Presenter: Dr. Robert Emery

March 20, 2017, Monday
10:00 AM – NOON
Lunch to follow (cost includes lunch)

Location: Union Jack’s, 10400 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044

Cost: Members: $25.00; Non-Members: $30

RSVP to Victoria You at VY@wsfamilylaw.com

Dr. Emery will help our community explore:

• The impact of family transitions on children

• Why custody matters are so difficult: research on parents’ anger and other emotions that fuel

anger

• What is essential for collaborative professionals to know about children and divorce

• Developing parenting plans that grow and change along with children’s changes

About the Presenter:

Robert Emery, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia, where he has spent his entire academic career (beginning in 1981).

Dr. Emery’s research focuses on family relationships and children’s mental health, including parental conflict, divorce, child custody, family violence, and genetically informed studies of all these topics, as well as associated legal and policy issues.

Dr. Emery is the author of 150 scientific publications and several books including The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive and his most recent book published in 2016, Two Homes, One Childhood: A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime.

This program is co-sponsored by the National Family Resiliency Center, Inc. The Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners certifies that this program meets the criteria for 2 credit hours of Category I continuing education for social workers and associates licensed in Maryland.

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