Florida Parent Education and Family Stabilization Class:Proactive Parenting and Divorce

Many people have asked us why we chose the name Proactive Parenting After Divorce for our Parent Education and Family Stabilization class.
The reason is simple. We believe that the emphasis for parents who are divorcing and have children under the age of 18 should be on being proactive in their approach to parenting.  Being a proactive parent means that each parent will put the best interest of their child first and they will be vigilant in thinking about how their behavior will affcet their children.

While it is sometimes difficult to even imagine having a civil relationship with an “x” spouse, we hope that it will be possible for parents to become effective co-parents after taking the parenting class.

Proactive Parenting After Divorce is designed to provide an engaging learning experience for parents taking the Parent Education and Family Stabilization class. Our feedback from students reflects that whether they take the parenting class online, or study in a classroom, or even use the home study format, it is the emphasis on being proactive that makes the difference.

For more information on the Proactive Parenting After Divorce for our Parent Education and Family Stabilization class, online, classroom or home study format visit FYIfamilies.com.

ProActive Parenting After Divorce Class, a Florida Court Approved Parent Education and Family Stabilization Class – Available on-line ,on-site classroom in Coral Springs/Parkland and in Home Studyformats, this program is a designed to educate parents who are in the process of divorce find useful tools to successful co-parent after divorce. The course has been approved by the DCF/State of Florida and meets all requirements for the court-mandated parenting class required for all divorcing parents with children under the age of 18. To register for this course, visitwww.FYIfamilies.com or call 954-341-2555. A certificate of completion is available immediately upon completion of the course.

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Parent Alienation – A danger to children

When asked what the parents in our class, Pro-Active Parenting and Divorce are most concerned about, very often they describe behavior that is known as Parent Alienation.

Parent Alienation is behavior by one parent that results in the children withdrawing or transferring affection from one parent to the other. When loyalty issues escalate and become out of control, parent alienation may occur.

Sometimes this behavior is a conscious decision on the part of one parent, or both parents. There may be obvious and open hostility towards the other parent, or mutual hostility. Sometimes it is more subtle, and sometimes it is not even a conscious effort.

One way parent alienation occurs is when one parent moves a considerable distance away from the other parent for perhaps “spite or control”. Even if the parent gets court approval, the loss of time spent with a loving parent is usually difficult for a child and not in the child’s best interest.

Children realize that the move will make it difficult if not impossible to spend consistent, “regular time” with mom or dad.

If you or someone you care about is in the process of divorce and have children this is something they should think about before they make any decisions.

If you are interested in more information on Parent Alienation or parenting during and after divorce please visit: Pro-Active Parenting After Divorce class online at www.fyifamilies.com or call 954-341-2555 x 206 for information regarding classroom schedules and the homestudy version.

Pro-Active Parenting after Divorce , Florida Court Approved Parent Education and Family Stabilization Class is coauthored by Karen Kaplan, MS.Ed, LMFT and Dr. Debbie Swayman, LMFT, Marriage and Family Therapists practicing in Coral Springs/Parkland Florida.

Pro-Active Parenting after Divorce is available on-line, on-site classroom in Coral Springs/Parkland and in Home Study formats, this program is a designed to educate parents who are in the process of divorce find useful tools to successfully co-parent after divorce. To accommodate more students, recently the classroom schedule has been expanded to include week day morning and weekend classes, as well as the evening schedule.

The course has been approved by the DCF/State of Florida and meets all requirements for the court-mandated parenting class required for all divorcing parents with children under the age of 18. To register for this course, visit www.FYIfamilies.com or call 954-341-2555. A certificate of completion is available immediately upon completion of the course

Top Ten Reasons to Take The Pro-Active Parenting and Divorce class

1. If you live in Florida and have children under the age of 18 years , it is the law. You are required to take the Florida Parent Education and Family Stabilization Class.

2. During and After Divorce, there will be lots of issues you and your spouse will need to sort through regarding the children. Proactive Parenting After Divorce class will help you change your relationship from “x”spouse to “coparent.

3. The ProActive Parenting Class after Divorce will help you shift your attention from anger to cooperation.

4. You will learn “how to better” understand and relate to your children, if they are toddlers or teenagers!

5. You will learn that what your are feeling is natural and you will find solutions that you can apply to your own life and circumstances.

6. You will be doing something that communicates to your children ” you care” about what they are going through!

7. You will be able to think about life after divorce and the new chapter, the fear, the challenges and the possibilities.

8. You will discuss issues that will be important for you and your children in the future .

9. You will be doing something productive for yourself.

10. You will be moving one step closer to resolution of your divorce !

Pro-Active Parenting and Divorce , Florida Court Approved Parent Education and Family Stabilization Class is coauthored by Karen Kaplan, MS.Ed, LMFT and Dr. Debbie Swayman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists practicing at Family Therapy Associates in Coral Springs and Parkland Florida area.

Pro-Active Parenting and Divorce is available in all 67 Florida counties : Alachua, Baker ,Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Broward ,Calhoun ,Charlotte ,Citrus Clay, Collier, Columbia , Dade ,De Soto, Dixie ,Duval ,Escambia ,Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist , Glades ,Gulf ,Hamilton ,Hardee ,Hendry ,Hernando, Highlands ,Hillsborough ,Holmes ,Indian River ,Jackson ,Jefferson ,Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon ,Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee , Marion , Martin ,Monroe ,Nassau ,Okaloosa ,Okeechobee ,Orange ,Osceloa ,Palm Beach , Pasco , Pinellas , Polk , Putnam , St. Johns , St. Lucie , Santa Rosa , Sarasota ,Seminole, Sumter ,Suwannee ,Taylor ,Union ,Volusia, Wakulla ,Walton, Washington

Pro-Active Parenting and Divorce is available on-line, on-site classroom in Coral Springs/Parkland and in Home Study formats, this program is a designed to educate parents who are in the process of divorce find useful tools to successfully co-parent after divorce. To accommodate more students, recently the classroom schedule has been expanded to include week day morning and weekend classes, as well as the evening schedule. Pro-Active Parenting and Divorce is now also available in Spanish and French.

The course has been approved by the DCF/State of Florida and meets all requirements for the court-mandated parenting class required for all divorcing parents with children under the age of 18.

To register for this course, visit fyifamilies.com or call 954-341-2555. A certificate of completion is available immediately upon completion of the course.

FOR MORE INFORMATION;

Email your questions to: info@fyifamilies.com or call 954-341-2555 x 206, we will be happy to assist you!

Welcome To FYIfamilies Community Blog

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”.
Albert Einstein

Family can be wonderful, complex and difficult. We welcome you to our Community Blog, and we hope you will visit often and share your thoughts, questions and comments. While our focus is on families experiencing divorce we invite comments on any family issue that you feel would be valuable to share.

If  you are  contemplating divorce , or somewhere on the “divorce highway” , you already know that there are lots of emotions involved with divorce, for you, your (soon to be) ”ex/spouse” and, if you are a parent, for your children.

Here, you can ask questions, vent (in a respectful way of course), commiserate and share your experiences with others.  We hope that by visiting the Community Blog you will find ideas that will help turn your ex/spouse into a co-parent and create a “new normal” for you.

Our expertise as Marriage and Family Therapists will provide topics that we have found are important or even painful to most of our clients in our practice at Family Therapy Associates, in Coral Springs, Florida .

As authors of Pro-Active Parenting After Divorce, a Florida Parent Education and Family Stabilization course ( a required course for parents of children under 18 years of age) we also will bring you educational information for comments and discussion. By the way, this course is approved by the Department of Children and Families to be offered in all Judicial Circuit Courts in the State of Florida .

As the expert “on your life” we invite you to share your thoughts on what your experience is like and ask any question that may be keeping your “stuck”.

We thank you for visiting and hope we can make your journey a bit easier and help you find solutions that “fit” for you!

Our Best,

Karen Kaplan,MS.Ed. LMFT & Dr. Debbie Swayman,LMFT,
Florida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists located in Coral Springs/Parkland community.