Parenting and Divorce

An Education Program for Divorcing Parents in Judicial Districts 19 and 23

Parenting and Divorce is a four-hour interactive seminar parents must complete prior to a divorce being granted. It does not tell parents 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 Parenting 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-and 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, in Dickson at the Renaissance Center and at Highland Crest campus in Springfield. The cost for each class is $55, which includes a workbook. For more information about the program, class meeting dates or to register for the course, call (931) 221-7816. A printable brochure and registration form is available here.

Course dates and locations

Dickson area
Renaissance Center, Room 220,
855 Highway 46 South, Dickson

• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, March 10, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, March 31, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, April 21, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, May 5, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, July 21, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012

Clarksville area
Austin Peay State University, 601 College Street
McReynolds Building

• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012
• 12 N - 4 p.m., Saturday, March 24, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, April 14, 2012
• 12 N - 4 p.m., Saturday, April 28, 2012
• 12 N - 4 p.m., Saturday, May 19, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, June 2, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, July 7, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, July 28, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012
• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012

Robertson County
Highland Crest, Room 211
50 Laureate Ave., Springfield

• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 17, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, August 28, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012
• 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

For more information about upcoming courses, please call The Center at 931-221-7816. Your suggestions for new course offerings
are always welcome.