New Ways for Families®: Decision Skills Instructor's Manual

Description

This New Ways for Families® Decision Skills Class Manual is to be used by professionals in divorce education and co-parenting programs in a class format.

New Ways is a method of teaching and reinforcing four simple conflict resolution skills for parents and children. For families going through a separation or divorce, the skills focus on helping co-parents – even high conflict co-parents – work together in making decisions and managing their lives as much as realistically possible.

Parents can be court-ordered into the class or participate voluntarily. The class be can be taught as three class sessions (60-90 minutes each) or can be incorporated into any existing parenting class curriculum. The class sessions are structured using the Decision Skills Workbook. Parents are expected to work through the workbook during class, with the assistance of the instructor. An Instructor’s Manual is provided.

This is a shorter version of the 12 week counseling model, but the focus remains on learning and practicing the four skills. It is not intended to replace parenting classes that focus on other aspects of the parent-child relationship during divorce. There is no Parent-Child component in this model.

Book Details

Publisher: High Conflict Institute Press
Publication date: 2013
Pages: 66
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-936268-59-7
Author: Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.

Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict Institute in San Diego, California. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and has become an expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities. He was the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist with twelve years’ experience.

He serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law inCalifornia and is a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia. He has been a speaker and trainer in over 30 U.S. states and 10 countries.

He is the author or co-author of twenty books and has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with over 4.0 million views.