Successful Co-Parenting
Ohio State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences recognizes that when parents divorce, the children often pay the highest price. Of the approximately 40,000 marriages that break up in Ohio each year, more than 45% involve minor children.
Family and Consumer Sciences' Successful Co-Parenting is a two to three-hour class designed to equip parents with the knowledge, skills, tools, awareness and strategies to help their children adjust to divorce now and in the future. After the class, 92% of participants reported that they learned new information, and 89% reported that they felt more prepared to co-parent as a result of the program.
The class is designed to equip parents with knowledge, skills, tools, awareness, and strategies to help their children adjust to their parents’ divorce now and in the future. In the Successful Co-Parenting class, participants will learn…
- That maintaining a healthy parent-child relationship through the divorce process is important to their child’s development.
- About their own grief and loss during the divorce process and the importance of maintaining their own emotional health.
- The importance of avoiding conflict with their co-parent.
- Strategies for avoiding conflict with their co-parent.
- The importance of healthy communication with their child and their co-parent.
- Healthy communication skills.
- The importance of creating a stable environment for their child.
To see if Successful Co-Parenting classes are offered in your county, please click on a county name below:
Belmont Butler Clermont Darke Hardin Harrison Holmes Miami Monroe
Montgomery Morgan Noble Perry Preble Scioto Tuscarawas Washington
Belmont County
OSU Extension Office
101 North Market Street
St. Clairsville, OH 43950
Registration required, please call (740) 695-1455
Registration fee is $30 per person and must be paid in cash.
Schedule subject to change.
Thursday evenings except where noted.
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Butler County
Butler County Extension Office
1802 Princeton Road
Hamilton, OH 45011
Registration required, please call (513) 785-6653
Schedule subject to change.
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Carroll County
Carroll County Extension Office
613 N. High Street
Carrollton, OH 44615
Registration required, please call (330) 627-4310
Schedule subject to change.
| Date | Time |
Clermont County
Clermont County Public Library - Owensville Branch
2548 US Route 50
Owensville, OH 45160
Pre-registration is required by the Friday before the monthly class.
Registration fee is $45 per participant
Information and registration can be found Here
(first Tuesday each month)
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Darke Co.
OSU Extension Learning Center
603 Wagner Avenue
Greenville, OH 45331
To register (required) for Darke County dates, call: (937) 548-5215
(second Thursday each month)
| Date | Time |
Hardin Co.
Hardin County Extension Office SPARK Lab
1021 W. Lima St., Suite 103
Kenton, OH 43326
To register (required) for Hardin County dates, call: (419) 674-2297. Registration fee is $30 per participant.
| Date | Time |
Harrison Co.
OSU Harrison Co. office
538 N. Main St.
Cadiz, OH 43907
To register (required) for Harrison County dates, call: (800) 628-0141. Additional dates may be available by request.
| Date | Time |
Holmes Co.
Holmes County OSU Extension Office
Upstairs Meeting Room
75 E. Clinton Street
Millersburg, OH 44654
Registration fee is $25 per person
To register (required) for Holmes County dates, call: (330) 674-3015
(Meeting space is not handicap accessible, please let us know if you need accommodations)
| Date | Time |
Miami Co.
OSU Extension, Miami County
510 W. Water St, Suite 250
Troy, Ohio 45326
To register (required) for Miami County dates, call: (937) 440-3945.
Registration begins at 8:40 AM.
| Date | Time |
| January 3, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| January 17, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| February 7, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| February 21, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| March 6, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| April 3, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| April 24, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| May 8, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| May 22, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| June 5, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| July 3, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| July 24, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| August 7, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| August 28, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| September 4, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| September 25, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| October 2, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| October 23, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| November 6, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| November 20, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| December 4, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
| December 18, 2024 | 9 a.m.-Noon |
Monroe Co.
OSU Extension, Monroe County
101 N. Main St., Room 17
Woodsfield, OH 43793
To register (required) for Monroe County dates, call: (740) 472-0810
Registration fee is $15 per peson (do not accept debit cards)
| Date | Time |
| February 8, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| April 11, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| June 13, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| August 8, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| October 10, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| December 12, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
Montgomery Co.
Montgomery County Extension Office
Calumet Center
581 Calumet Lane
Dayton, OH 45417
Take S.R. 35 (Third Street) west of the 49 connector into Drexel. Turn left onto Calumet Lane at the Marathon gas station. Calumet Center is ½ mile down on the left.
Must pre-register and pre-pay. Contact Pat Holmes holmes.86@osu.edu
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Morgan Co.
Riecker Building, Suite 325
155 E. Main Street
McConnelsville, OH 43756
Registration fee is $20 per participant
To register (required) for Morgan County dates, call: (740) 962-4854
| Date | Time |
| January 2, 2024 | 6-8:30 p.m. |
| February 8, 2024 | 9:30 a.m.-Noon |
| March 19, 2024 | 6-8:30 p.m. |
| April 25, 2024 | 9:30 a.m.-Noon |
| May 28, 2024 | 6:30-9 p.m. |
| June 3, 2024 | 9:30 a.m.-Noon |
| August 19, 2024 | 9:30 a.m.-Noon |
| October 10, 2024 | 6:30-9 p.m. |
| November 18, 2024 | 9:30 a.m.-Noon |
Noble Co.
Noble County Extension office: (enter building from back parking lot)
46049 Marietta Road
Suite 2
Caldwell, OH 43724
To register (required) for Noble County dates, call: (740) 732-5681
Registration fee is $15 per peson (do not accept debit cards)
| Date | Time |
| January 11, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| March 7, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| May 2, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| July 11, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| September 12, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
| November 14, 2024 | 10 a.m.-Noon |
Perry Co.
Perry County Extension Office
104 S. Columbus St.
Somerset, Ohio
To register (required) for Perry County dates, call: (740) 743-1602. Cost is $25 cash payable upon arrival to class.
Helping Children Cope with Divorce
Principles of Parenting - Custody Disputes
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Preble Co.
Old Courthouse
101 E. Main St. (Main & Barron) 3rd floor Courtroom
Eaton, OH 45320
To register (required) and for payment information call Preble County dates call: (937) 456-8165
| Date | Time |
Scioto Co.
Scioto County Domestic Relations Court
602 7th Street, Courthouse, Rm. 302
Portsmouth, OH 45662
To register (required) for Scioto County dates contact April Brown at: (740) 355-8316
Registration fee is $25 per person.
| Date | Time |
Tuscarawas Co.
419 16th Street SW
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
To register for Tuscarawas County dates, call: (330) 339-2337
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Washington Co.
1115 Gilman Ave.
Marietta, OH 45750
To register (required) for Washington County dates, call: (740) 376-7431
Registration is required, $30 fee must be paid in cash at the time of the class. Classes are held the second Monday each month from 3-5:00 p.m.
| Date | Time |
| January 8, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| February 12, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| March 11, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| April 8, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| May 13, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| June 10, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| July 8, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| August 12, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| September 9, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| October 14, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| November 18, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |
| December 9, 2024 | 3-5:00 p.m. |