The First Provider of Co-Parent Education In Colorado, Parenting After Divorce-Denver is a Colorado non-profit corporation started in 1993. Our mission is to provide the best in co-parent education to divorcing, divorced and never-married parents living apart. Register here.
Research shows that it is not the divorce itself that is so damaging to children. Rather, the on-going conflict and interruption in parenting is what creates distress for children. The ability of parents living apart to work together in a co-operative, business-like manner has a direct impact on how well and how quickly children adjust to their new circumstance and return to normal levels of functioning. Our classes are designed to help parents establish and maintain just such a co-parenting relationship.
Important Facts About Our Co-Parenting Classes:
- Meets the requirements of courts throughout Colorado
- More than 100,000 parents served since 1993
- Highly-experienced male-female teams of mental health professionals and educators
- Curriculum reflects the most recent research about children of divorce
- Convenient locations throughout the Denver Metro Area
- Reduced fee for qualified indigent participants
- Offered in English and Spanish
- Two Classes Offered – Levels 1 & 2
Level I. An introductory class for those who are in the process of separation and/or divorce. This is the required course for parents who are divorcing or never-married and formalizing an Allocation of Parental Responsibilities through the court. For more information, click here.
Level II. An advanced class for those who have had more difficulty forming and maintaining a business-like co-parenting relationship, as well as for those who want to improve a co-parenting relationship which is working fairly well. For more information, click here.
REGARDING PAYMENTS:
You are welcome to pay the registration fee for Level 1 classes when your register through our website from the ‘Register‘ tab. We are also able to accept payment for these classes by money order via USPS. We do not accept personal checks.
AN IMPORTANT WEBSITE – We strongly encourage you to visit the website www.UpToParents.org (for divorcing parents) prior to attending the class, as this will significantly enhance your experience in the class.
“…there is hope for children. Divorcing parents cannot spare their children the pain of divorce, despite their sometimes fervent desire to do so. And perhaps they shouldn’t try. Children are entitled to their own feelings; children need to grieve. But even after divorce parents can – in my view must – work hard to be good parents and co-parents. Over time after divorce, good parents and co-parents can promote their children’s resilience and do much to ease their pain. Rather than forever being “children of divorce,” hardworking divorced parents and co-parents can help their kids to be, well, just kids.”
Robert Emery – Family Court Review – July, 2006