MAKING IT WORK |
| |
| Authors: | Cathleen Gray Mary Jeanne Verdieck Elizabeth D. Smith Karen Freed |
| |
| Affiliation: | Cathleen Gray, Ph.D. is an associate professor of social wonk at National School of Social Service, The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. She is also in private practice in Washington, D.C.;Mary Jean Verdieck, Ph.D., is an associate professor of social wonk at National catltolic School Service, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.;Elizabeth Smith, D.S.W. is an associate professor of social work at Natianal Catholic of Social Service, Thc Catholic University of Amrica. Washington, D.C.;Karen Freed, L.C.S.W.-C., is in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland. |
| |
| Abstract: | With the prevalence of divorce in our country, there is a serious need of services for divorcing families to be readily available and offered in a manner to increase the use of the services. Early intervention with the divorcing family is critical to help alleviate levels of parental conflict and decrease potential litigation. This article is an evaluation of the first year of court-mandated parenting psychoeducational workshops. The results demonstrate the positive effects of the workshops for most divorcing parents in terms of levels of ongoing conflict between parents, children's adjustment as observed by the parents, parents' adjustment, and parents' ability to settle the legal issues of the divorce and keep the children out of the middle of the conflict. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
