Many Family Courts require divorcing/separating couples with minor children to complete an approved parenting class before finalizing their divorce.
*Fees vary by State/County
*Fees vary by State/County
Dr. Stem Mahlatini, EdD, LCSW
PROGRAMS:
A Co-Parenting Program for Divorcing and Separating Parents.
Video Scenarios
Watch videos with common co-parenting problems and then see different responses that produce positive and negative results. Guided Questions After each video scenario, CIBO presents the user with guided questions to explore how each problem can be addressed, and to increase your understanding of the situation. |
Reinforcing Quizzes
At the end of each chapter, you'll have the opportunity to reinforce what you've learned by taking a quiz. Quizzes help ensure that you'll be ready to handle situations in the future. Skills Practice You can spend time practicing and refining your skills in our Skills Practice section - meant to increase your confidence in the skills taught in CIBO. |
Ten typical problem situations are presented including: doing household chores, stepparent-youth relationships, monitoring "troublesome" friends, improving poor school performance, sibling fighting, and complying with parental requests (phone use and music volume) and more. Both effective and ineffective solutions are depicted for each problem followed by comprehensive critiques and explanations of the parenting and communication skills viewed. Typically suited for ages 11 and up.
Parenting Wisely is evidence based and has proven effective at:
Parenting Wisely has been named an "exemplary" program by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), a "model" program by The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and listed as an evidence-based program by the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) and a "best practices" program by the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (WCAPT).
Parenting Wisely is evidence based and has proven effective at:
- significantly reducing verbal and physical aggression between teens and parents (and between spouses and partners!)
- significantly reducing the frequency and severity of teen/preteen problem behaviors
- significantly increasing knowledge of and implementation of effective parenting skills
- improving and strengthening family relationships
- allows parents to view common family problems enacted in video scenes
- provides multiple solutions critiquing both effective and ineffective parenting methods
- teaches valuable communication and behavior management skills including: Contracting, Assertive Discipline, "I" Statements, Supervision of Schoolwork and Peers, Positive Role-Modeling, and more…
- includes a comprehensive parent workbooks with all solution critiques, review questions, a glossary of terms, sample behavior charts, practice exercises, and more!
Parenting Wisely has been named an "exemplary" program by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), a "model" program by The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and listed as an evidence-based program by the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) and a "best practices" program by the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (WCAPT).
Seven typical problem situations are presented including: Interrupting on the Telephone, Refusing to go to Bed, Acting Up in Public, Homework and Bad Grades, Conflict with Other Children, Getting Ready for School, and Sibling Conflict. Typically suited for ages 3-11.
Based on the success of the original Parenting Wisely program, this edition is specifically designed to address the unique communication and compliance needs of parents of younger children by teaching the following parenting skills:
Using the same format as the original Parenting Wisely, the Young Child Edition:
Based on the success of the original Parenting Wisely program, this edition is specifically designed to address the unique communication and compliance needs of parents of younger children by teaching the following parenting skills:
- redirection
- active listening
- "I" statements
- nondirective play
- fostering social skills
- communicating with school
- time out & time in
- setting limits and consequences
- and many more!
Using the same format as the original Parenting Wisely, the Young Child Edition:
- Allows parents to view common problems enacted in high quality video scenarios
- Provides multiple solutions; and critiques both effective and ineffective parenting methods
- Teaches valuable communication and behavior management skills
- Comprehensive parent workbooks contain all solution critiques, review questions, a complete glossary of terms, sample behavior charts, exercises, and more!