Coping with Divorce
Parent Education and Family Stabilization Course
Overview
Coping with Divorce is an educational program designed for parents who are separating or divorcing. The primary goal is to minimize the emotional and psychological impact of divorce on children and families. This live educational course serves the best interest of children by teaching parents about the most important issues affecting families in transition.
This child-centered program supports parents by strengthening their ability to comfort, guide, and care for their children as family roles and routines change. Instruction focuses on helping parents understand how their actions, communication, and decision-making affect their child’s adjustment during and after divorce.
Coping with Divorce was developed by Dr. John Grbac and was originally approved in 2000 by the Ninth and Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts of Florida and is currently approved by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families. Orlando Psychology Associates is an approved provider of this program in compliance with Florida Statute 61.21 and Rule Chapter 65C-32 of the Florida Administrative Code.
Format and Scheduling
Coping with Divorce is delivered as a live, individualized educational experience for one parent or for both divorcing parents together. The personalized format allows parents to receive one-to-one attention and to schedule the four-hour program at a mutually convenient time while completing all required content.
Our course fulfills the four-hour Parent Education and Family Stabilization requirement. The four hours of live instruction may be completed in one continuous four-hour session or structured as separate one- or two-hour live sessions, based on scheduling needs.
Regardless of scheduling format, parents must attend the full four hours of instruction to be eligible for a certificate of completion. This course is educational in nature and is not individual therapy or legal advice.
Program Goals
- Increase parental awareness of issues that impact children of divorce
- Improve understanding of the emotional and psychological needs of children in transition
- Develop effective coping strategies for common child and parent challenges associated with divorce
- Increase understanding of legal concepts and awareness of community resources
- Build communication skills that support healthy co-parenting and positive parent-child relationships
Registration and Attendance
Registration is completed by speaking directly with the Orlando Psychology Associates staff, who will assist you in scheduling your individualized program sessions in a way that fits your availability. Because sessions are arranged specifically for you, pre-payment is required to reserve your program time. Full payment must be received prior to the first scheduled session.
Call to Register: 407-447-5437
The Coping with Divorce course is a live educational experience and relies on full participation. Parents are expected to attend all scheduled sessions and complete the full four hours of instruction, whether presented in a single session or across multiple shorter sessions. Certificates of completion are issued once all program requirements have been met.
Children are not permitted to attend the sessions. If parents prefer to attend separately rather than together, those arrangements can be discussed at the time of registration. Because program time is reserved specifically for each family, refunds are not issued.
Testimonial: “I have personally taken other parenting classes, and Dr. Grbac’s parenting class is by far the best and most complete.”
Curriculum Topics
- Introduction
- The Process of Divorce
- Emotional Aspects of Divorce and Divorce as Loss
- Effects of Divorce on Children and Developmental Stages
- Safety and Abuse Issues
- Legal Concepts
- Parenting Issues, Parenting Time, and Shared Parenting
- Communication with Children and the Other Parent
- Strategies for Coping with Divorce
- Summary and Evaluation
