COPARENT TRAINING (LEVEL TWO)

The goal of successful CoParenting after separation is to provide a healthy family experience for the children.

CoParent Training is a specialized approach for separated parents that provides a structured way for parents to move forward and establish ways of communicating and cooperating that is modeled after successful parents.

Separation and divorce are times of emotional stress and change for families. Many separated partners may have a difficult time making the important decisions necessary regarding their children. Often their struggles lead to increased litigation, which may compound family problems, expose the children to additional destructive conflict, and prevent families from adopting new strategies for communication and conflict resolution.

About half of children with separated parents do very well after a separation and about half have moderate to severe difficulties. Researchers have studied these children. We know what kind of mistakes parents make that lead to problems and we also know what parents can do to get their children through this experience in good shape. The most important predicator of good outcomes for children is how well the separated parents communicate and cooperate.

If there is a lot of conflict and low levels of cooperation, children will almost certainly have a very hard time with their parents’ separation and are very likely to turn out to have many problems themselves. If parents communicate and cooperate effectively, children will enjoy their childhood and likely do very well.

CoParent Training is completed in two steps: In the first step, each parent independently completes the online CoParenting course and workbook. In the second step, the parents meet with a CoParent Trainer to review the workbook and strategies for improved coparenting.