Parenting Class (A Positive Divorce Resolution)

This approved, mandatory 4-hour course by Dr. Percy Ricketts in Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida, is intended to assist parents, by providing them with information on divorce, as well as to help them become more aware of other relevant the divorce-related matters including the following:

  1. Basic information about divorce

  2. The impact of divorce on adults and children

  3. Child development

  4. How parents can help themselves and their children cope effectively with divorce

  5. Parents’ and Children’s basic needs

  6. Children’s rights

  7. The stages of grief and loss

  8. Parenting during divorce and co-parenting afterwards

  9. Basic divorce-related concepts such as:

    • Custody & various types of residence arrangements

    • Visitation

    • Parenting and visitation plans

    • Mediation

  10. Child abuse and neglect

  11. Domestic violence

  12. The destructive nature of anger in relationships

  13. Communicating effectively after divorce with:

    • The other parent

    • Children

    • Other parties involved including step-parents

  14. Tools for influencing, motivating and connecting with children

  15. Games parents and children play and how to avoid them

  16. Available community resources to assist parents and children

 

*This course was developed by A Positive Divorce Resolution, Inc., Gainesville, Florida. It is approved by the Florida Department of Children and Families, and it is also available online and in a correspondence course format. For further information, please call: 1-888 747 5362, or visit: http://www.divorce-resolution.com/pdr_online.htm