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The Court Care Center for Divorcing Families functions as an emotional trauma program within the court system that provides brief court-ordered assessments, appropriate referral, and individual crisis counseling/brief therapy.
Our Mission Statement What Do We Do?
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Assessment Unit
Goal
Provides screening assessment and appropriate referrals
for court ordered divorcing parents.
Design
Parents meet individually with counselors for approximately a one-hour
interview and also complete additional questionnaires regarding conflict with
their former spouse and a questionnaire regarding their children's adjustment
and any concerns.
Features
Individual assessment to receive appropriate recommendations.
Compliance is reported to the referring Judge.
Clientele Criteria
Divorcing parents with children in common (no active domestic violence
injunctions, no current substance abuse, no active involvement with the Department
of Children and Families).
Goal
To reduce
the emotional distress of litigating parents, improve coping skills, and day-to-day
functioning.
Design
Provides assessment and either a treatment plan for crisis counseling or referral to outside resources
Brief crisis intervention therapy with a maximum of 6 counseling sessions within 4 consecutive weeks
Features
Court-ordered needs assessment
Voluntary, confidential crisis counseling in courthouse or referral to appropriate agencies or mental health professionals
An array of community resources and informative brochures
Clientele Criteria
Individual
divorcing parents seeking immediate emotional help
Focus On The Children
Goal
To reduce current
high conflict interactions between parents, limit negative impact of divorce
on children, enhance co-parenting skills, reduce court involvement, and improve
family functioning.
Design
Directly addresses high conflict divorced couple that are utilizing the court system to retaliate against each other
Eight (8) weekly two-hour group sessions for parents with a follow-up session at six months, accompanied by four sessions of the KIDSCONNECT program for their children (ages 5-12)
Features
Court-ordered needs assessment
Instructional and experiential learning activities (discussion, role plays, and actual negotiation between former couples) accompanied by handouts, video clips and worksheets
Clientele Criteria
High conflict
post-dissolution parents with multiple court involvement ("high utilizers"),
no active domestic violence and/or domestic violence injunctions, substance
abuse, or current DCF involvement.
Cooperating for Kids
Goal
Assist parents who have filed for divorce to reduce their conflict , improve
their co-parenting communication skills and techniques, and to increase effective
negotiation with their child(ren)'s other parent.
Design
Adult component to directly address mild to moderate conflict couples
who may be over-utilizing the courts to resolve child and co-parenting issues
in the process of divorce; Children's component to assist in identifying
feelings, coping and positive expression among children of similar ages.
Features
Court ordered needs assessment; Adult structured learning
activities in a group environment with expert facilitators using individual
workbooks, exercises, discussion and video; Children participate in structured
groups using age appropriate activities and discussion.
Clientele
Parents who have filed for divorced and/or have been divorced
and exhibit some degree of conflict between them. Children in groups
are generally ages 5 to 12. Teen groups are provided if there is sufficient
numbers of children to effectively run a group.
Once you receive a court order from your Judge, call the Court Care Center at 407-836-2116 to schedule an appointment for your assessment. Provided below are available appointment times:
Appointments may range from 1.5 - 2 hours. Former spouses and children are not permitted to attend the sessions. To make arrangements for childcare at the courthouse, please call A Place for Children at 407-836-2108. Please note, however, alternative childcare arrangements are highly recommended.
Court
Care Center
Orange County Courthouse
425 North Orange Avenue
Suite 325
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407) 836-2116