This introductory course is suitable for mental health professionals, mediators and lawyers. No previous experience or knowledge of parenting coordination is required. Topics covered:

• role of cognitive bias in assessment & intervention
• roles & functions of the parenting coordinator
• professional guidelines & training requirements
• nuts & bolts of the PC process (referral management, screening & intake, informed consent & contracting, review of PC Agreement, parent education, consensus building phase (facilitation, management & skills for working with high conflict coparenting, involvement of children & collateral sources)
• review of social science literature & research on important topics relevant to working parents experiencing separation/divorce (impact of separation/divorce on children/adolescents, risk/resiliency factors, consequences of parental & coparenting conflict on children & adolescents, & its impact on parenting & the quality of parent-child relationships, models of coparenting, parenting styles & effectiveness, the impact of parent adjustment fathering on child/adolescent adjustment, parent-child contact problems
• arbitration phase (relevant arbitration legislation & regulations, procedures & writing of awards)
• risk & benefits of including children in dispute resolution processes
• developmentally informed protocol for interviewing children in PC, mediation & custody/access assessment
• ethical issues & dilemmas

Course Materials include: Sample Parenting Coordination Agreement, reading list, power point handout, forms & checklists relevant to all stages of the process, seminal articles, & more.

Fees: $1275.00 + $165.75 (HST) = $1440.75
(includes light continental breakfast and health break snacks)

For more information and registration: Download the PDF

Contact Camilla Graziani at camilla.fidleradmin@bell.net (416) 481-2046