offering an overview of the history and scientific achievements of the ICSP, followed by live interviews with key founding members and a cross-country checkup on the development and state of shared parenting around the world (details see final program).

We are pleased to announce that the video documentation of our online event is now available for free.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary the ICSP has organized a Live-Online Half-Day Conference on May 3, 2024, offering an overview of the history and scientific achievements of the ICSP, followed by live interviews with key founding members and a cross-country checkup on the development and state of shared parenting around the world (see final program).

The event will be held via zoom and will start at 5pm UTC (7pm/19:00 CEST)
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Here is theZoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84400123483?pwd=WUk3UzFWWlVyWThmbWdLc250Ykd6Zz09

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All are welcome to attend at no cost and registration.

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary the ICSP has organized a Live-Online Half-Day Conference on May 3, 2024, offering an overview of the history and scientific achievements of the ICSP, followed by live interviews with key founding members and a cross-country checkup on the development and state of shared parenting around the world (see preliminary program).

The event will be held via zoom and will start at 5pm UTC (7pm/19:00 CET)
check your time here

Here is theZoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84400123483?pwd=WUk3UzFWWlVyWThmbWdLc250Ykd6Zz09

Please share this announcement and the program with your networks.
All are welcome to attend at no cost and registration.

Full Conference Video Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Shared Parenting Held on May 5-7, 2023, in Athens, Greece
NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE
10th Anniversary Live-Online Conference on May 3, 2024

As the world’s leading organization devoted to the study of shared parenting and the best interests of children after parental separation, the International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP) is celebrating its 10th anniversary after the foundation on 21-23 Febuary, 2014 in Bonn, Germany.
Within the last ten years the ICSP has organized six International Conferences on Shared Parenting, the most recent in Athens, Greece, held on May 5-7, 2023.
In the frame of our 10th ICSP anniversary we are pleased to announce a very special offer to all members, conference delegates and interested persons:
The entire video proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Shared Parenting are now available to the public. The whole archive has been online since July 2023, but was reserved for registered persons.

Ten months after the successful conference in Athens, we are very pleased to announce, that the videos are now available for free to the public.

The footage includes all 100+ presentations at the conference, including all plenary, workshop, round table and panel presentations as well as Q&A. Registration is open at the conference website: https://athens-2023.org/

Take the opportunity and share it with your networks to view the latest scientific research as well as presentations on best practices in law and mental health practice on shared parenting, parental alienation and the best interests of children and families undergoing separation and divorce. The theme of our sixth international conference was, New Paradigms: Advances in Research and Practice on Shared Parenting. Our subthemes included: International Comparisons in Shared Parenting Law, Best Practices in Child- and Family-Friendly Justice, Best Practices in Child- and Family-Friendly Mental Health Intervention, Experiences of Children and Families Affected by Domestic Violence and Parental Alienation, and Overcoming Barriers to the Establishment of Shared Parenting in Law. The vídeos from the conference workshops are grouped according to these five subthemes.

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KEY POINTS

• Parental alienation is a form of family violence that targets otherwise healthy parent-child relationships.
• The scientific status of parental alienation has been confirmed through a large body of research.
• Spurious claims against the concept of parental alienation can be refuted by existing scientific evidence.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/202311/countering-denialism-about-parental-alienation

Im Namen des International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP) möchten wir der Familie und den engen Freunden von Jan Piet H. de Man, der am 11. November 2021 verstorben ist, unser aufrichtiges Beileid aussprechen.

Wir alle werden Jan Piet H. de Man als unseren lieben Freund und hochgeschätzten Kollegen vermissen. Als engagierter Forscher, der sich für das Wohl der Kinder einsetzte, und als Pionier der Reform des Familienrechts für geteilte Elternverantwortung in Belgien und darüber hinaus war er einer der Hauptbegründer des International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP). Seit der Gründung im Februar 2014 gehörte er dem ICSP-Vorstand an und vertrat die familalen Professionen als Kinder- und Familienpsychologe und akkreditierter Familienmediator. Er engagierte sich leidenschaftlich für unsere Mission und beteiligte sich aktiv an allen Gremien und Aktivitäten, u.a. an unseren Internationalen Konferenzen zu Shared Parenting in Bonn (Deutschland) 2014/2015, Boston (USA) 2017, Straßburg (Frankreich) 2018, Malaga (Spanien) 2019 und Vancouver (Kanada) 2020 mit zahlreichen Vorträgen zu seinen empirischen Forschungsergebnissen und praktischen Erfahrungen. Wir haben seine persönliche Ausgeglichenheit und seinen Humor, seine Forschungsbegeisterung, seinen Rat und seine kontinuierliche Unterstützung sehr geschätzt.

Ist es Absicht oder Zufall, dass am 20. November 2021, parallel zur Trauerfeier für Jan Piet H. de Man, die Welt den Internationalen Tag der Kinderrechte begeht? Tatsächlich war es Jan Piet, der sich mit ganzem Herzen und ganzer Kraft für das Recht aller Kinder auf der Welt einsetzte, mit beiden Elternteilen in Liebe und Frieden aufzuwachsen.

Wenn wir auf sein Lebenswerk zurückblicken, liegt es nun an uns allen, sein Erbe zu pflegen und weiterzuführen. Möge die Saat, die er für das Recht aller Kinder, mit beiden Elternteilen aufzuwachsen, gesät hat, weiterhin Früchte tragen! Lieber Jan Piet, wir werden dich immer in unseren Herzen tragen!

Mitteilung als PDF herunterladen

We have reformatted the event as a livestreamed online conference. The theme of the conference will remain the same: “The intersection of shared parenting and family violence.”

The Scientific Co-Chairs of the conference, Dr. Edward Kruk and Dr. Jennifer Harman, regard the conference as a unique opportunity to engage online with the leading scientific experts and professional practitioners on shared parenting and family violence, and to examine the latest research and best practices in regard to the intersection of the two.

Mark your calendars to hear presenters, in real time, share scientific and practical information on a variety of topics such as differentiating between high conflict and family violence, and implications for shared parenting arrangements; evaluating the impact of shared parenting in the prevention of family violence; developing guidelines for family violence education and training of divorce practitioners helping families develop parenting plans after separation; developing screening procedures for family violence; establishing safety and specialized procedures when family violence has been or has the potential to be an issue of concern; and developing alternatives to shared parenting in the context of family violence.

Registration begins in September 2020.

For more conference information visit: www.vancouver2020.org

Deadline for the Second Call for Papers is June 30, 2020:
www.vancouver2020.org/about-the-conference.
Please note that if you have already submitted a presentation proposal for the original conference you will not have to do so again.

About the conference organizers:

The International Council on Shared Parenting (ICSP) is an international association founded in 2014 with members drawn from scientific, family professions and civil society sectors. The purpose of the association is first, the dissemination and advancement of scientific knowledge on the needs and rights (“best interests”) of children whose parents are living apart, and second, to formulate evidence-based recommendations about the legal, judicial and practical implementation of shared parenting.

1. to identify shared parenting as a fundamental right of the child.
2. to focus on the specific need of children of separated and divorced parents to know and be raised by both of their parents, and to endorse shared parenting as best ensuring that this need is protected.
3. to respect the views of children of separated and divorced parents in regard to their stated preferences for post-separation living arrangement.
4. to clearly define and operationalize the concept of the “best interests of the child” in the context of parental separation, toward an evidence-based, child-focused understanding of “best interests.”
5. to identify shared parenting as in the best interests of the child, as it maintains children’s relationship with both parents and reduces conflict between parents.
6. to ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of children of separated and divorced parents, and to take all appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect these children from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation, including parental alienation as a form of emotional child abuse and family violence.

We call upon governments and employers:

7. to institute family policies that support and protect both parents’ involvement in work and family life, including equal support for mothers and fathers in regard to parental leave and leave for family reasons.

We call upon the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe, and International Institutions:

8. to take measures to ensure that member states do not discriminate against children of separated and divorced parents on the basis of parental status, specifically in regard to removing a parent from the daily life of a child.
9. to encourage states that are signatories to the Convention to adopt shared parenting as the foundation of family law.to encourage states that are signatories to the Convention to adopt shared parenting as the foundation of family law.

Download Final Conference Report (pdf)