The Docket Volume 4 Issue 2 | Page 17

A Sesame Street program called Little Children, Big Challenges shared a DVD and pamphlet that could help parents and young children through separation and adjusting to visiting the non-custodial parent in their new home. The program also provides child-friendly material and ideas for communicating honestly and adjusting to a blended family. While the pamphlet may not be the perfect resource for all situations our clients’ families are involved in, it at least What struck us as CLCNY attorneys and social worker as an area we need to focus on more in our practice and engage in a dialogue with other stakeholders is how parents can develop tools through their time in court to communicate concerning the children without turning it into an argument or fight. Parents often leave court only to return countless times looking to the court to solve scheduling and communication issues. At the AFCC conference, one company had pamphlets describing their services as a “middle man” in sending texts or e-mails back and forth. The company intercepts the e-mails going back and forth between parents and edits them. They would remove disparaging language and edit it down to what is actually productive in communicating. Many of the businesses who tabled at the conference seemed to be looking toward the future to see how technology can improve or at least facilitate communication between parents in conflict. To stem the volume of supplemental cases, all stakeholders need to look at the possibilities of technology. The AFCC continues to bring together professionals from a cross-section of fields who are ????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????%???????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????I????????)???????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????)??????????d???????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????()?????????????????????????????????????????????????????()?????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)????????????%????????????????)??????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????A??????????????????????)?????????????????????????)????????????????????????????)???????? ???????????????)????????????????????????????????)?????????e?????????????????????????????????????????????)Q??????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????()??????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????)???????()=??5???????????????????????????????????????????????????()?????????????????????????????!?)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)???????????????????M?????????)?????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????M????e??????)????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????)????????()????]???????? 1 9g????((0