Colorado Chapter
About the Chapter
Chapter Goals
Our Vision
Our vision is to provide Colorado's children and their families with a safe, comprehensive and impartial supervised visitation experience staffed with qualified personnel.
Our Mission
The mission of the Supervised Visitation Network – Colorado Chapter is to develop and maintain a statewide network of supervised visitation and exchange centers in order to promote training, communication and quality assurance for supervised visitation and exchange services throughout Colorado.
Core Values
The Colorado Network's core values include respect, integrity, ethical behavior and excellence in service.
Objectives
Guiding Principles:
- We believe that the primary purpose is the protection of children
- We value the relationships between children and their families
- We believe all children deserve a safe and friendly environment
- We believe that service providers should be qualified through education and training
- We believe that providers should maintain objectivity, act professionally and abide by confidentiality standards.
- We believe that providers should acknowledge when an issue is beyond their expertise.
- We believe that children and families deserve the best care and services that centers can offer.
What's Going On
May 5: State Visitation Training in the Carriage House of El Pomar, Theme of the training is "The Secret Language of Families". Joe Nullet, ED for SVN, will be present to train on the new DV module and discuss the standards, as well as a panel for lunch, and Mike Wilbourne, who will speak to the child's perspective, and Barb Schindell who will speak on parent alienation. Cost for the training is $10 for SVN members, and $20 for nonmembers. A continental breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided. Contact Jody Bittrich at Family Tree Karlis Family Center for more information and to register. Her number is 303-462-1060 and email is jbittrich@hotmail.com.
Download the Flyer Here
Next meeting
Next meeting September 28, 2009 at 11 A.M.- 1 P.M. at Karlis Family Tree
Some more news
The Colorado Chapter has been very busy over the past year with projects and increasing membership. On Tuesday, May 5th we will be hosting a statewide training for Supervised Parenting Time (visitation) providers across the state including child protection case aides that are supervising sessions for Social Services. We exceeded our 60 person capacity a month early which sent a message to the Chapter that we have an incredible need for training in the state.
We were also granted approval by the SVN Board of Directors to host the 2010 International SVN Conference in Denver, Colorado. The dates will be May 6-8, 2010 at The Sheraton Downtown Denver! The beginning of May always proves to be a beautiful time of the year for Colorado. If you’re lucky, you may be able to ski in the mountains, catch a Rockies game or soak up a day of the Colorado sunshine!
Stay tuned for more details of the 2010 Conference in the Mile High City!
