The International Centre for Children and Family Law

06/17/2026

The Meeting With Children program is built around the way practitioners actually learn.

The program combines pre-recorded videos, written materials, live tutorials with Jon Graham and Dr Lorri Yasenik, and hands-on practice with peers. Here is what one Senior Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner had to say after completing the course.

"The online MWC course was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed the use of different learning modalities."
— Morgen G, Senior Practitioner, Family Dispute Resolution

Find out more: https://iccfl.training/

06/15/2026

June 30 is coming up fast. If your organisation works in family law or child welfare, now is a good time to ask whether your team has a shared framework for working with children. Inconsistent approaches across a team create risk, for practitioners and for the children they work with.

ICCFL offers group training for organisations, with content shaped around your team's existing practice context. Flexible delivery, ongoing support after the course ends, and discounted rates available depending on group size.

Enquire about group training: https://iccfl.training/training-for-teams-elevating-practice-together/

06/12/2026

Q: How do children communicate their lived experience? And what should practitioners look for beyond words?

A: Sometimes it's through direct statements. But more often it is through symbols and metaphors.

Children have the right to express themselves through words, play, art and metaphor. That's Article 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But in practice, many practitioners default to an interview that can feel evaluative and create pressure on a child.

In our Meeting With Children approach, we move away from the interview entirely. We look for what children show us through symbols, projective materials, and child-led activity. A child who is allowed to lead often tells us far more than one who is asked to explain.

The skill is in learning to meet a child authentically; it is the skill of "inquiry".

Find out about our next cohort: https://iccfl.training/

06/10/2026

The question isn't what the child said. It's whether you can show how you heard them.

When work comes under review, practitioners are increasingly being asked to account for their process. How readiness was assessed. How the child was kept in the lead. How adult influence was kept out of what came forward.

ICCFL's Meeting With Children program is built around that standard. Validated assessment tools, structured frameworks, and a manualised approach that means your decisions are documented, evidence-based, and professionally defensible.

Find out more: https://iccfl.training/

06/08/2026

What's the hardest part of non-directive practice?

For most practitioners, it's this: staying out of the child's way while still holding the session together. The child leads through play, metaphor, expression. The practitioner holds the structure, the ethics, the safety.

Two very different jobs happening at once. Which part do you find hardest to hold?

06/05/2026

Many organisations working with children in family law have practitioners with different levels of training, different approaches, and no shared framework for the hardest decisions. That inconsistency creates problems that are difficult to manage.

Group training through ICCFL gives teams a common language and a structured, evidence-based approach they can apply consistently across complex cases. If your professional development budget resets on 30 June, this is a practical way to use it.

Enquire about group training: https://iccfl.training/training-for-teams-elevating-practice-together/

06/04/2026

Enrolments for Meeting With Children are open until 14 June.

If you work with children in family law or child protection and have been thinking about this course, there's still time to register for the current cohort. The program is self-paced to start, so you can join now and work through the early modules in your own time.

Register here: https://iccfl.training/events/meeting-with-children-a-child-centred-approach-562/

05/31/2026

Upcoming Courses at ICCFL

Two ICCFL programs are starting this week. If you have been considering either of these, enrolments are still open.

🟢 Meeting With Children: A Child-Centred Approach
A foundational program for practitioners working with children in family law and child welfare contexts. Blended learning: self-paced online content, live Zoom tutorials, and in-person practice days in Ashfield, Sydney or Canmore, Alberta.
Starts 2 June 2026.
https://iccfl.training/events/meeting-with-children-a-child-centred-approach-562/

🔵 Meeting With Parents
For practitioners who have already completed Meeting With Children. This online program focuses on preparing parents and delivering child feedback in ways that are safe, ethical, and developmentally informed.

Starts 1 June 2026.

https://iccfl.training/events/meeting-with-parents-id-26-05/

DateJun 01 2026Ongoing... TimeStart Date9:00 am Course Fee $975.00 Meeting with ParentsMeeting With Parents (ID 26.05)Course OverviewTotal Course Hours15Live Tutorial Hours5Live Tutorials and Practice SessionsSessionDateTimeLocationModeMWP 26.05Live Tutorial 106/01/2026 8:30 am (Sydney time)OnlineOn...

05/30/2026

Q: If I'm an experienced professional, why can't I just use my intuition when working with children?

A: It's a fair question. But in high-stakes environments like family law and child protection, improvisation is a risk we can't afford.

When we improvise, we risk leading the child to fit an adult agenda. A structured, manualised approach ensures the professional follows the child's lead, not the other way around. It also ensures that a child's voice is brought forward only when the system around them is safe enough to receive it.

Structure doesn't limit your empathy. It gives it a safe place to work.

05/27/2026

FAQs: How much time do I really need?

It is one of the most common questions we get about the Meeting With Children program. Here is the honest answer.

The course is 32 hours across three months. The self-paced portion works out to a handful of hours per week. That might look like one focused session on a Tuesday morning, two shorter blocks across the week, or small chunks fitted around your caseload.

The structure is intentional. It is designed to build capability steadily, not pull you away from your work.

Add in the live tutorials and two in-person practice days, and you have a program that is serious without being impossible.

The next cohort begins 2 June 2026. Enrol now: https://iccfl.training/events/meeting-with-children-a-child-centred-approach-562/