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Association of Family Court and Community Professionals (AFCC) is an
international and interdisciplinary association of family, court, and
community professionals dedicated to the constructive resolution of
family disputes. Members include judges, lawyers, mediators,
mental health professionals, court administrators, researchers,
educators and other professionals who work with families in conflict.
Alliance for Children and Families -- Formed in October 1998 when Family Service America (established 1911) and the National Association of Homes and Services for Children (established 1973) merged. The Alliance, an international nonprofit association, represents more than 450 child- and family-serving organizations. The Center For Parent Education, a division of the College of Education of the University of North Texas, was founded by Dr. Jacobson in 1992. The purpose of the center is to respond to the needs of families through research, advocacy, resources and leadership for professionals interested in meeting the needs of parents and families. The
Children in the Middle Co-parenting Services Center The Children's Rights Council (CRC) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status. Collaborative Divorce BC - Teams of professionals made up of mental health professionals (divorce coaches), collaborative family lawyers, a financial specialist and a child specialist can work together with family members for a dignified, healthy and cost effective resolution to the process. The Collaborative Law Center - Collaborative Law provides clients and their lawyers with a new, formal and strictly non-adversarial approach to resolving legal disputes. It encourages mature, cooperative and non-combative behavior, as the parties contract to eliminate litigation as an option. The Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia - The CLIG looked for a process that would counteract the "flight or fight" instinct -- a voluntary process to hold us in a good faith, non-escalating, honest search for appropriate solutions. The goal is to find a way to approach conflict in a manner which would not immediately polarize and trigger the usual denials and defenses. | ||