On 23 May 2019, Stevenson, Wong & Co. (“SW”) partner Ms. Sherlynn Chan attended “Symposium on Child-focused Collaborative Practice to Promote the Wellbeing of Children in Divorced Families” held at the Hong Kong Productivity Council. The symposium was organized by Hong Kong Family Welfare Society (“HKFWS”) and attracted few hundred attendees including social workers, counsellors, psychologists, family mediators, legal professionals, teachers & other interested parties in family-related fields.
From left to right: Mrs. Ruth Wong Chan Tsz Ying, Senior Coordinator (Mediation Services) of HKFWS; Ms. Sherlynn Chan, SW Partner; and Mrs. Patsy Ng, 2nd Vice President of Zonta Club of Victoria
In the morning session, The Honourable Mr. Justice Johnson Lam Man Hon, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, Ms. Ann Marie Termini, Co-Founder and Director of the Cooperative Parenting Institute (CPI), U.S.A. & Consultant of the “Beam of Hope” Project of HKFWS and Dr. Lau Yuk King, Professional Consultant of Department of Social Work at The Chinese University of Hong Kong were invited to delivered keynote speeches respectively. They discussed 3 issues with the audiences, including “How to Enhance Wellbeing of Children in Divorced Families from Legal Perspective”, “How “CPI” Parenting Coordination Model Facilitates Divorced Parents to be Child-focused” and “Working Together: Effectiveness of CPI Model in Co-parenting and Parenting Coordination Service”.
“A Cross-sector Dialogue” was moderated by Ms. Eunis Vu, Social Work Consultant of HKFWS. Ms. Dora Lee (Chief Social Work Officer, (Domestic Violence), Social Welfare Department, Mr. Dennis Ho, Chairman of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong, Ms. Tsui, Principal of E.L.C.H.K Kwai Shing Lutheran Primary School and Chairman of the Kwai Chung District Primary School Heads Association, Mrs. Ruth Wong Chan Tsz Ying, Senior Coordinator (Mediation Services) of HKFWS and Mr. Kenny Cheng, Parenting Coordinator of HKFWS discussed the topic of “How Collaborative Practice and Intervention Promotes the Wellbeing of Children in Divorced Families”.
Mrs. Lai Wong Suet Wing, Parenting Coordinator and Divorce Service Team of HKFWS shared the various service approaches and practice experiences such as “Co-parenting and Parenting Coordination Service”, “Parent-child Contact Service”, “Support Services for Non-residing Fathers”, “Intervention and Support Services for Children Facing Parental Conflicts from Divorced Families”.
The guests shared their experience on the “child-focused” services for divorced families and facilitate collaborations in the field, so as to enhance the wellbeing of children in divorced families.
Please contact Ms. Sherlynn Chan for any enquiries or further information about this event.