Parenting coordination and parenting facilitation are problem-solving services offered to parents raising children between homes who seek professional assistance in working together to keep their children free from the parents’ conflicts. Both are child-centered dispute resolution services that assist parents in developing and implementing workable parenting plans when they are unable to do so on their own. Both services may be ordered for families through the court for high conflict families and are codified in the Texas Family Code and Texas licensing boards (see below). The presenters will address appropriate professional boundaries and assist to clearly define roles.
To be a parenting facilitator in Texas, you are required to have 88 hours of training. This training is designed to provide the 16 hours of training in the laws governing parenting coordination and parenting facilitation and the multiple styles and procedures used in different models of service required to serve as a parenting coordinator or facilitator in Texas (see below), and covers the following learning objectives:
16 hrs./3 hrs. Ethics Approved CEU
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The mental health and attorney licensing boards in Texas have adopted rules for parenting coordination and parenting facilitation. Please see the following links:
The parenting facilitation training is not required for you to serve as a parenting coordinator. A parenting coordinator is required 72 hours of training unless waived by the court as detailed below. According to Sec. 153.610 of the Texas Family Code, the qualifications of a parenting coordinator are:
According to Sec. 153.6101 of the Texas Family Code, to be a parenting facilitator in Texas you are required to have 88 hours of training. A parenting facilitator is required to have received and to be able to document:
Please be certain prior to beginning work with a family, you are able to document your training. According to Sec. 153.6101 of the Texas Family Code:
On request by a party, an attorney for a party, or any attorney for a child who is the subject of the suit, a person under consideration for appointment as a parenting facilitator in the suit shall provide proof that the person satisfies the minimum qualifications required by this section.
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