November 14th and 15th
Organized by CEAP, the first INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS ON PARENTAL ALIENATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE will take place on November 14 and 15 in the Aula Magna of the School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
The opening remarks will be addressed by Dr. Dr. Mauricio L. Mizrahi. The following psychiatrists, psychologists, judges and lawyers who are experts in the field will speak in person and online.
Agenda
First day
9.00 hs.
Opening remarks of the Congress by its president, Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi.
FIRST MODULE
Moderator: Mercedes Ladereche
9.45 hs.
Presentation by William Bernet (United States, Forensic Child Psychiatrist), “Misinformation Regarding Parental Alienation Theory: Professional Articles, Book Chapters and Legal Documents.”
10.15 hs.
Brian Ludmer
Canada
Lecture by Brian Ludmer (Canada, Attorney at Law), “Conceptualizing Parental Alienation as Child Abuse and Family Violence under U.S. and Canadian Law and Related Practices of Child Protection Authorities.”
10.45 hs.
Alejandro Mendoza Amaro
Mexico
Presentation by Alejandro Mendoza Amaro (Mexico, PhD in Psychology), “Larsen Effect of Misinformation in Parental Alienation and Vicarious or Indirect Violence.”
11.15 hs.
Space for discussion.
11.45 hs.
Coffee break.
SECOND MODULE
Moderator: Adriana Parada
12.15 hs.
Brian O´Sullivan
Mexico
Lecture by Brian O’Sullivan (Ireland, Family Psychotherapist), “Re-connecting Alienated Children and Parents in Ireland”.
12.45 hs.
Silvana Verónica Giachero
Mexico
Presentation by Silvana Verónica Giachero (Uruguay, Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Researcher), “Parental Alienation, a form of Child Abuse: Myths and Fallacies.”
13.15 hs.
Space for discussion.
13.30 hs.
Lunch.
THIRD MODULE
Moderator: Kalanit Jalif
15.30 hs.
Sandra Veloso
Mexico
Words of the author of the Handbook on Parental Alienation, a work composed of three books authored by Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi. Presentation by Sandra Veloso, Argentina, Family Court Judge.
16.05 hs.
Words from the author of the Handbook on Parental Alienation, Mauricio Luis Mizrahi PhD, Lawyer, former professor at the UBA, former Judge of the Court of Appeals of Buenos Aires and Doctor in Law and Social Sciences.
17.05 hs.
Coffee break.
FOURTH MODULE
Moderator: Mercedes Ladereche
17.35 hs.
David Ramírez Acuña
Mexico
Presentation by David Ramírez Acuña (Costa Rica, Clinical Psychologist and Forensic Expert), “The Psychosocial Repercussions of Parental Violence in Children of Conflicted Divorced Parental Couples.”
18.05 hs.
Saulyn Lee Maturana
Mexico
Lecture by Saulyn Lee Maturana (Chile, PhD in Psychology, University Professor), “Is Domestic Violence a Form of Parental Alienation?” “Relationship between Alienating Behaviors and Partner Violence from the Perspective of Alienated Mothers and Fathers.”
18.35 hs.
Patricia Anzoategui
Mexico
Presentation by Patricia Anzoátegui (Argentina, Lawyer), “Gender Perspective in Justice: How Judicial Credibility is Destroyed.”
18.55 hs.
Space for discussion.
19.25 hs.
Coffee break
Second day
FIFTH MODULE
Moderator: Adriana Parada
9.00 hs.
Mariel Alejandra Guerrero
Mexico
Presentation by Mariel Alejandra Guerrero (Argentina, Lawyer). “Professional Experience in Family Reconnection.”
9.20 hs.
Presentation by Carlos Díaz Usandivaras (Argentina, Psychiatrist and Family Therapist), “Parental Alienation as Parent-Child Abuse due to Violence and Child Abuse.”
9.40 hs.
Graciela Medina
Mexico
Presentation by Graciela Medina (Argentina, Lawyer and Doctor in Legal and Social Sciences), “Liability for Obstructing Contact”.
10.00 hs.
Cristóbal Llorente
Mexico
Presentation by Cristóbal Llorente (Argentina, Family Court Judge), “Family Violence and Obstructions of Contact with Parents”.
10.20 hs.
Space for discussion.
10.50 hs.
Coffee break.
SIXTH MODULE
Moderator: Kalanit Jalif
11.10 hs.
Eduardo Guillermo Róveda
Mexico
Presentation by Eduardo Guillermo Róveda (Argentina, Lawyer, University Professor), “Effectiveness of Judicial Reconnection Measures”.
11.30 hs.
Andrés Beccar Varela
Mexico
Presentation by Andrés Beccar Varela (Argentina, Lawyer), “Family Violence Laws and their Impact on Parent-Child Relationships. Protection or Helplessness?".
11.50 hs.
Lecture by Sergio Duvobe (Argentina, Lawyer), “Beyond Theory: “How to Litigate Parental Alienation.”
12.10 hs.
Úrsula Basset
Mexico
Lecture by Úrsula Basset (Argentina, Lawyer and University Professor), “The Child’s Right to Co-Parenting and Human Rights Demands.”
12.30 hs.
Pedro Herscovici
Mexico
Presentation by Pedro Herscovici (Argentina, Psychiatrist, Couple and Family Therapist), “What Cognitive Neuroscience Says to the Law” (in cases of Family Violence and Parental Alienation).
12.50 hs.
Space for discussion.
13.20 hs.
Lunch.
SEVENTH MODULE
Moderator: Kalanit Jalif
15.20 hs.
Reynaldo y Liliana Perrone
Mexico
Lecture by Reynaldo Perrone (France, Psychiatrist) and Liliana Perrone (France, Psychologist), “Unsual Factors Contributing to Parental Alienation. Clinical Considerations”.
15.50 hs.
Leonardo Orlando
Mexico
Presentation by Leonardo Orlando (France, PhD in Political Science and International Relations), “Gender Ideology, the Driving Force of Parental Alienation.”
16.20 hs.
Rosalía Fernández Alaya
Mexico
Presentation by Rosalía Fernández Alaya (Spain, Magistrate), “The Denied Evidence of Parental Alienation: A Complex Reality”.
16.50 hs.
Nelson Zicavo Martínez
Mexico
Presentation by Nelson Zicavo Martínez (Chile, PhD in Psychology), “From Abuse to a New Treatment: the ZICAP scale, a Valid Instrument to Measure Parental Alienation.”
17.20 hs.
María Berenice Dias
Mexico
Presentation by María Berenice Dias (Brazil, former Judge, Lawyer), “Parental Alienation and the Unconstitutionality of Unilateral Child Custody”.
Cuidado Unilateral de los Hijos”.
17.50 hs.
Space for discussion.
18.20 hs.
Coffee break.
EIGHTH MODULE
18.40 hs.
Closing remarks of the Congress by its president, Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi.
19.40 hs.
End of the Congress.
The speakers will address, from their areas of expertise, topics such as high-conflict separations, false allegations of family violence, acute cases of parental alienation, the consequences of this family dysfunction on the psyches of affected children, the psychosocial repercussions of parental violence, parental alienation as parent-child abuse, legal responsibility for obstructions of contact between parents and children, the effectiveness of judicial reconnection measures, analysis of family violence laws and their impact on parent-child ties, how to litigate cases of parental alienation in judicial practice, the child's right to co-parenting, gender ideology as a driver of parental alienation, the denied evidence of parental alienation, among others. The Congress programme will be published in due course, with the order and topics to be addressed by each speaker.
Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi will serve as President of the Congress. Dr. Alejandro Mendoza Amaro will be the international coordinator, Dr. Sergio Dubove will be the general organizer and national coordinator, and Germán Mauro will be the interprovincial coordinator. The General Secretariat and Treasury will be in charge of Dr. Kalanit Jalif Special collaborators include Dr. Mercedes Ladereche and Dr. Andrés Beccar Varela.
During the event, the “Treaty on Parental Responsibility” will be presented, authored by Dr. Mauricio Luis Mizrahi, a work that will soon be published by Editorial Astrea, in Buenos Aires. The presentation will be given by the Family Court judge, Dr. Sandra Veloso.
Registration for the Congress is free of charge, but you will need to first complete the registration form found on this page. The Congress will operate in two modes, in person and virtually.
Registration
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