-family issues. Gwen is one of the founders and is currently National Vice President of REAL Women of Canada, a national women's organization founded in 1983. The organization is committed to the protection of the traditional family and human life, both in Canada and internationally. REAL Women is an NGO in SPECIAL consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Dr. Marty McKay - Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, ABPP http://www.school-advocate.ca/letters-to-the-editor.php Presentation: Do Professionals Aid and Abet Parental Alienation? Presentation Description The role of professionals and para-professionals in enabling and legitimizing parental alienation will be discussed. Professionals need to know how they can be used by parents intent on holding their children hostage from the other parent. Parents need to know about agencies and support systems which do not support children's rights to have relationships with both parents but, instead, support a parent's ability to alienate a child from the other parent. Additionally, children and youth need to know about laws in place which protect their rights to have relationships with both parents information about legal capacity of children's decision-making which is typically ignored in family court and child welfare proceedings. Biography: Dr. Marty McKay is a clinical psychologist who has 32 years of experience in working with children and families.  She has a Ph.D. in psychology as well as post-doctoral certification and training in clinical and forensic psychology.  She has consulted with Children's protective services across southwestern Ontario and currently serves on a Government Ministry Expert Panel related to the treatment of children and youth in foster care and residential settings.  She has been an expert witness at all levels of Ontario Court as well as in the United States in cases involving  best interests of children.  She has been a participant in documentaries regarding the rights of children and makes many media appearances to speak about children's rights.  Dr. McKay's primary concerns include the ways in which many of our social institutions upon which we depend can be commandeered to alienate a child from one of his parents, including courts, lawyers, physicians, psychologists, counsellors, child welfare and law enforcement.  She has provided evidence before the Senate Sub-Committee regarding the need for family law changes that truly reflect the child's world, and the need for substantial reform that takes parenting completely out of the adversarial system.  She believes that through knowledge of the ways in which parental alienation can take place, on the personal, interpersonal and systemic levels, that parents can be empowered to ensure that children's full relationship rights are protected and maintained.    Bob Finlay, M.A., R.M.F.T. Presentation: Mediation Strategies in Managing PAS Disputes Presentation Description: Focus on effective strategies. When and when not mediation should be used with PAS cases. Biography: Bob Finlay has a Master's Degree in Psychology, is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist in Canada, a Registered Clinical Counselor in BC, a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor in Canada, a Registered Mediator in BC with the BC Mediator Roster Society and a Parenting Coordinator with the BC Parenting Coordination Association. Bob has been mediating since 1990 in the areas of Custody and Access, Division of Assets, Child Protection and Workplace where he has worked with over 200 files involving allegations of Parental Alienation.. He has also conducted Court Ordered Custody and Access Evaluations since 1990 where he evaluated allegations of PAS. Bob will be sharing his ideas and practical tips for mediating with families where PAS is a predominant factor. Bob recently appeared as the mediator in the CBC Documentary, "How to Divorce and not Wreck the Kids." Brian Ludmer http://www.ludmerlaw.com Presentation: Strategies for Managing the Legal Process in a PAS Case Presentation Description: Acting for a targeted parent in a case involving parental alienation requires specialized skills, knowledge and experience. This presentation will provide the answers to common legal tactics of alienating parents, the appropriate responses, how to combat the tactcs of delay and how to achieve remedies from the legal system that offer the prospect of reconciliation with the client's children. Biography: Mr. Ludmer practises corporate-commercial and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, corporate finance, corporate governance, financial disclosure and other areas of legal and regulatory compliance. Since he successfully conquered the parental alienation syndrome dynamic in the context of his own matrimonial proceedings in 2005, he has also conducted a family law practice specializing in cases involving parental alienation syndrome. Mr. Ludmer is currently counsel on four such high conflict cases and has developed a legal, psycho-social and practical strategy for managing a PAS case. He consults as well in the area of custody/access assessments for parents involved in PAS dynamics. His analytical approach to distinguishing "pathological" estrangement from common "splitting" in the context of a high conflict divorce has been adopted by many of the leading mental health practitioners in Canada. He assists parents in structuring therapeutic interventions to foster reconciliation with estranged parents. Mr. Ludmer has been speaking on, and consulting for public companies in, the area of MD&A disclosure, corporate governance, internal controls, related party transactions, internal investigations and whistleblowing protocols for over 15 years. He has been lead counsel on numerous domestic and cross-border LBO transactions, public and private debt financings, including convertible debentures, subordinated debt, receivables purchase arrangements and private label credit card facilities. Mr. Ludmer has over 20 years of legal and business consulting experience and operates his own law practice and business and family law consultancy based in Toronto.