Browsing by Subject "Parents Forever"

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    Children in Common: Ensuring the Emotional Well-being of Children When Parenting Apart
    (St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension, Children, Youth and Family Consortium, 2015-10) McCann, Ellie; Olson, Kjersti; Hall, Eugene; Giles, Maisha; Onell, Stephen; McCullough, Rose; McGuire, Jenifer; Michaels, Cari
    Despite the growing literature on coparenting and divorce education interventions, little has been written about the practice of delivering courtmandated parent education programs for both divorced and unmarried parents living apart. Through its sustained investment in supporting Minnesota families affected by divorce or separation with its Parents Forever™1 parent education program and its partnership with Hennepin County’s Co-parent Court2 project, University of Minnesota Extension is able to explore the intersection of research about coparenting with the practice of court-mandated parent education programs for both divorcing and separating nevermarried parents. Thus, this article summarizes the latest research findings on selected coparenting issues that have practical importance to both divorcing and nevermarried parents living apart. This article also highlights recent research on the practice of parent education as it affects both divorcing and separated never-married parents, as well as a foundational discussion of coparenting issues and parent-education practice from the experiences and perspectives of parent-education stakeholders. We, the authors, also have included illustrative quotations from stakeholders in the Parents Forever™ program and in Hennepin County Coparent Court — quotations cited in recent studies of the Parents Forever™ program (PF) (Olson, Brady & Marzcak, 2012) and Co-parent Court (CPC) (Hardman, Ruhland & Becher, 2014).
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    Parents Forever™ Annual Report, 2014
    (University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2015) Alvarez de Davila, Silvia; Hagen-Jokela, Becky; Kunkel, Kelly; McCann, Ellie M; Powell, Sharon; Center for Family Development, Applied Research and Evaluation
    The year 2014 was one of significant developments for Parents Forever™, an 8-hour course offered in person and online to divorced and otherwise separated parents. Created more than 20 years ago by the Extension Center for Family Development, the course gives participants skills and information to support their efforts to successfully raise their children while living apart. Highlights of 2014 for Parents Forever™ include: —Updates to the curriculum to reflect the latest research and best practices in parent education. —Restructuring of the in-person program to ensure its quality and providers’ fidelity to core elements. —Growing success of the online course, which reached its highest level of enrollment in 2014 and showed positive outcomes for participants in several areas.
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    Source, Fall 2007
    (University of Minnesota Extension, 2007) University of Minnesota Extension
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    Source, Spring 2014
    (University of Minnesota Extension, 2014) University of Minnesota Extension