Parenting Coaching is a child-centered process where a qualified professional uses education, mediation, and counseling to reduce the amount of conflict that a family is experiencing. The objective is to help the family transition through the divorce and/or help co-parenting after the divorce process with as little conflict as possible, and, if conflict is already high, manage the conflict and help the family progress more quickly to where they can function on their own.
Our Parent Coaching in Draper, Utah, Helps Families:
- Reduce the level of stress and conflict
- Create and/or implement co-parenting agreements, even in high-conflict situations
- Ensure that timely decisions are made when the parents reach an impasse on issues related to the children
- Help parents avoid protracted fights in a litigious court syste
What Does a Parenting Coach Do?
A parent coach will start with getting familiar with each parent assess the situation, stressors and other barriers . This person will take the time to learn about each of the parents and the child. He/she will closely examine the often delicate relationships that exist among the parties involved. After this phase of the process, the parent coach will begin working on a parenting plan involving child custody and child visitation unless that has already been decided/agreed upon in mediation. If that is the case, then the parent coach will help with navigating and following the decree and/or modification that is in place.
The end result can be the development of a positive parenting plan that both sides have agreed upon. Also, we discuss learn better co-parenting skills and healthier communication. Many parents have been happy with the results of using a parent coach to help resolve child custody and visitation disputes.
Why do you need a Parent Coach?
A parent coach helps high-conflict families resolve their disputes out of the court and reduces the excessive use of litigation.
A parent coach serves as an alternative dispute resolution method for high-conflict cases with child-related issues that are not amenable to mediation.
A parent coach helps families survive conflict with a more intact family unit, even if separated, reducing the harmful effects of conflict ,which jeopardizes the well-being of children.
When is Parent Coach Used?
A parenting coach may be appointed by the court to provide the parents with assistance to effectively implement existing court orders on issues of shared parenting when:
- The parties have failed to adequately implement their shared parenting arrangements in relation to their child or children
- Mediation has not been successful or has been determined by the court to be inappropriate;
- The court finds that the appointment of a divorce parenting coaching coordinator is necessary to protect the children from harm caused by the parents’ failure to implement their shared parenting plan.
- The parties can afford to pay for the divorce parenting coordinator’s services, or the services of the divorce parenting coaching coordinator can be provided at no expense to the parties.
- Divorce parent coordination is NOT for cases in which it has been determined that the process may compromise the safety of any party, the minor children, or the divorce parenting coaching coordinator.
A Parent Coach is NOT for cases in which it has been determined that the process may compromise the safety of any party, the minor children, or the parenting coach.