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PRESENTED
BY MAHONING COUNTY DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT - FAMILY SERVICES
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Seminar
for Children of Divorce
"For Our Children" is a free, but mandatory, program for school
age children 8-12 years old, held once a month.
Philosophy
The program is designed to educate and encourage adjustment through the
divorce continuum. The seminar explores understanding their parents divorce,
clarifying beliefs and concomitant feelings, and building skills to assist
in coping with stress and emotional turmoil.
Goal
"For Our Children" compliments the Parents
Workshop by providing the children information to help them cope with
divorce, strengthen the child-parent relationships, and improve communication
skills.
Procedure
The children will work out of a booklet that they will take home to share
with their parents. Mental health professionals with expertise in divorce
issues will conduct the two-hour oral presentation.
- What divorce means to you
- The best and worst things about divorce
- Children's Bill of Rights
- Myths that kids sometimes have about divorce
- How they feel about their parents divorce
- Skills building to express feelings and needs
- People they can talk to
- A note to their parents
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Mahoning
County Domestic Relations Court
120 Market St.
Youngstown, OH
44503
Phone: 330-740-2208
Fax: 330-740-2503
