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​An Overview and Best Practices in Guardian Ad Litem Representation in Family Courts

This 1 hour CLE webinar will cover a basic overview of Title 43 family court guardian ad litem statutes and law, as well as an overview of the Standard Operating Manual for Oklahoma Guardians Ad Litem Under Title 43, presented by Sharon Wigdor Byers, Executive Director, Oklahoma Guardian Ad Litem Institute.
**Due to OBA requirements, attendees must attend the live webcast in its entirety to receive credit for attendance. No partial credit can be accommodated.**
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Upcoming Domestic Violence Training offered by others:

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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 the Institute:

February 28, 2020 - A SAFeR Approach to Recognizing, Evaluating, and Responding to Domestic Violence in Child Custody Disputes
October 24-25, 2019 - 2nd Annual Champions for Children Conference - OKC
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
June 14, 2019 - Drugs, Alcohol & the Court System
April 25-26, 2019 - 1st Annual Champions for Children Conference - Tulsa
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
October 26-27, 2018 - 1st Annual Champions for Children Conference - Oklahoma City
June 26, 2018 - Guardian Ad Litem CLE with Domestic Violence Training and Views from the Bench
January 19, 2018 - Guardian Ad Litem Training
October 6, 2017 - Guardian Ad Litem Report Writing and Ethical Considerations in GAL Representation
September 8, 2017 - Effective Questioning of Children in Guardian Ad Litem Cases
July 14, 2017 - ​Communicating with Children and Domestic Violence Training
June 16, 2017 - ​Guardian Ad Litem and Domestic Violence Training

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.
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.
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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