Workshop 1 “The Circle of the Couple Relationship and Parenthood in Stepfamily” Presenters Vuokko Malinen and Sinikka Kumpula A new working model “The Circle of the Couple Relationship” was created in The Family Federation of Finland (2005-2010) and further developed into ”The Circle of the Couple Relationship and Parenthood in […]
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Keynote 1: Professor Nuria Chinchilla, IESE Business School Professor of Managing People in Organisations and Director of the International Research Centre for Work and Family, IESE Business School. Professor Chinchilla is an economist and lawyer by training. She holds a PhD and an MBA from IESE. Her areas of specialisation […]
WORKSHOP 1 HOW CAN GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT EFFECTIVE EARLY INTERVENTION? Maria Hildingsson will present different policies aimed at encouraging and supporting early intervention, drawing on concrete and recent examples from several European countries. She will focus on local, national and European initiatives in the policy making areas concerning the […]
Keynote Presentation 1 ‘Early intervention: taking Britain beyond the social and economic failure of late intervention’ Speaker: Graham Allen MP Graham will be giving a presentation on the important role the Early Intervention Foundation can play in breaking the intergenerational cycle of deprivation that blights thousands of high-risk groups and […]
WORKSHOP 1: ‘The challenge of change – why collaboration between the law and social sciences can help at-risk Australian children’ Presenters: Robin Purvis (Australia) & Steven Page (Australia) Robin Purvis is a clinical social worker, family therapist and mediator with 40 years’ practical experience working with individuals, families and children. She […]
Keynote 1: How can we ask separating parents to collaborate in the interests of their children unless we are also prepared to collaborate? [wpfilebase tag=file id=42 tpl=simple /] Presenters: Anne Hollonds, Mary Gleeson, Alan Hayes (Australia) Keynote 2: Personal development, law and welfare [wpfilebase tag=file id=36 tpl=simple /] Presenter: […]
2021 Webinar series “Couple and Family Relationships in Times of Crisis” 2020 Webinar series “Helping Families through Separation and Divorce: Collaboration, not Confrontation, in a Plural Society” 2019 Rome, Italy “Refugee and Migrant Children and Families: Preserving Family Life through Hard Challenges” 2018 Valletta, Malta “The Couple Relationship in the […]
ICCFR 60th Annual International Conference SURVIVING THE CRISIS: PUTTING THE COUPLE RELATIONSHIP AT THE HEART OF AN EARLY INTERVENTION AGENDA FOR FAMILIES This conference examined how an inter-sectoral approach to early intervention can strengthen the couple relationship for the benefit of the family. Speakers were drawn from the three main […]
ICCFR 61st Annual International Conference | ‘THE FAMILY IN FOCUS: 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE FAMILY’ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 12 – 15 May 2014 Among the 2014 sub-topics: The themes of the International Year of the Family+20: Balance between family life and work Eradication of poverty Inter-generational solidarity […]
Our annual international conferences and, lately, webinars have themes reflecting the current activities and concerns of the membership and of the wider public. Participants gain information on new thinking about couple and family relations, as well as opportunities to network with and learn from likeminded individuals. Archive conference reports and […]
ICCFR 59th Annual International Conference ‘Collaboration instead of Collision: Family Law, Social Policy and Joint Practice’ Family lawyers, social workers, mental health professionals and governmental social policy departments all have something critical in common: they work to protect and provide for the welfare of children. But they often approach this […]