Her doctoral dissertation on the experiences
of parenting coordinators working with high conflict couples engaged in intimate partner violence is the foundation for her current research.
For example, a therapist for the child or a lawyer for a parent may not be appointed
as Parenting Coordinator for that family.
Previously, she worked as a critical care nurse, stay - at - home mom, and
parent coordinator at her local middle school.
There are no studies indicating that
parenting coordinators make good decisions, improve the lives of children or parents, or improve child wellbeing.
Parenting coordinators help parents create a plan to resolve disputes, that touch on issues affecting their children, such as visitation and school choice.
A
skilled parenting coordinator must be adept at investigating, interviewing, managing conflict and disputes, making decisions, educating parents, coordinating / case managing, and overseeing communication between parents.
The mother indicated that she had already provided the necessary «paperwork» to the
proposed Parenting Coordinator as required, but the father had not done so.
Goal: To
encourage parenting coordinators to ask questions, share information and receive support for the difficult work they provide to high conflict families.
The types of
issues parenting coordinators deal with range from the profoundly important to the surprisingly trivial, yet all are the sort of problems that high - conflict parents will take to court.
This approach is often appropriate when there is extremely high conflict, or a
single parenting coordinator has not been successful in the past.
They have drawn on their extensive experience, research and interactive approach to prepare professionals for the challenging role
of parenting coordinator.
Parenting coordinators help parents create a plan to resolve disputes, that touch on issues affecting their children, such as visitation and school choice.
Craig Neville, one of the founding directors of the BC
Parenting Coordinators Roster Society and our past president, has written several papers on parenting coordination, including:
However, many other dispute resolution professionals have similar training, experience and aptitude (
including parenting coordinators, facilitators, med / arbitrators etc.).
The professionals at Atlanta Behavioral Consultants have experience in serving as
parent coordinators who have been appointed through a consent order, or by order directly from a judge.
«Legal Issues Pertaining to Children During and After Divorce»
with parenting coordinator and Family Law Group partner Nissa M. Ricafort.
She has been a member of the
BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society since 2007, and a roster member of the Hear the Child Society since 2012.
Heidi M. Crimins of Crimins Conflict Solutions Firm, PLLC is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and Florida Qualified
Parenting Coordinator for the Seventh, Fifth and Eighteenth Judicial Circuits.
However, until a court order dictates otherwise, the decision of the PC is binding on the parties by virtue of either the signed
Parenting Coordinator Agreement, stipulation of the parties, or the court order of appointment.