April is Parental Alienation Awareness Month and Monday, April 25, is the sixth annual Parental Alienation Awareness Day designed to spread the word about this form of child abuse.
One of those leading the efforts is Jill Egizii, who is an author and also the president of the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization.
She shared with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen details about the awareness day and what is currently being done to address this issue.
You can learn more about Egizii and her organization by visiting the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization website.
Click the link for the full audio version of the podcast on parental alienation.
Conference Information
Just to add to Mike Jeffries comment mentioning the parental alienation conference, it is co-sponsored by DePaul Law Center and Parental Alienation Awareness Organization (PAAO). It is called “Finding Your Way Out of the Painful Path of Parent Alienation and Visitation Interference: Education for the Parties, Attorney and Courts.”
It is being held on Saturday, May 21, in Chicago.
Speakers include Judge Michele Lowrance, Dr. Michael Bone, attorney James Pritikin (whose recently had successful child custody litigation in proving false memory implanted in the child allegedly abused by the child’s parent, NBA star Dwayne Wade), Jill Egizii (author, alderman and PAAO President) and author Mike Jefferies. A light breakfast will be provided.
For more information, please visit the PAAO 2011 Chicago Conference on Parental Alienation website: http://www.paawareness.org/2011PAAOChicagoConference/
Thank you
Thanks to both Jill Egizii and DadsDivorce.com for continuing to raise awareness of parental alienation. We have made huge strides the last few years — and Jill, DadsDivorce.com and others have played a huge role in giving alienation a credible and objective voice in the public discourse around divorce, custody and mental health issues affecting children. I look forward to sharing the stage with Jill at the May 21 PAAO Conference in Chicago and continuing to educate parents, legislators, legal and mental health professionals about alienation. Awareness and education are the keys to helping other families avoid these heartbreaking situations.
Sincerely,
mike jeffries
Author, A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation