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Workshop 18: What Works (and What Doesn’t) for Kids and Adults in Blended Families
After divorce comes recoupling, creating a fundamentally different family form that often creates challenges for all involved, including that recoupling often intensifies ex-spouse tension. Children struggling with losses, loyalty binds, and the pace of change may be unwelcoming of new stepparents. Stepparents may be pulled prematurely into discipline. Many of these issues contribute to resist/refuse difficulties. Navigating stepfamily dynamics with a first-partner family map only adds to pain, shame, and blame. This workshop will give solid evidence-based information about what works (and doesn’t) to meet blended family challenges.

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* 1. Based on the content of this session, I am able to: (1=Strongly disagree, 5=Strongly agree)

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1. Describe some major challenges stepfamily structure creates for all involved.
2. Explore the contributions of stepfamily dynamics to resist/refuse dynamics.
3. Learn evidence-based approaches to stepfamily challenges.

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* 2. Please rate presenter: Patricia L. Papernow, EdD (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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Level of knowledge and expertise
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Maintained my interest
Was responsive to questions, comments and opinions

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* 3. The content of the presentation was consistent with the abstract in the conference brochure

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* 4. Please rate this session presentation overall (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 5. How much did you learn as a result of this CE program? (1=Very little, 5=Great deal)

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* 6. Information presented in this session reflected the most current evidence on this topic (1=Disagree, 5=Agree)

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* 7. How useful was the content of this CE program for your practice or other professional development (1=Not useful, 5=Extremely useful)

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* 8. Additional Comments

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