Schedule

All times in Eastern US Time (EST)

November 4

5:00PM - 7:00PM Registration

November 5

7:30AM - 6:45PM Registration
7:30AM - 5:15PM Exhibit Forum
7:45AM - 8:45AM Coffee and Rolls for Institute Registrants
8:45AM - 4:45PM Pre-Symposium Institutes
Institute 1. A Dangerous Paradox
Institute 2. Parenting Coordination That Works: Practical Tools, Proven Strategies, and New Insights Across Systems
Institute 3. The AI-Ready Family Professional: Practical Tools and Ethical Guardrails for Custody Work
Institute 4. Identifying and Addressing Interpersonal Violence: A Judge’s Toolbox (Judicial Institute)
Institute 5. 2026 Domestic Violence Case Managers Track
10:15AM - 10:30AM Break
12:00PM - 1:30PM Lunch (On Your Own)
3:00PM - 3:15PM Break
5:15PM - 6:45PM Opening Session
Opening Session: Should Parental Rights Trump a Child’s Best Interest?
6:45PM - 7:45PM Welcome Reception

November 6

6:15AM - 7:15AM Yoga and Meditation
7:30AM - 5:00PM Registration
7:30AM - 5:00PM Exhibit Forum
7:45AM - 8:30AM Coffee and Rolls
8:30AM - 10:00AM Plenary Session
Plenary Session: Real Role of Counsel for Children: Ethical Conundrums & Practical Challenges
10:00AM - 10:30AM Break
10:30AM - 12:00PM Workshops 1-6
1. Parenting Plan Evaluations in the Age of AI: Promise, Peril, and Practice
2. A Bridge to Nowhere: Rethinking Relationship Existence in PCCP
3. Digital Risks & Parenting Plans: Protecting Children in High Conflict
4. Healing Anger: Mindfulness Strategies for Parents and Children
5. Sacred Values, Secular Courts: Religious and Cultural Conflicts in Custody
6. Interviewing Children in Family Law Litigation: What Works in Practice
12:00PM - 1:30PM Luncheon (Included)
1:45PM - 3:15PM Workshops 7-12
7. From Findings to Follow-Through: Improving Impact in Custody Evaluations
8. Storytelling in Courtrooms: The Power of Persuasion of a Good Story
9. Dialogue in the Shadow of Violence: Coercion, Consent, and Mediation
10. From Stigma to Science: Addiction Literacy for Family Law Attorneys
11. Adjudicating Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse When Custody is in Dispute
12. In Search of Common Ground: PCCP, Dynamics, Labels, and Assessment
3:15PM - 3:30PM Break
3:30PM - 5:00PM Workshops 13-18
13. Pixels and Parenting: The Mental Health Impact of Virtual Parenting Time
14. No Magic Wand: The Real Work of Safe Child Support Decisions
15. Weaponizing Parenthood: AI and the Rise of Digital Surveillance
16. Reunification with Uncertainty: Navigating Allegations, Memory, and Repair
17. Behind the Screens: Understanding Teens and Technology
18. The STABLE Model: Attachment-Informed Parenting Plans for Children Ages 0–5
5:00PM - 6:00PM DE&I Forum
5:30PM - 8:00PM Taste of Orlando

November 7

6:15AM - 7:15AM Yoga and Meditation
7:30AM - 3:00PM Registration
7:30AM - 3:00PM Exhibit Forum
7:45AM - 8:30AM Coffee and Rolls
8:30AM - 10:00AM Workshops 19-24
19. Trauma-Responsive Courts in Action: Tools for the Family Court Professionals
20. Designing Structured Listening: Operational Tools for Custody Courts
21. Triphasic Neuroregulatory Model for Parent-Child Contact Problems
22. Innovations in Conducting and Reviewing Relocation Risk Assessment Evaluations
23. Considering Developmental Disabilities within a Child Custody Evaluation
24. Plot Twists in Older Family Conflict: Assessment, Interventions, and Ethics
10:00AM - 10:30AM Break
10:30AM - 12:00PM Workshops 25-30
25. Truth, Trauma, and Allegations: Navigating Child Sexual Abuse Cases
26. But They Just Don't Want to Go: When Doing Nothing Does Damage
27. Impact of Abuse on Custody Cases Involving LGBTQ+ Families
28. Job-Share Parenting: A Curriculum for Separated and Divorced Parents
29. In the Room Where It Happens: Conducting Valid Parent-Child Observations
30. Got Parent Child Contact Problems? The Value of Interdisciplinary Coordination
12:00PM - 1:30PM Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30PM - 3:00PM Workshops 31-36
31. Teamwork in Action: PC and Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Better Outcomes
32. Reforming High Conflict Cases via Interdisciplinary Education and Collaboration
33. Parenting in a Digital World: Evaluating Online Risks and Protective Capacity
34. From Conflict to Resolution: Strategic Interventions in High-Conflict Cases
35. Immigration and Family Court: Legal & Clinical Strategies for Children
36. Beyond Rebuttal: Escalating Expert Review Challenges in Custody Cases