Basic Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training

Are you interested in helping your family law clients divorce in a less destructive manner? Collaborative divorce differs from litigation, pre-trial settlement, and even divorce mediation. It involves a Collaborative team approach in which attorneys, mental health professionals, and financial specialists join forces—without reliance on threats, demands, or the court—to support a couple through the divorce process and toward a new post-divorce relationship and way of life. 

This training consists of four days of live presentations, small break out group discussions, and large group discussions; there are also pre-recorded segments (approximately 4-5 hours) that you will be required to view before the live segments. Participate and learn:

• Who makes up the Collaborative team?
• An overview of the process and the Paradigm shift
• How to present Collaborative as an option, and screen your clients for the process
• Ethical considerations, the Illinois statute, confidentiality
• How to establish a Collaborative team
• Collaborative team meetings (types of meetings, who is involved, timing, agendas)
• Debriefing at the end of the process
• Collaborative Divorce Illinois (requirements, benefits)