Edward Kruk föreläser

vidaresänt av Lena Hellblom Sjögren den 9 april 2025

Tonight at 8 PM EDT on Families Divided TV Dr. Edward Kruk on”The Trauma of Parental Alienation as a Form of Family Violence and Child Abuse” Tonight at 8 PM EDT on our Families Divided TV YouTube channel, Dr. Edward Kruk speaks on ”The Trauma of Parental Alienation as a Form of Family Violence and Child Abuse”. This will air exclusively on our Families Divided TV YouTube Channel.Watch on YouTube”THE TRAUMA OF PARENTAL ALIENATION AS A FORM OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE”The alienation of parents from the lives of their children after parental separation is a unique form of complex trauma for both targeted parents and their children. It also represents a severe form of family violence and child abuse that is resistant to therapeutic intervention unless addressed at an early stage. Drawing upon theories of trauma and loss, this presentation will examine key findings as well as clinical and policy implications from parental alienation research from the perspective of those most severely affected: targeted parents and their children. The “primal wound” of parental alienation-related trauma has profoundly negative short- and long-term consequences that need to be addressed via primary prevention, early intervention, and specialized therapeutic programs, as well as fundamental changes at a systemic level, including the removal of child custody determination from the adversarial arena and legislation establishing shared parental responsibility as the foundation of family law. Edward Kruk, MSW, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of British Columbia, where he has been on faculty for 30 years, specializing in child and family policy.  His research has focused on fatherhood involvement, therapeutic family mediation, shared parenting and the best interests of children, and parental alienation as a form of family violence and child abuse.  He also has over 40 years of clinical and community work experience as a professional social worker.  He received his BA and MSW degrees from the University of Toronto, and his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.  His professional experience also includes private practice in family mediation, a faculty appointment with the University of Calgary, family practice with Catholic Family Services in Calgary, medical social work practice with the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, school social work practice with the Metro Separate School Board in Toronto, and child protection with the Metro and Catholic Children’s Aid Societies in Toronto.  He is author of “Divorce and Disengagement” (Fernwood, 1993), “Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Social Work and the Human Services” (Nelson-Hall, 1997), “Children’s Needs and Parental Responsibilities” (Fernwood, 2011), “The Equal Parent Presumption” (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013), and “The Routledge International Handbook of Shared Parenting and the Best Interest of the Child” (Routledge, 2021). He has published widely in academic and professional journals, and is the recipient of numerous research and teaching awards. He has made almost 200 conference presentations across the globe over the span of his academic career, and is the inaugural President of the International Council on Shared Parenting and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his service on behalf of children and families.