Workshop 8: Statewide Legislation to Mandate Co-Parenting Education: Challenges and Strategy
This workshop will explore the development of a legislative proposal to mandate co-parenting education statewide in New York. There is strong evidence that high quality co-parenting programs help families going through the stress of divorce and separation. Most states and counties mandate attendance at a program after parents file. New York is one of the few and largest states that does not mandate parent education. A multidisciplinary group (judges, attorneys, psychologist) developed a detailed proposal for legislation for a statewide mandate. The expected resistance to the legislation was dealt with in a supporting memo with the proposal.

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* 1. The content of the presentation was consistent with the abstract in the conference brochure

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* 2. Based on the content of this session, I am able to: (1=Strongly disagree, 5=Strongly agree)

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1. List two common objections to mandated co-parent education.
2. Discuss the pros and cons of mandating co-parent education for contested vs all cases.

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* 3. Please rate presenter: Donald A. Gordon, PhD (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 4. Please rate presenter: Hon. Richard A. Dollinger (Ret.) (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 5. Please rate presenter: Hon. Evelyn Frazee (Ret.) (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 6. Please rate presenter: Lesley A. Friedland, JD (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 7. Please rate this session presentation overall (1=Poor, 5=Excellent)

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* 8. How much did you learn as a result of this CE program? (1=Very little, 5=Great deal)

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* 9. Information presented in this session reflected the most current evidence on this topic (1=Disagree, 5=Agree)

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* 10. How useful was the content of this CE program for your practice or other professional development (1=Not useful, 5=Extremely useful)

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