Co-Parenting
Parenting Coordinator
Vicki is a trained and experienced Parenting Coordinator. Her skills are used to help coordiante productive post-divorce communication and problem solving.
Co-Parenting
Following a divorce, both parents need to play a significant role in the life of their children. Co-parenting helps teach the parties how to parent together and focus on the best interest of their children.
Parenting Coordination
Parenting coordination is a practice which utilizes concepts, methods, and processes from a family systems approach to assist parents after divorce to communicate more effectively when issues regarding their children arise.
Parent Coordinators and may:
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Identify dispute issues and help reduce misunderstandings
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Clarify priorities
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Explore possibilities for problem solving
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Develop methods of collaboration in parenting
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Decrease conflict
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Assist with parenting training
Step Parenting Classes
The role of step-parent takes commitment, understanding and compromise to maintain healthy relationships and a cohesive blended family. Realistic expectations about the role of step-parent along with communication with everyone involved, creates clarity and confidence within the family.
Some of the topics covered are:
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Learning to focus on the business of the children
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Fostering healthy family relationships
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Coping skills for challenges of step-parenting
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Definitions of role for parents
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Realistic expectations
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Healthy boundaries for all family members