Our workshops help children & parents through parental separation & divorce.
We put children in the center of healing, not in the middle of conflict.
Kids’ Turn is a co-parenting workshop to help children and parents through parental separation and divorce. Our psychoeducational program help children understand & express the difficult emotions associated with parental separation, while teaching family members new ways to support affected children and manage their new life circumstance.
Our curriculum is based on Emotional Intelligence skill-building and is supportive for families who are at all points of the divorce or separation journey.
Help children to understand and cope with the loss, anger, and fear that often accompany familial separation.
Help mothers, fathers, and grandparents learn how to support their children and prevent at-risk behavior and teach the skills needed to understand the child’s perspective.
Half of all U.S. marriages end in divorce or separation. Kids’ Turn promotes a healthy perspective and helps families understand that they are not alone.
Classes are conducted locally in English. Our participants include people from all types of families, including single-parent homes and alternative families.
Parents pay tuition on a sliding-scale fee basis and children are not charged.
Kids’ Turn is for the whole family! There are groups for parents and children of various ages. Families are able to attend in any combination, with the exception of children only.
This is a Family Court recognized co-parenting program in San Francisco, Alameda, and San Mateo county in the Bay Area.
6 Week Workshop
Various Dates & Locations
Enrollment required, there is a fee to attend this workshop
This workshop is for families dealing with separation and divorce. It supports children in discussing their feelings and teaches tools to cope with parental separation. Parents meet simultaneously in separate groups to learn co-parenting skills, how to reduce family conflict, and prevent childhood difficulties. Two parent groups are conducted to allow parents to learn separately.
Parents may attend without children, however children may not attend without a parent. If children choose to participate, they must attend all sessions. This workshop is a Family Court recognized co-parenting program. Parents will receive six month access to online curriculum upon completion of the workshop.
6 Week Workshop
Various Dates & Locations
Enrollment required, there is a fee to attend this workshop
The workshop is designed to help parents understand the impact of family reorganization on their infants and toddlers. It teaches parents skills for promoting healthy development through cooperative parenting. This workshop is a Family Court recognized co-parenting program. Parents will receive six month access to upon online curriculum at the completion of the workshop.
6 Week Workshop
Online through Zoom
Enrollment required, there is a fee to attend this workshop
Parents meet virtually in small groups to learn co-parenting skills and understand the child’s perspective so they can support their children, reduce family conflict, and prevent childhood difficulties. This workshop also includes support on co-parenting during COVID-19.
This workshop is a Family Court recognized co-parenting program. Parents will receive six months access to upon online curriculum at the completion of the workshop.
4 Lessons
There is a fee to access this workshop
The format is informative, thoughtful, empowering offering relief and peace of mind to parents struggling with family conflict in their separation. Many of the skills can be taught to youngsters once parents learn them. The material is based on the programs offered in workshops in The San Francisco Bay Area. Each lesson takes 30-40 minutes to complete (120 minutes for the entire program). Lessons 2 and 4 have specialized information for parents of children under the age of five.
This curriculum is designed to:
NOTE: If a Kids’ Turn workshop has been ordered or recommended by a judge or a mediator, make sure that online program is an authorized alternative to an in-person workshop.
All in-person workshops are currently paused and will resume in the future, pending the COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place mandate.
All in-person workshops are currently paused and will resume in the future, pending the COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place mandate.
All in-person workshops are currently paused and will resume in the future, pending the COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place mandate.
All in-person workshops are currently paused and will resume in the future, pending the COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place mandate.
Various Dates & Times | 4 weeks
San Diego’s workshops are being held virtually through Zoom. Program handbooks and Zoom Links provided after registration.
Each Family Workshop models their four week San Diego Family Court approved program with parents and children ages 12 and older participating in separate Zoom Meetings at the same time. Children ages 5-11 attend Zoom Meeting Classes following the parent groups each week for 45 minutes and watch weekly program videos between sessions. All attend the program graduation. To learn more about Kids’ Turn San Diego and their virtual program schedule, visit www.kidsturnsd.org
Various Dates & Times | 4 weeks
Workshops are provided in Washington County, Oregon in partnership with Youth Contact. To learn more about Youth Contact and their schedule of Kids’ Turn workshops, visit: kidsturn.youthcontact.org
Various Dates & Times | 6 weeks
Workshops are provided in Shasta-Cascade, California, provided by Northern California Center for Family Awareness. To learn more about Kids’ Turn workshops, visit: kidsturnredding.org/
If you have questions, please contact the Kids’ Turn team:
kidsturn[@]safeandsound.org or (415) 668-0494