Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome and Getting Started

    • Welcome

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    • The Four Big Skills

    • Court Case Information

    • General Information about you and where you are

    • Family Situation Information

    • Co-Parenting Relationship - pre-course review

    • Download your Parents Journal

    • End of Getting Started Module
  • 2

    Module 1: Coping with Stress (Managed Emotions)

    • Module 1: Managed Emotions

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    • Coping with Stress (Managed Emotions)

    • How to calm yourself

    • Quiz 1 - Module One: How to calm yourself quiz

    • Self-Reflection: Our brains under stress

    • Our Brains Under Stress

    • Self-Reflection: Encouraging Statements

    • Encouraging Statements

    • Checking your encouraging statements

    • Encouraging Statements under Stress

    • Quiz 2 - Module One: Encouraging Statements

    • Self-Reflection: Mirror Neurones

    • Mirror Neurones

    • Calm your own emotions

    • Self-Reflection: Emotions and Children

    • Emotions and Children

    • Additional Resources: Sesame Street

    • Mixed emotions and Protecting your children

    • Quiz 3 - Module One: Emotions Questions

    • Self-Reflection: Top Three Parenting Skills

    • Top Three Parenting Skills

    • Goal setting for managed emotions

    • Quiz 4 - Module One Review Quiz

    • End of Module 1
  • 3

    Module 2: Flexible Thinking

    • Module 2: Solving co-parenting problems with flexible thinking

    • Solving co-parenting problems with flexible thinking

    • Influencing your co-parent

    • Flexible thinking

    • Flexible Thinking Examples

    • Flexible Thinking and Family Violence

    • Life Application: Flexible Thinking

    • Self-reflection: Communicating with your co-parent.

    • Making Proposals

    • Self-Reflection: Making Proposals - Expected Response from the other parent

    • Self-reflection: Preparing to make proposals

    • Preparing to make proposals

    • Life Application: Issues for Resolution

    • Quiz 5 - Module 2: Flexible thinking

    • Self-Reflection: Gathering Information

    • Gathering Information

    • Self-Reflection: Where to gather Information

    • Proposals with a lawyer or mediator

    • Self-Reflection: What you can control

    • Self-Reflection: Ways of using flexible thinking

    • Setting a flexible thinking goal

    • Quiz 6 - Module 2: Flexible thinking review quiz

    • End of module 2
  • 4

    Module 3: Avoiding Over-Reacting (Moderate Behaviours)

    • Introduction to Avoid Over Reacting

    • Avoid Over Reacting

    • Self-Reflection: Over Reactions

    • Self-Reflection: Moderate and Extreme Behaviours

    • Moderate Behaviours

    • Self-Reflection: What did you learn about moderate and extreme behaviours?

    • Quiz 7 - Module 3: Moderate or Extreme Behaviours Quiz

    • Behaviour Questions Review

    • Life Application: Moderate or Extreme Behaviours

    • Writing Emails Videos

    • Self-Reflection: responding to hostile emails

    • BIFF Response

    • Practice writing emails with BIFF

    • Self-Reflection: Your BIFF Response Email

    • Responding to several people

    • Self-Reflection: Review of your recent emails

    • Coaching for BIFF Response

    • Life Application: Using BIFF

    • Using BIFF Responses to look good

    • Self-Reflection: Incorporating Moderate Behaviours into your life

    • Quiz 8 - Module 3: Review Quiz

    • Review

    • Life Application: Moderate Behaviour Goal
  • 5

    Module 4: Checking Yourself

    • Module Four - Self-Reflection: Checking yourself

    • Checking yourself

    • Self-Reflection: Behaviour in front of your children

    • Types of co-parents

    • "I'm Very Superior" Co-Parent Type

    • Quiz 9 - Module 4: "I'm very superiour" personalities Quiz

    • Additional Resources

    • "Love You, Hate You" Co-Parent Type

    • "Con Artist and Really Scary" Co-Parent Type

    • "Always Suspicious" Co-Parent Type

    • "Always Dramatic" Co-Parent Type

    • Self-Reflection: Checking yourself before mediation

    • Checking yourself before Mediation

    • Self-Reflection: Preparing for upsetting comments

    • Self-Reflection: Check in

    • Negotiating Principles

    • Life Application: Making Proposals

    • Quiz 10 - Module 4: Prepare for Upsetting Statements during mediation

    • Quiz 11 - Module 4: Quiz Questions
  • 6

    Module 5: Extreme Behaviours and the Effect on your Child's Brain

    • If your co-parent has extreme behaviour problems

    • Substance Abuse

    • Domestic Violence

    • Child Abuse

    • Anger Management

    • Effects of Stress on your Child's Brain

    • Child Alienation

    • Family Counselling for Alienation

    • False Allegations of Abuse

    • Parental Absence

    • Staying out of court

    • What to tell the children

    • Quiz 12 - Module 5: Quiz Questions
  • 7

    Module 6: Raising Healthy Children

    • Module Six - Raising Healthy Children with your co-parent

    • Four emotions that can interfere

    • Three types of co-parent cooperation

    • Healthcare decisions

    • Quiz 13 - Module 6: Healthcare Question

    • Education Decisions

    • Extra Curricular Activities

    • Quiz 14 - Module 6: Excursions Question

    • Changes to Schedule

    • Daycare providers

    • Changeovers

    • Co-parenting with a Difficult but safe co-parent

    • Co-parenting with a Difficult and unsafe co-parent

    • If you have anger management issues

    • Quiz 15 - Module 6: Raising Healthy Children Quiz
  • 8

    Module 7: Child Development Goals

    • Module 7 - Child Developmental Goals

    • Support your co-parent's relationship

    • Mention Positive Qualities

    • Birth to 1 year old

    • 1 to 3 year olds

    • 3 to 5 year olds

    • 5 to 12 year olds

    • 12 - 18 year olds

    • Co-parenting Adult Children

    • Quiz 16 - Module 7: Child Developmental Goals Quiz
  • 9

    Module 8: Parenting Schedules

    • Self-Reflection - How can you help improve your child's development?

    • Module 8 - Parenting Schedules

    • A relationship with both of you

    • Parent Child Attachment

    • Learning to manage their emotions

    • Learning about other people's emotions

    • Stability and significant and substantial time

    • General Principals by age

    • Birth to 4 Years

    • 5 - 12 Years

    • 13 to 18 Years

    • Young adults over 18 Years

    • Self-Reflection - Parenting Schedules

    • Holidays

    • With a High Conflict co-parent

    • First right of refusal

    • If a parent moves away

    • Developing your Parenting Plan

    • Getting realistic in mediation

    • If you talk directly

    • Restricted Changeovers

    • Quiz 17 - Module 8: Parenting Schedules Quiz

    • Self-Reflection - Parenting Plan Proposals
  • 10

    Module 9 - Using Professionals

    • Using Professionals

    • Counsellors

    • A counsellor for you

    • Counselling with your Co-Parent

    • Counselling for your child

    • Family Counselling

    • Psychologists

    • New Ways Coaches

    • Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners

    • Mediator Facilitated Negotiation

    • Lawyers

    • Collaborative Divorce Lawyers

    • Independent Children's Lawyers (ICLs)

    • Family Consultants

    • Child Contact Supervisors

    • Who pays

    • Informing professionals about your co-parent

    • Consent Orders

    • Court Hearing

    • Quiz 18 - Module 9: Using Professionals Quiz

    • Life-Application: Using Professionals
  • 11

    Module 10: New Partners and New Families

    • Module 10 - New Partners, New Families

    • Dating

    • Preparing New Partners to stay calm

    • Co-habitation

    • Wait to remarry

    • If you commit to a new relationship

    • New Partners and Parenting Issues

    • What to call your new partner

    • Managed Emotions and Flexible Thinking

    • Your co-parents life changes

    • New Parenting Disputes

    • Changes in the Schedule

    • Making Proposals for Changes

    • Not too rejecting, not too close

    • FDR and other methods

    • FDR and Family Violence

    • New Partners in FDR

    • New Partners in Court

    • New Partners Children

    • Counselling with your New Partner

    • Counselling with your New Family

    • Setting limits

    • Quiz 19 - Module 10: New Partners, New Families Quiz

    • Life-Application: New Partners, New Families
  • 12

    Module 11: Handling Financial Issues as Co-Parents

    • Handling Financial Issues

    • Five Areas of Financial Issues

    • Exchanging Financial Information

    • Child Support

    • Spousal Maintenance

    • Property Division

    • Taxes

    • Bankruptcy

    • Hiding Money and Discovery

    • Don't destroy your records

    • Mediation and Property Settlements

    • Quiz 20 - Module 11: Handling Financial Issues

    • Life Application: Handling Financial Issues
  • 13

    Module 12 - Avoid Becoming a High Conflict Case

    • Avoid Becoming a High Conflict Case

    • Unmanaged Emotions in Court

    • Frequent Filers

    • Managing and Making Decisions

    • Using the four big skills

    • Avoid Labeling

    • Checking yourself reminder

    • Anticipating Problems

    • Positive Behaviours

    • When to go back to court

    • New Issues

    • Changing Parenting Orders

    • Child Alienation Issues after Orders are made

    • When should you stop fighting in court?

    • Limitations of Court

    • Looking Ahead

    • Quiz 21 - Module 12: How to avoid becoming a High Conflict Case

    • Reflections on your learnings

    • Co-Parenting Relationship - end of course review