The Changing Family

Family Legal Clinic

A free, private and confidential half-hour legal consultation for those contemplating or experiencing separation or divorce. A family lawyer will explain the legal process involved during and after a separation, provide a personalized overview of your rights and obligations and suggest how you might best go about resolving the legal issue involved --YOU CANNOT REGISTER ONLINE-- To book individual appointments, call Nancy Masas 905.882.2331

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	09/16/2010	Thur	6:00 PM	8:00 PM	Promenade Mall (Suite 313)
Register	10/28/2010	Thur	6:00 PM	8:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 1st Flr
Register	12/07/2010	Tue	6:00 PM	8:00 PM	Promenade Mall (Suite 313)

How to Achieve a Good Divorce

Thinking of separating? Do you know where to begin? Join us for a workshop that can provide you with the strategies and techniques to serve you best in your circumstances. Topics include: Understanding the emotional divorce; Working with your lawyer; Creating a professional support network. FEE: $10.00 per person

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	11/23/2010	Tue	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	Family Resource Centre - Promenade Mall (3rd Flr)

When You’re About to Separate: What to Tell the Kids - 1 Session

This workshop will focus on children’s needs just prior to and in the early stages of separation. How you handle the beginning of your separation sets a precedent for your new relationship as a co-parent. How and when to tell your children about the separation will be addressed.
FEE: $45/ONE PARENT; $72/TWO PARENTS
To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	10/14/2010	Thur	9:30 AM	12:00 PM	Promenade Mall (Suite 313)
Register	12/08/2010	Wed	6:30 PM	9:30 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 1st Flr

Developing a Successful Parenting Relationship with Your Child's Other Parent - 1 Session

How can you make sure your children don't fall through the cracks of your separation or divorce? By shifting your spousal relationship to a parenting relationship, you can focus more successfully on the busines of raising your children well. Parents will discuss:

What a successful parenting relationship looks like

How co-parents can use this relationship to communicate effectively

How a parenting relationship promotes the development of a parenting plan
FEE: $36/ONE PARENT; $54/TWO PARENTS
To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	03/25/2010	Thur	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 6th Flr

Effective Parenting - 4 Sessions

This group will help parents of children aged three to twelve learn what they can do to raise a happy, motivated, well-behaved child. Topics will include:

How to increase communication between parent and child

How to nurture self-esteem and encourage problem solving

How to set limits effectively

FEE: $100/ONE PARENT; $150/TWO PARENTS
To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	10/06/2010	Wed	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 1st Flr
Register	11/25/2010	Thur	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 1st Flr

Adolescents & Divorce - 1 session

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	12/16/2010	Thur	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	Promenade Mall (Suite 313)

For Men After Divorce - 6 Sessions

This group for men experiencing separation or divorce offers a supportive setting to discuss:

How to let go of your grief and sadness over the loss of your relationship

How to express anger in a useful and efficient way so that animosity does not spill over to the children

How to deal with your ex more effectively

How to become an effective single parent Fee: $100/PERSON
To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	10/27/2010	Wed	7:30 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 1st Flr

Birthdays, Hockey Games and Holidays: Making it Work After Divorce - 1 Session

This workshop will help single parents learn new strategies for dealing with daily events, holiday celebrations and life cycle events. Topics include:

Must I invite my ex to my child’s birthday party?

How do I handle the arrangements for my child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah?

Where will the children be for the holidays?

Can we both go to my child’s hockey game?
FEE: $36/ONE PARENT; $54/TWO PARENTS To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	03/08/2010	Mon	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 6th Flr

Dating in Midlife - 1 session

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	05/12/2010	Wed	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 6th Flr

Successful Step-Parenting: Learning to Step Together - 6 Sessions

A group to help couples living in blended families build a solid couple relationship and to discuss guidelines and strategies to help meet their children’s needs.
FEE: $150/COUPLE To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	11/03/2010	Wed	7:30 PM	9:00 PM	Promenade Mall (Suite 313)

High Conflict Divorce: Developing Strategies to Take Charge of Yourself and Distance Yourself from the Conflict - 1 Session

Parental conflict is very damaging to children. After a high conflict separation or divorce, parents must develop low to no contact methods to deal with ongoing parenting issues. Topics include:

Need for different interaction models for lower and higher conflict families

Developing techniques to avoid being provoked by the ex-spouse

Successful parenting strategies for high-conflict families
With the focus on active participation, parents will personally examine their high conflict situation, and will learn to identify their specific triggers.
FEE: $45/PERSON
To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	12/15/2010	Wed	6:30 PM	9:00 PM	Promenade Mall (Suite 313)

Looking Ahead - 6 Sessions

A group for recently separated individuals to discuss the feelings of loss, anger, guilt and loneliness associated with separation. Topics include coping with change, developing resources, letting go of the past and looking ahead.
FEE: $120/PERSON
To register, please select from the program schedule below:

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	10/20/2010	Wed	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 1st Flr

1 Family, 2 Homes

This is a newly-expanded, 6-session program for families experiencing separation and divorce. Children will participate in separate age-appropriate groups. Sessions for parents will address:

--LEARNING TO LISTEN TO YOUR CHILDREN --LEGAL ISSUES --IMPACT OF SEPARATION & DIVORCE ON CHILDREN --KEEPING YOUR KIDS OUT OF THE MIDDLE: STRATEGIES TO CHANGE YOUR --BEHAVIOR --DATING AFTER DIVORCE One Parent attending with child/ren $300 Two Parents attending with child/ren $350 One Parent attending without child/ren $200 Two Parents attending without child/ren $300 To register, please select from the program schedule below.

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	11/04/2010	Thur	6:30 PM	8:00 PM	Promenade Mall (Suite 313)

Surviving Divorce: Avoiding Financial Disaster - 1 session

Divorce can be an emotionally tumultuous time, but it doesn’t have to devastate your finances. Explore the common financial mistakes made in divorce and how to avoid them. This workshop is for those who are thinking of divorce, currently in the process, of living with a finalized divorce. Fee: $18

	Date	Day	Start Time	End Time	Location
Register	06/16/2010	Wed	7:00 PM	9:00 PM	4600 Bathurst Street - 1st Flr