Dickson County, Tennessee

Parents, Children and Divorce

An Education Program for Divorcing Parents in Judicial Districts 19 and 23
Sponsored by Austin Peay State University

Parents, Children and Divorce is a four-hour interactive seminar parents must complete prior to a divorce being granted.  It does not tell how to raise their children.  Rather, this court-mandated class aims to accomplish four simple, highly important goals:

• Strengthening the family unit by focusing on what the children are going through and offering ways to help children cope with divorce
  and feelings of loss.
  
• Communicating more effectively with your children and your former spouse.
  
• Identifying the warning signs of depression and anger in your children.
  
• Handling the trauma children face during and after the family unit changes due to divorce or separation.

Since 1990, more than 85,000 parents have taken the Parents, Children and Divorce  program throughout the United States, and most who have taken the class agreed on the importance of keeping their children both physically and mentally healthy during and after the divorce; taking this seminar helped them reach that goal.  Austin Peay is pleased to provide this public service program for courts in Montgomery, Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Robertson and Stewart counties.  Classes are held in Clarksville on the Austin Peay campus and The Family Guidance Training Institute and in Dickson at the Renaissance Center each month. 

The cost for each class is $50, which includes a workbook.  For more information about the program, class meeting dates or to register for the course, call (931) 221-7816.

For Class Schedule and Pre-Registration, click on the website:
http://apsu.edu/ext_ed/noncredit_PCD_classes.htm