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Training and Continuing Education

It is vitally important for all court experts​, especially guardians ad litem, to be well educated and well trained in effectively represent children and their best interests in the court proceedings regarding the care, custody and control.  One of our goals is to provide that education and training.  In furtherance of that goal, we will provide and facilitate not only the domestic violence training required by State law, but also continuing education and training to keep up to date on all resources available to help with advocacy for children.
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Upcoming Continuing Education Courses Offered by OKGALI:

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**All materials will be provided by email, so an email address MUST be provided**

Questions, completed registration form and payment should be sent to:
Sharon Byers, sharon@okgalinstitute.org, 1701 Signal Ridge Drive, Suite 110, Edmond, OK 73013, (405) 888-5449, fax: (405) 888-5433

Cancellations received by 5 pm on April 18, 2023, will receive a full refund. Individuals who cancel after April 18, 2023, or who are no-shows, will receive course materials in lieu of a refund.

CHECK BACK!  WE ARE WORKING ON UPCOMING CLES!!

OKGALI is a nonprofit organization. Our refund policy is not designed to be a profit center or to be punitive – it is simply designed to cover the cost of registrations and cancellations.  Cancellations received by 5 pm one week prior to the CLE will be refunded, less a $25 cancellation fee.  Individuals who cancel after that time, or who are no-shows, will receive course materials in lieu of a refund

Upcoming Domestic Violence Training offered by others:

    Have an idea for a CLE that you would like to attend?  Let us know what it is!

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REFUND POLICY​:  OKGALI is a nonprofit organization. Our refund policy is not designed to be a profit center or to be punitive—it is simply designed to cover the cost of registrations and cancellations. Cancellations received by 5:00 pm one week prior to the CLE will be refunded, less a $25 cancellation fee.  Individuals who cancel after that time, or who are no-shows, will receive course materials in lieu of a refund.

Training Videos:

Toxic stress is a chronic activation of a physiologic response to stressors when there is no buffering protection, or support. The ACE studies and subsequent related research quantified the physiological effects of stress and suffering, but spiritual cultures have understood the relation between body and mind for eons and clinicians have observed and documented it for decades. The film Resilience contains a wealth of technical information about child development and how developing bodies and brains respond to stress, and offers steps everyone can take to promote resilience in children.  To learn more about the film itself, please click here.  Click here for upcoming screen showings. 

​What we do with children and their relationships when they are young really does matter.  We can help shape good relationships by Helping Babies from the Bench.

There are several helpful training videos provided by the Battered Women's Justice Project

Past Continuing Education Courses Offered by OKGALI:

February 24, 2023 - The Basics of GAL Representation in Family Courts
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December 7 & 8, 2022 - 4th Annual Champions for Children Conference - OKC
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December 9 & 10, 2021 - 3rd Annual Champions for Children Conference - OKC
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August 27, 2021 - Everything You Need to Know About BIP as a GAL
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January 15, 2021 - Domestic Violence & Children:  A Mental Health Perspective
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December 4, 2020 - Getting Started:  Preparation Before and Beginning Your Investigation as Guardian Ad Litem Under Title 43
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September 30, 2020 - An Overview and Best Practices in Guardian Ad Litem Representation in Family Courts
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February 28, 2020 - A SAFeR Approach to Recognizing, Evaluating, and Responding to Domestic Violence in Child Custody Disputes
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October 24-25, 2019 - 2nd Annual Champions for Children Conference - OKC
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August 23, 2019 - Guardian Ad Litem Domestic Violence Training - Beyond the Bruises:  The Role of Coercion and Control in the Entrapment of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, Presented by Jacqueline Steyn, Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board, Program Manager, Office of the Attorney General
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June 14, 2019 - Drugs, Alcohol & the Court System
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April 25-26, 2019 - 1st Annual Champions for Children Conference - Tulsa
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April 5, 2019 - Guardian Ad Litem Domestic Violence Training - Beyond the Bruises:  The Role of Coercion and Control in the Entrapment of Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, presented by Jacqueline Steyn, Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board, Program Manager, Office of the Attorney General
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October 26-27, 2018 - 1st Annual Champions for Children Conference - Oklahoma City
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June 26, 2018 - Guardian Ad Litem CLE with Domestic Violence Training and Views from the Bench
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January 19, 2018 - Guardian Ad Litem Training
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October 6, 2017 - Guardian Ad Litem Report Writing and Ethical Considerations in GAL Representation
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September 8, 2017 - Effective Questioning of Children in Guardian Ad Litem Cases
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July 14, 2017 - ​Communicating with Children and Domestic Violence Training
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June 16, 2017 - ​Guardian Ad Litem and Domestic Violence Training
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Training Courses Offered by Other Agencies:

Battered Women's Justice Project
This wonderful organization has many great and useful webinars covering the topic of domestic violence.
Click Here to Go To Website

District Attorney's Council
The Oklahoma District Attorney's Council offers many great in-person and webinar domestic violence training sessions all over the State of Oklahoma.  Click the link to the right to see a full schedule.
Click Here to View Training Schedule

We are constantly working on putting programs together to benefit our children and community.  This page will be continuously updated and populated with information on upcoming courses as they are finalized.  In the meantime, please let us know what courses you would like to attend and where you would prefer for those courses to be.  We will bring courses to your community around the state.

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