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Divorce That Works for Children
Held monthly, this is the five hour court-mandated parent education program for divorcing parents, but all parents are welcome. Whether you are just beginning to think about divorce or are already divorced, the workshop gives information about the effects of divorce on children and teaches strategies to help children deal successfully with divorce. Its small, informal, group format allows the instructors to tailor the program to the interests of the participants.
Co-led by Sylvia Sirignano, Ph.D. and Glenn Smith, LICSW
Fee: $80 More Info | Register Online |
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Divorce Mediation for Parents |
| When you want to do what's best for your children as you are getting divorced, mediation is a cost-effective way to develop your divorce agreement while helping you get the information needed to make all the necessary decisions. As a trained mediator and a developmental psychologist, Sylvia Sirignano, Ph.D., helps parents come to agreement about parenting plans, even in the midst of emotional upset and conflict that can be an inevitable part of divorce. The mediation process helps parents come to agreements in order to make decisions and plans both parents feel will work for themselves and the children.
Working with Dr. Sirignano is especially beneficial when you have a child with a disability, chronic illness, or other special need. It is also especially helpful when there are differences between parents about what's best for children and in post-divorce parenting schedules and co-parenting arrangements.
Dr. Sirignano is a member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and works as a child specialist on collaborative law teams and with financial planners, attorneys and other mediators so that parents can develop the complete divorce agreement necessary to obtain a legal divorce.
Fee: $185 per hour | Request Mediation Online |
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Divorce Coaching and Consultations |
Getting through a divorce well is often difficult. Yet, not allowing the hurt and anger most feel to rule the divorce process is essential for children’s well-being, as well as for conducting the divorce process in a way that allows the family to function well for the children after the divorce. Glenn Smith, LICSW, coaches and supports parents through the divorce process to help you think clearly and behave in ways that will work for your children and their post-divorce relationship with both their parents. Parents often turn to lawyers for help and are often disappointed to not only not feel supported through the process, but to see the cost of the divorce climb dramatically. Divorce Coaching can help parents use mediation or the collaborative law process which can be more cost effective and secure better outcomes than using lawyers. Scheduled by appointment and held at the offices of PARENTING SOLUTIONS or in Mr. Smith’s office in Worcester.
Fee: $100 per hour | Request Coaching Online |
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Individual Divorce Consultations |
Are you finding yourself in a very difficult divorce situation? Divorce is more difficult when one parent has concerns about the other parent's competence and/or caring and involvement with the children. Divorce is also more difficult when you are embroiled in a seemingly endless conflict with your children's other parent. Dr. Sirignano can meet with one parent individually to help a concerned parent find ways to make changes in the situation that can protect the children from being hurt by the divorce and address concerns about the other parent. Scheduled by appointment and held at the offices of PARENTING SOLUTIONS.
Fee: $120 per hour | Request an Individual Consultation Online
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Dealing with Parenting Differences After Divorce |
How do you teach your values when they’re so different from your children’s other parent? How do you co-parent with someone who argues with you all the time? How do you keep the hurt and angry feelings between mom and dad from getting the kids caught in the middle? This workshop series helps parents in these very difficult situations find understanding and answers to these and other concerns that arise in post-divorce conflictual situations.
Teaching Our Values Even When The Other Parent’s Values Are Different
After Divorce: Coparenting with a Difficult Ex-Spouse
Finding Win-Win Solutions to Parenting Conflicts
Getting the Kids Out of the Middle of Parenting Differences
Being the Parent You Want to Be Even When You’re in a Difficult Divorce Situation
Can Mediation Help or Do We Need A Parenting Coordinator?
Visit Parenting That Works! to see the current schedule for these workshops.
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