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"Dr. Garber
is an entertaining and
informative
speaker...."
"My
work with children
will be improved
because of
Dr. Garber's
seminar."
(Participant
feedback following Dr. Garber's "Thin
Ice" presentation,
2004)
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What types
of presentations and
professional
continuing education opportunities?
 Professional
conferences, continuing education
Elementary,
middle and high schools
Local,
state, regional and national professional
organizations
Corporate
keynotes , staff training and debriefing
Annual
conferences
From grade schoolers and their
parents to
advanced professional education
From
one hour over lunch to a full weekend retreat
Dr. Garber
brings his
creativity as a seasoned clinician and his insight as a widely
published author together to entertain, educate and fine tune the
skills of mental health, family law and education professionals. His
multi-media and engaging presentations to large and small groups alike
are routinely well-received.
Dr.
Garber's PowerPoint®
presentations give professionals who work with children and families in
psychotherapy, education and the legal system specific directions, new
tools and insights and the means to minimize professional risk even
while maximizing the help these children need and deserve.
At your request, Dr. Garber will prepare a self-playing CD ROM to be
duplicated and distributed to participants in addition to or in place
of conventional paper hand-outs. The disks routinely contain the
entire presentation, a related bibliography, forms, questionnaires,
articles and a wealth of additional real-time links and resources.
Dr.
Garber
is available to discuss preparation of a presentation specially
tailored
to your needs in his areas of expertise, including subjects in child
and
family development, co-parental conflict, separation, divorce and
custody
matters,
As examples, Dr. Garber has the following multi-media presentations
available for your consideration:
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"He
was fabulous -
great presenter!"
"Nice
presentation -
professional,
polished"
"very
personable ...
knowledgable."
(Participant feedback
following
Dr. Garber's 10/2006
"Co-parenting"
presentation
to the New Hampshire
Conflict Resolution
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"The
most engaging presentation ...
PowerPoint never looked so good!"
(Sample
participant feedback following a Harvard Medical School presentation)
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The Child's Voice in Family Law
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Hearing the child's voice
in family law matters:
Understanding without
undermining
Should children be heard regarding their
own future care and custody? When a parent's rights are to be
terminated?
What is a mature minor? When and how might a mature minor be heard in
court? How can others' pressures corrupt the child's voice?
Family
law professionals are charged with determining the child's best
interests but seldom know when and whether and how to elicit the
child's voice in matters regarding his or her own future. Some
jurisdictions invite the contribution of a "mature minor" but never
define what this means.
This presentation puts these questions in a developmental perspective
and provides participants with the tools necessary to better recognize
and respect the child's voice.
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Parenting
Coordination
(introduction)
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Escaping
the Revolving
Door:
Parenting
Coordination and the Best Interests of the Child
"Revolving door" litigants -post-decree
parents who cannot let go of their conflict and who repeatedly seek
court intervention- consume an inordinate amount of the court's time at
profound expense to all involved,
none more so than their children.
This presentation
introduces parenting coordination as one means of helping post-decree
parents to better understand their kids and settle their child-centered
differences without the delays, expenses and stresses associated with
courts. Participants are introduced to Dr. Garber's "DefCon" model of
parenting coordination: Assessing and responding to imminent threats of
conflict without allowing war to break out.
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Attachment
theory
and
forensic
practice
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Assessing
and Enabling Children's
Attachment
Relationships
In The Midst of Co-parental Conflict, Separation and Divorce
Attachment
(e.g., Bowlby, Ainsworth) is among psychology's most respected and
validated theories. This multi-media, powerful presentation brings
attachment theory to the forensic psychologist's work. Attachment
theory is introduced in the context of family development,
function and dysfunction. The pros and cons associated with the
forensic application of existing attachment methodologies are discussed
with an emphasis on understanding and responding to a child's
visitation resistance and refusal.
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Child and
family
development
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One Size Must
Never Fit All!
Child And Family Development
For Family Law Professionals
Attorneys,
judges, mediators, gaurdians ad litem, parenting coordinators and
others concerned when children's well-being comes before the court need
to understand developmental differences. "One size must never fit all!"
emphasizes the asynchrony among cognitive, physicla, social, emotional
and other areas of development within the context of family. Attachment
theory is emphasized and applied to adoption, placement, child custody
and visitation.
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Caregiver
conflict, separation and divorce for parents and
professionals
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Keeping Kids Out
Of The
Middle:
Co-parental Conflict, Separation and Divorce Need Not Harm The Children!
This interactive (ethics)
presentation addresses the practical
issues that clinicians and family law professionals face from the
moment
of the a caregiver's first call requesting services.
Participants
receive
samples of correspondence, forms and procedures intended to minimize
risk
and maximize compliance with the new APA ethics code, with HIPAA and
with
state-specific law.
This presentation will be tailored to the laws and
guidelines
specific to each state, province or country.
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Therapy
with
children
of
divorce
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Walking
on Thin
Ice:
Working with Children
and families in Transition and Turmoil
Due to Separation and
Divorce
This
interactive (ethics) presentation addresses the
practical
issues that clinicians and family law professionals face from the
moment
of the a caregiver's first call requesting services. Participants
receive
samples of correspondence, forms and procedures intended to minimize
risk
and maximize compliance with the new APA ethics code, with HIPAA and
with
state-specific law.
This presentation will be tailored to the laws and
guidelines
specific to each state, province or country.
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Alienation
and
attachment |
From
Theory to
Therapy to Courtroom:
Attachment, Alienation
and The Best Interests Of The Child
This
unique and compelling full-day workshop integrates developmental
psychology's
most roibust and researched construct -attachment theory- into therapy
and
forensic evaluation. Bowlby's and Ainsworth's attachment paradigm is
moved
beyond the parent-child dyad into a family systems model which has
direct
and practical bearing on conducting therapy with kids and addressing
matters
of visitationa nd custody, among others. Sounds like psychobabble?
Dr.
Garber's
presentation is down-to-earth, common sense and useful today. New tools
are presented that participants carry back to practice immediately
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Co-
parenting
intervention |
Uncoupled:
Co-parenting Interventions in
The Best Interests of The Child
Its
not divorce that harms children (although acrimonious litigation can
exacerbate existing pain). What harms children is co-parental conflict.
This means that clinicians and family law professionals must not wait
for
the paperwork to be filed and the hearing to be scheduled to identify
and
respond to the needs of children whose parents are conflicted,
separated
and divorcing.
This two-hour presentation discusses how
co-parental conflict is best understood, its impact on children in
school and among
friends, socially and emotionally. The Co-parenting Questionnaire (CPQ)
is introduced as one means of quantifying and tracking co-parental
conflict
over time. Directed Co-parenting Intervention is then introduced as a
new
means of working with highly conflicted co-parents in their children's
best
interests.
Learn more here 
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Emotion management,
self-
advocacy
and
violence
prevention
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Taming
The Beast Within!
Anger Management
for
Ourselves and Our
Children
Anger
happens.
Unfortunately, very few of us recognize anger as it
builds from
annoyance to aggravation to frustration to rage like air filling a
balloon.
This interactive, engaging and provocative
presentation is a favorite
for teens and their parents, for adult community groups and in the
workplace.
"Taming The Beast Within" as a book and as a
presentation makes the
experience of anger normal and natural even while it helps participates
better understand how they do and how they could express their strong
feelings.
Get valuable anger management
tools here
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Dr.
Garber has had the privilege of addressing groups including:
The
Judicial Institute of Canada
The
Family Law Society of Canada
The Massachusetts Association
of
Guardians ad Litem
The New Hampshire Psychological
Association
The
Harvard Medical
School/Cambridge Health Alliance
The
Minnesota Association of
Custody Resolution Specialists
The
University of Wisconsin
Extension Service
The
Wisconsin Interprofessional
Conference on Divorce
The Idaho Psychological Association
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"I think that I
can do my job better ... Its fascinating to understand how parents'
conflicts trickle down to affect kids and my classroom."
(Participant
feedback following Dr. Garber's "Keeping Kids Out Of The Middle" Early
Learning New Hampshire
presentation,
2009)
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Dr. Garber prefers to travel by
air
from Manchester, New Hampshire, providing service aboard most major US
carriers.
When necessary, travel may be possible from Logon Airport in Boston,
Massachusetts, incurring additional costs for transport to and from
Logan.
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"I
feel confident
I can go
out there
and help
kids now."
(Participant
feedback
following Dr. Garber's
"Walking on
Thin
Ice"
presentation,
2004)
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Costs associated with Dr.
Garber's
presentations
are two-fold: All travel, room and board expenses are compensated
allowing
at least one overnight stay when travel by air is necessary.
Dr. Garber's stipend is
negotiable and will depend upon the number of
participants, the duration of the presentation and the means of the
sponsoring organization(s). In some instances, a per attendant fee on
top of a moderate base rate can be arranged. Book sales may be relevant.
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