Parenting Classes

Cooperative Co-Parenting is designed to assist adults in understanding the difficulties children face during co-parent conflict and to meet their children's needs. This class meets the requirements set forth by the Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

This course will empower parents to identify and address their children's needs by:

  • building an effective co-parenting relationship
  • separating their children's needs from their own
  • recognizing the effects of divorce, separation, or general conflict on their children
  • identifying and preventing potential problems
  • avoiding common behaviors which increase the pain and potential damage experienced by children during divorce, separation or intense conflict between co-parents
  • giving positive and reassuring messages to children throughout the process of rebuilding and healing the family unit.

You will learn:
  • how to maintain effective communication
  • potential problems and strategies to address them
  • the age related concerns and fears of children whose co- parents are divorcing or are experiencing intense conflict
  • to distinguish between conflict issues and co-parenting issues
  • how to provide reassurance to your child when discussing the divorce or conflict
  • how to avoid behaviors which cause pain and potential damage to your children
  • how to use co-parenting techniques to achieve positive outcomes
  • potential roadblocks to effective communication and ways to adapt as your children grow and family unit changes
  • step by step process for resolving conflict with a co-parent

    A certificate of completion is issued at end of the course to each participant.

Class Schedule
This four-hour program is offered at the following times and locations:

Norfolk Office

424 West 21st Street
Norfolk, VA 14020

Directions:   Map
From I-264, Exit City Hall Avenue
Right on St. Paul's Avenue
Continue on St. Paul's (it will turn in to Monticello Avenue)
Left on 21st Street
Building is on the right hand side across the street from Benjamin Moore Paint.
2nd Friday
12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

4th Tuesday
5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Virginia Beach Office

5541 Parliament Drive
Suite 105
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Directions:   Map
From I-264, Exit Newtown Road South
Continue on Newtown Road
Left on Princess Anne
Left on Parliament Drive
Every Other Wednesday
5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

3rd Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Suffolk Department of Social Services

440 Market Street
2nd Floor
Suffolk, VA 23434
 
Directions:   Map
From 664N, Exit 13A toward Suffolk
Slight right on US-13 (for approximately 10 miles)
Left on Main Street
Right on Market Street
1st Tuesday 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.


(No Credit Cards accepted at this location.)


Fee
The fee for this course if $50.00. Some participants may qualify for a reduced rate based on their income. Payment can be made at the beginning of class in cash, money order, or credit card (Visa or MasterCard only).

Registration
Please register for this class by calling 757 624-6666. The registration form can be downloaded here and submitted with payment the day of the class.

MCHR is handicapped-accessible.