An Evaluation of Alberta's Parenting After Separation Seminars Doc

• Main Authors: Sieppert, J.D., Lybarger, D.S., Bertrand, L.D., Hornick, J.P.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Alberta Children's Services. 1999
• Subjects: Fort McMurray
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/107411; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32597

The Alberta Parenting After Separation Seminars (PASS) program is intended to provide separating or divorcing parents with information about the divorce process, its effects on their children, techniques for improving communication, legal issues, and to encourage the use of mediation and parenting plans. The program is currently offered in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, and Peace River, thus making the program accessible to most of the population of Alberta. In January 1999, the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (CRILF) was awarded a contract from Alberta Family and Social Services (now Alberta Children's Services) to conduct a province-wide evaluation of the PASS program. This report presents the results of the evaluation. Highlights of the findings related to each of the stated objectives of the PASS program as well as general findings are presented below.