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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CALL REPLAYS

These calls are calls we have chosen as some of the best calls we have had over the past 8 years. Some of these calls you have asked to be replayed. Others many never had the opportunity to hear. Please note that we will not be adding all calls now to this web page. This is just a select group.

We are certain these calls will help both the professionals involved in the world of alienation as well as the alienated family members themselves.These calls give much education regarding alienation in many different facets. They also will give much support as well.

Please also note the cost of the playback is for 1 time and must be listened to the day you register to hear the specific call that you register for. While listening to these calls, you may pause as you take notes, rewind or fast forward so as not to miss anything that is important to you.

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"Understanding the Often Confusing Roles Played by Experts in Parental Alienation Cases"


On Sunday, February 7, 2021, from 8-10 PM EST,  Dr J Michael Bone and Dr. Robert Evans will be our guest speakers for our international seminar call. These initial calls are of no charge to anyone. This is a ministry of Family Access-Fighting for Children's Rights. We now have 40 countries participating on our calls with over 1,100 people attending. You have the option to call in on our audio conference line, audio skype or download our desk top app.

The purpose of this presentation is to clarify and explain the many and varied roles that Experts may play in a Parental Alienation case.  Mental Health professionals who do have expertise in parental alienation will be defined in the most general terms regarding who is a true expert and who is likely not.  Once one’s expertise regarding Parental Alienation is established, the potential roles that they may play are many and varied, however there are clear rules that establish the boundaries separating them.  Generally speaking, experts may be separated into two mutually exclusive categories:  consultative vs scientifically based opinion.


The consultative role can be best understood as being an advocacy role wherein the PA Consultant works with the parent and their legal counsel in an effort to reverse the counter-intuitive nature of parental alienation.  It is well understood that alienated children joined with the alienating parent against the targeted parent presents a picture where the unfavored parent “appears” to be the problem when the opposite is actually the case.  The Consultative role works behind the scenes to aid in creating a presentation to the court that will be persuasive in exposing the counter-intuitive nature of the case.  This consultative role addresses the best ways to present the evidence to the court., and assists in decision making regarding which evidence should be emphasized and which should be ignored.  The consultative expert may help in witness preparation and in parental coaching.  Additionally, they may assists in vetting a potential testifying expert and assist in preparing their testimony.  Since this behind the scenes activity has this advocacy role, this same consulting expert should not then also present themselves as a testifying expert.  The reasons for this separation will be discussed in detail with examples.


The scientifically based testifying expert however must maintain a scientifically neutral position that is based on the facts and their application to the science.  Ironically perhaps, the testifying expert’s objectiveness in maintaining their scientifically neutral position is tied directly to their persuasiveness.  In other words this testifying expert simply applies the facts of the case to what we understand about the phenomenon of Parental Alienation.  This general position applies to the various roles that the testifying expert may occupy.  The roles are listed below:
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  1. Hypothetical Testimony without review of any materials specific to the case.  This type of testimony presents the phenomenon of parental alienation, allowing the court to determine if it applies to the particular case of if it does not.
  2. Testimony/Report derived from a document review of the specific case typically hired by one parent.
  3. Testimony/Report derived from an evaluation of as much of the case as a non-court ordered evaluation can capture.  The specifics of this will be discussed  in detail with examples with its permutations.
  4. Testimony/Report based on the results of a court ordered evaluation wherein the evaluator has access to all information and the parties and children and other collateral sources.


Even though these principals are understandable and hardly rocket science, they are not well understood by even experienced Family Lawyers and perhaps most shockingly even by Family Law Judges.  The purpose of this presentation is to clarify these principles.

J Michael Bone received his Master’s and Doctoral Degrees at the New School for Social Research, in New York City.  He did his clinical training at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, and eventually had consulting and training responsibilities in their Department of Psychiatry.   Upon return to his home in Orlando, Florida, he began a general clinical psychotherapy practice.  By the mid 1990’s he began to work in the area of high conflict divorce, which eventually and inevitably led him to the problem of Parental Alienation.  In the late 1990’s he published several articles on the problem and was invited to become a member of the Scientific and Professional Advisory Board of the Parental Alienation Research Foundation in Washington DC.  It was there that he met Richard Gardner, MD, as well as many of the first pioneers in this field.  From that period onward, his focus has been increasingly on the problem of grappling with Parental Alienation.  In 2006 he closed his clinical practice, stopped seeing patients, and began to work exclusively on the problem of Parental Alienation in a purely consultative capacity.  In that role he has  become involved in cases all over the United States and Canada.  He has spoken at multiple professional conferences devoted to Parental Alienation in the United States, Canada and western Europe, and has been interviewed on many radio and talk programs, including Anderson Cooper.  The most recent focus on his work has been on the challenge of how to best present Parental Alienation to the Family Court system, in ways that produce healing remedies, which will be a primary focus of this conference.  

Dr. Evans is a licensed school psychologist and has been practicing Forensic Psychology for over 25 years throughout the U.S.  His forensic services include expert testimony in family law cases with a focus on Parental Alienation (PA), including allegations of parental rejection, child abuse, sex abuse, and estrangement.  He is trained as a Family Divorce Mediator, Parenting Coordinator, Guardian ad Litem, Collaborative Law Practice, and Child Custody Evaluator.  In 2011, he authored the book, The Essentials of Parent Alienation Syndrome, and a number of articles for bar association journals and publications.  He has testified as an expert on PA in numerous courts across the U.S. as to what PA is, how to identify it, and how to rehabilitate it.  He has conducted in excess of a hundred child custody evaluations in his career thus far.  Dr. Evans is an approved sponsor of continuing education for psychologists by the American Psychological Association.  He is the co-founder of the National Association of Parental Alienation Specialists (NAOPAS.com).  In addition he has been approved by many legal bar associations to conduct continuing legal education on a variety of topics, including Litigating Family Law Cases with Parent Alienation, Critiquing and Reviewing Child Custody Evaluations and An Overview of Established Rehabilitation Programs. 

Each caller may submit one question to our guest speakers. The question must be in relation to the subject of this call. The complete submission can not be more than 3 sentences total. Deadline to submit your question is Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Deadline to register for this call is Sunday, February 7th no later than 5 PM EST. These are absolutely firm deadlines!! To submit your question and/or register for this call, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.


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EXCELLENT READ FROM DR. ROBERT EVANS. JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WILL GET AT OUR OCTOBER CONFERENCE
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MISSION  STATEMENT

Our main concern is the children and grandchildren and then the complete family.  Sadly the children and grandchildren who are alienated from family are being treated as pawns and property. They are neither. They are human beings.They should not be regarded as such by their parents or any other family member.  We contend that it should be illegal to use children as pawns or instruments of spiteful behaviour in an effort to prevent them from interaction with ALL other family members.  Our purpose and goal is to ensure the preservation of extended, traditional family relationships. In the process of this hell on earth called alienation, we need all the knowledge, support and resources we can get to help our children and grandchildren and then ourselves. This website, along with our international seminar calls with the leading experts in the world regarding alienation as presenters will be major tools and assets for all involved. Professionals who deal with alienation in helping families will glean much from this website and our international seminar calls as well. To contact us, please email familyaccessinnc@aol.com.
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GOALS

  • We will work in bringing awareness, education, and support  to people on the subject of alienation and the effects it has on both the children, grandchildren and their families. Alienation is abuse! We will have many of our top experts and professionals regarding alienation in the world sharing information on their own pages here to help you learn more on alienation and other topics regarding alienation. We are also expanding our web site with much more information including locations of support groups in your area, professionals in your area who do have knowledge of alienation as well as blogs by experts and testimonies from alienated family members and also books that can help you on this subject of alienation.
  • To offer international seminar calls with guest speakers who have expertise in the subject matter for that call in giving support and knowledge to alienated family members and professionals who work in the field of alienation. Parental alienation and grandparent alienation and all other family members is hell on earth as too it is for the children and grandchildren dealing with this. These calls are a tremendous help to those going through this and those who work with those who are. There is no charge to any of our initial calls as this is a ministry to help those in need and also help professionals in dealing with this. Please join us.

HISTORY

In April 2012, Family Access- Fighting for Children's Rights was founded by Elaine Cobb who is also president. Elaine herself is alienated from her granddaughter Dare who she has never seen and is now 9 years old and her adult son Bryan who she has not been a part of his family's lives since December 26, 2010. Her granddaughter Dare is alienated from her whole side of her daddy's family. This is why she determined to try in helping make a difference in this abuse called alienation being caused to the children, grandchildren and family members. 


In the beginning, her goal was to help those in the state of North Carolina where the founder  and president, Elaine Cobb resides. In just a short time, Elaine realized that alienation was a huge epidemic which was indeed all over our world. She realized at that time she wanted to do all that she could to help those suffering through this hell on earth. This is her ministry. Elaine understands the pain and wants much to help in any way possible to help these children and grandchildren have access to all of their family.


 She started the international seminar calls nationwide. In less than a year, she took the calls on an international level. Now Family Access- Fighting for Children's Rights helps in supporting 40 countries in educating as many alienated family members and professionals in regards to alienation through our international seminar calls. 

Elaine also knew one of the biggest ways to defeat alienation is to bring more awareness and education to those who know nothing or very little about alienation. The website familyaccessfightingforchildrensrights.org was designed with that in mind as well as giving information to alienated family members to help them know all they can to get through this and one day hopefully be able to see their alienated loved ones. We also provide much support to these families in giving them these tools to better educate. It is also here to help professionals i.e.., attorneys, mental health professionals, judges, legislators, school officials, researchers, writers, child advocates, etc. There is much to learn and we hope to give all as much as we can to help.

Family Access- Fighting for Children's Rights is not responsible for any posts made here by anyone. This is a public web site which means anyone may view it.