The Supervised Visitation Network (SVN) invites professionals from across disciplines to submit proposals for workshops at the 2025 SVN International Conference. This hybrid event will bring together practitioners, researchers, and systems partners to explore innovative, practical, and inclusive strategies to support families engaged in supervised parenting time.

This year’s theme, “Bridging Systems, Centering Families,” highlights the need for collaborative, family-centered solutions that strengthen parenting time practices across child welfare, family law, mental health, and community-based services.

The Program Committee is Seeking Proposals That Offer:

Actionable Insights: Workshops that provide tangible tools, frameworks, and skills participants can implement in their work immediately.

Innovative Approaches: Creative models and promising practices in supervised visitation, particularly those that integrate interdisciplinary or culturally grounded strategies.

Inclusive Strategies: Equity-focused workshops that address the needs of marginalized or high-risk populations including racialized families, LGBTQ+ parents/youth, and those impacted by systemic barriers.

Research-Based Solutions: Sessions grounded in current research or evaluation, including evidence-informed risk assessment and safety planning tools. 

Topics of Interest Include (But Are Not Limited To):

• Restorative Justice Approaches in Parenting Time

• Creating land acknowledgements & working beyond them

• Gender-Responsive Programming (Supportive Mothering Programs & Men’s Programs (e.g., PAR)

• Child-Centered Programming (e.g., KATCH)

• The Role of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer

• Use of Risk Assessment Tools (e.g., Be Safer Tool)

• Supporting Clients with Complex Needs (Mental Health, Addictions, etc.)

• Navigating Family Law: Perspectives from Judges, Lawyers, and Advocates

• Intersections of Domestic Violence, Child Welfare, and Supervised Visitation

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Just a 10-minute walk from the Falls, Fallsview Casino, and Clifton Hill neighborhood, rooms and suites offer views of the city, Niagara River, or American Falls. 

Enjoy a cedar sauna, fitness center, hot tub, two indoor saltwater pools, and an AVEDA spa. Take advantage of the hotel restaurant and lobby bar with Starbucks, convenient on-site self-parking, and free WiFi.

Attend the conference in the comfort of your own home! 

Parenting time professionals around the world are invited to join us virtually for this year’s International Supervised Visitation Conference, themed “Bridging Systems, Centering Families.”

This timely and important event will highlight the critical role parenting time providers play in creating collaborative, family-centered practices that support safe and meaningful parent-child contact. 

Through a fully virtual experience, attendees will have access to interactive workshops, expert-led presentations, and practical tools—right from their home or office.

This timely and important event will highlight the critical role parenting time providers play in creating collaborative, family-centered practices that support safe and meaningful parent-child contact. 

Through a fully virtual experience, attendees will have access to interactive workshops, expert-led presentations, and practical tools—right from the comfort of their own home or office. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in a dynamic international gathering—virtually—while continuing to center the needs of children and families in your daily practice.

Attendance for (1) virtual attendee: $174 USD (CAD for Canadian Attendees Only) 

Attendance for up to (5) virtual attendees $424 USD (CAD for Canadian Attendees Only)