MO-AFCC Spring Conference

The Missouri Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (MO-AFCC)
PictureMindy Mitnick, Edm, MA
Each year MO-AFCC members and other interested professionals gather for an outstanding training and networking event - the spring conference!

This year (2018) MO-AFCC was thrilled to host Mindy Mitnick as she discussed how to create the best child-focused parenting plans possible by considering the developmental needs of children, each family's unique situation, and general principles for creating safe, stable, nurturing relationships. 
March 15-16, 2018
"Getting It Right for Child:
​Creating Child-Focused Parenting Plans"
Presented by Mindy Mitnick, EdM, MA, Licensed Psychologist 
Maryville/West County Mariott Hotel, 660 Maryville Centre, St. Louis, MO

About this Conference

This conference is for therapists, mediators, evaluators, family law attorneys, guardian ad litems, and judges. 

Mediators, attorneys, mental health professionals, judicial officers and others want to help focus on the needs of children in developing parenting plans. This conference will focus on the developmental needs of children from birth through adolescence, including children with special needs. We will consider each family’s unique situation as well as general principles for creating safe, stable and nurturing relationships. The presentation will assist professionals in working with married and never married parents. 

Thursday's panel discussion, "Staying in the Limits: Roles and Boundaries & Confidentiality", which qualifies for ethics credit, will include Mindy Mitnick and a panel of professionals from Missouri. A reception will follow. 

CE Credits

This conference is approved for 8.1 CLEs for Missouri Attorneys (including 1.8 ethics hours; pending), and 6.3 Continuing Education hours for counselors and social workers. It meets advanced training requirements for Missouri GALs and mediators .

Schedule of Events

Thursday March 15, 2018
  • 6:00-6:30 p.m. - Registration and Welcome
  • 6:30-8:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Staying in the Limits: Roles & Boundaries" 
  • 8:00-9:30 p.m. Reception on site, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar
Friday, March 16, 2018
  • 7:45-8:30 a.m. -  Registration and breakfast 
  • 8:30-8:45 a.m. -  Welcome 
  • 8:45-10:00 a.m. -  Getting Right for the Child
  • 10:00-10:15 a.m. -  Break 
  • 10:15-11:45 a.m. - Presentation continued 
  • 12:00-1:15 p.m. -  Lunch buffet, annual meeting, and Elections 
  • 1:15-2:30 p.m. -  Presentation continued 
  • 2:3002:45 p.m. -  Break 
  • 2:45-4:00 p.m. - Presentation continued , Q&A