Michael J. Blugerman BA, MSW, Dip. GIT

Professional Development Record

Workshops as a Leader

2011 When Children Push Our Buttons:  Understanding the Intersection of our own  and our Children's Attachment History, Presentation with Mary Jo Land, at the Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children (A.T.T.A.C.h.) Conference in San Francisco. September 2011

2011 When going Home is Not An Option; State Removal of Children. Panel member, 311 Open Bar Series for lawyers and court workers, Family Lawyers Association/311 Operations Committee (Toronto) March 2011

2009 Law Society of Upper Canada: Continuing Legal Education: 17^th Annual Law Summit: International Adoptions: How Citizenship & Immigration Intersect,  presentation with Shoshana Green, LL.B, November 2009

2009 Law Society of Upper Canada: Continuing Legal Education: Practice Gems: The Law of Adoption, presenter on Intercountry/Hague Adoption Issues, May 2009

from 2008, Lead Trainer, Parent Resources, Information, Development, Education (P.R.I.D.E.) for resource parents, (OACAS)

2007 T.A.P.E. program, Continuing Education Division, University of St. Michael’s College, U. Of. T., Race and Culture in Adoption

I have been actively teaching aned supervising in the adoption and social work since 1973.

Workshops as a Participant

2009 Clinical Training in the Psychological Treatment of Children with Trauma-Attachment Problems – Clinician’s Consultative Advanced Workshop with Daniel Hughes, Ph.D. , 18 hours November 2009

2008 Clinical Training in the Psychological Treatment of Children with Trauma-Attachment Problems – Clinician’s Consultative Advanced Workshop with Daniel Hughes, Ph.D. , 18 hours November 2008

2007 Clinical Training in the Psychological Treatment of Children with Trauma-Attachment Problems – Clinician’s Consultative Advanced Workshop with Daniel Hughes, Ph.D. , 18 hours November 2007

2004 Completed 30 hours professional training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: Attachment focused Psychotherapy and Parenting : Advanced Level with Daniel A. Hughes, Ph.D. April 2004

2002 Completed Master Class in Treating Children with Trauma-Attachment Disorders: Center for Family Development: Dr. Arthur Becker-Weidman May 2002

Related Activities

2010 Children’s Service Review Board; qualified as an expert witness  in attachment issues

2010 Ontario Court of Justice: qualified as expert witness in child welfare and adoption issues.

since 2009 Director, Board of Directors: ATTACh: Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children.

since 2008 Chairman, Ontario Association of Private Adoption Practitioners

Publications

2002 Wilson, Jeffery and Michael Blugerman, The Unwritten Assumptions that contaminate “Best Interests” and Permanency Planning: Some thoughts on Adoption In Ontario, paper presented to Ontario Bar Association Conference: “Adoption: New Millenium, New Horizons” at Toronto [November 19, 2003].