Course Content

Kids First is an educational workshop that combines knowledge from research, family education and therapy. This 2-hour workshop helps parents understand the impact of divorce on their children and provides concrete actions that parents can take to help their children. Kids First is not a counseling session, but rather focuses on "what to do" and "how to help" children during and after divorce. The program content includes the following topic areas:

Communication Guidelines: Provides information about what your children want and need to know; discussion of divorce as a process; and the grief process as it relates to both parents and children.

Children's Reactions to Divorce: Provides information about children's reactions and expected behavioral changes based upon their ages and developmental stages.

Effective Co-Parenting: Provides information about how to minimize conflict within parental relationship post-divorce.