Facilitation Guide
For Mediators and Family Court Professionals
A Facilitation Guide for Using the Co-Parenting Workbook in Mediation and Court-Ordered Programs
This guide turns a court-ordered co-parenting program into documented outputs the court can actually see.
For family mediators, custody counselors, and parenting coordinators who need curriculum for court-ordered co-parenting programs.
The Name It First Experience
Attendance documents that they came — this guide documents what they built. For Mediators and Family Court Professionals walks facilitators through how to use the Co-Parenting Workbook as curriculum for court-ordered programs: session structure, facilitation notes, fidelity markers, and the documented outputs that show what each participant produced. It is for family mediators, custody counselors, and parenting coordinators who need a co-parenting curriculum that does more than log hours — and that produces something a judge can read. You finish with a structured program plan and participant outputs that document real co-parenting agreements, not just attendance.
You can opt into 30-, 60-, and 90-day check-ins from your account. We recommend you do — the point is to see what changed.
Sample questions
- What outcomes is this co-parenting program required to produce — and which workbook sections directly address each?
- What does a co-parent arriving at this program typically most need to name that they have never put in writing?
- How will you use the written outputs from the workbook in the mediation or court process?
Research basis
Grounded in Emery (1994) research on divorce mediation outcomes versus litigation / Kelly (2004) on collaborative divorce processes and parental functioning post-separation / professional training literature (Schön, 1983) on the reflective practitioner and the role of structured tools in supporting practitioner judgment in family systems work.
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