Parent Facilitator - Parent Coordinator
LYNN
ROMANO, M.A.
Court
Appointed – Private Practice
Family
Mediator – Parent Facilitator
727.542.5498
…Helping you divorce, not destroy.
Dear Potential
Client,
As Parent Facilitator
I work within the rules & roles of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Family Law
Division Parent Facilitator Program to help you and your family deal with
your divorce. A Parent Facilitator can be certified and/or licensed in
different fields (i.e.: Social Work, Psychology, Organizational Behavior)
but the role of a Parent Facilitator is always the same. As facilitator I’m
not neutral and I don’t discuss you lifetime history, or give you legal
advice, accounting recommendations or psychological therapy. Rather, as
facilitator I am an advocate and coach to help you, within a specific length
of time, pinpoint issues that help and hinder understanding and resolution;
identify, develop and refine parenting and communication skills; develop a
plan with skills to work through conflict and resolve disputes; and help you
design a plan or agreement everyone can benefit from and live with.
The goal is to cease
disruption, frustration, anger and confusion and create a settlement which
brings peace, order, consistency, fairness and meets everyone’s
needs—especially your child(ren)’s. This process is not a war (that needs to
be won) but rather a dispute that needs a plan to be resolved.
And finally, but most
importantly, the goal is to work towards making your divorce and your
co-parenting less traumatic and more beneficial for the health, safety and
well being of your child(ren).
As facilitator, I
work with clients via the following general process:
One Hour:
I phone each client and explain the process, rules, roles,
responsibilities and fees. I mail the contract, assessment & analysis
questionnaires to each client.
One Hour:
Each client chooses meeting dates, completes both the assessment &
analysis questionnaires, encloses payment & returns all
paperwork to
me within two weeks
(stamped, self-addressed envelope enclosed).
One Hour:
I receive the signed contract, payment and completed questionnaires;
I review the questionnaires; develop an agenda to address
each clients
objectives; contact both clients
within one week to set meeting dates,
time & location.
Three Hours:
We meet to:
·
Review assessment & analysis
questionnaires
·
Identify priorities, issues, concerns,
players, strengths and goals
·
Develop Plan A and Plan B
·
Discuss implementation, when, how, etc.
Three Hours:
Again, we all meet to:
·
Possibly meet with others? (Children,
extended family, new spouse)
·
Meet with clients only
·
Review Plan A, Plan B and implementation
process, concerns and timeline.
One Hour:
I am available via phone to discuss any concerns or issues
which may have arisen with the implementation of the plan.
Two Hours:
We meet to:
·
Review & discuss how things are working
(Problems? Concerns? Issues? Successes? Strengths? Dilemmas? New Players?)
·
Discuss how to work through future issues
& concerns.
·
If agreement is reached both clients sign
the agreement and get a copy for their records.
One Hour:
Final meeting (to sign final agreement, or to summarize unresolved
issues) and submit signed
agreement or report.
If an agreement (full
or partial) is reach I will memorize the agreement in writing. Each
co-parent will sign the agreement and receive a copy of the signed
agreement. I will submit the original signed agreement to the court’s Parent
Facilitation Program Coordinator and mail copies of the signed agreement to
the client’s attorney.
A Parent Coordinator
assigned by court order is paid $750.00 with payment (who pays and who pays
what amount) being decided by the judge. As court ordered Parent Coordinator
each case takes about 12-15 hours—including phone conferences, preparation,
meetings, and possibly travel time—within three months, start to finish.
Therefore, to begin.
1.
Now, choose five (5) of the following dates
to meet (rank preference of date: #1 first choice, #2 second choice, etc.):
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
2.
Today, e-mail (Romano@tampabay.rr.com)
or call (727-542-5498) to tell me your top 5 date
choices.
3.
Within two weeks mail to me your
completed questionnaires, payment and a copy of your mediated agreement
(just the part that deals with visitation & other parenting issues) by
.
I will call and
confirm our meeting dates within one week so you can plan your schedule
accordingly.
If you have any
questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Lynn Romano
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