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Parenting Time Expeditor vs Parenting Consultant: What's the Difference?

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  • 23 Lessons

Parents who struggle with co-parenting often work with third party neutral decision makers who make decisions when parents cannot agree. In Minnesota, this can be confusing. Minnesota offers 2 different parent facilitation roles. Parents and lawyers sometimes don't understand the difference. Your instructor has experience working with families in both roles and clears up some of the confusion surrounding these roles.

This self-paced course will take approximately 25 minutes to complete. The content consists of videos, quizzes and a few extras.

Course Content

Lesson One: Our Disclaimer

Lesson Two: PC and PTE Roles Defined

Lesson Three: Confidentiality and Immunity

Lesson Four: PTE and PC appointments

Lesson Five: Who Pays the Cost?

About this Course

This is a self-paced course that will take approximately 25 minutes to complete. The course includes 5 lessons to help explain the ADR roles of parenting time expeditors and parenting consultants. Because the state of Minnesota is the only state that utilizes parenting time expeditors, this course is geared toward learners in Minnesota. However, this course does explain the role of parenting consultants, which may be called a parent coordinator or parenting coordinator in different court settings, which may be helpful to learners in other states who are considering the appointment of a pc.

Course Content

Our Disclaimer

Before you begin, Still Family Education Center requires that participants acknowledge understanding of the work we do and our limitations. Please read through and acknowledge our disclaimer before continuing on in this course.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your instructor via email at instructor@stillfamily.org.

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Lesson One: When Parents Cannot Agree: Neutral Decision Makers can Resolve the Issues

Lesson One Objective: To give parents a basic understanding of parenting time expeditors and parenting consultants.

Content:

  1. Video (length: 2 minutes, 32 seconds)

  2. (optional) Quiz (1-2 minutes)

  3. (optional) Link to ADR Roster

  4. Instructor Contact form

Lesson One: Family Court and Parent Facilitator Roles
PTE vs PC Free Course Lesson 1.mp4
Lesson One Quiz
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Lesson Two: PC and PTE Roles Defined

Scope and Definition of Roles. What are They and What Do They Do?

Objective: To help parents understand the roles and scope of authority of parenting time expeditors and parenting consultants.

Content:

  1. Video (length: 4 minutes, 51 seconds)

  2. (optional) Quiz (1-2 minutes)

  3. (optional) Instructor contact form

Lesson Two: Scope and Definition of Roles. What are They and What Do They Do?
PTE vs PC Free Course Lesson 2.mp4
Lesson Two Quiz
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Lesson Three: Confidentiality and Immunity

Lesson Three

Objective: To help parents learn how PTEs and PCs handle family information and if parents have recourse when they feel the professional has made a bad decision.

Content:

  1. Video ( 2 minutes, 19 seconds)

  2. (optional) Quiz (1-2 minutes)

  3. (optional) Instructor Contact Form

Lesson Three: Information and Rules
PTE vs PC Free Course Lesson 3.mp4
Lesson Three Quiz
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Lesson Four: PTE and PC Appointments

Objective: To help parents understand the process is different from the person appointed.

Content:

  1. Video (length: 7 minutes, 16 seconds)

  2. (optional) Quiz (1-2 minutes)

  3. (optional) Instructor contact form

Lesson Four: The Who and the What-An Important distinction, process or person?
PTE vs PC Free Course Lesson 4.mp4
Lesson Four Quiz
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Lesson Five: Who Pays the Cost?

Objective: To help parents understand the how much these processes can cost and who will be expected to pay.

Content:

  1. Video (length: 4 minutes, 46 seconds)

  2. (optional) Quiz (1-2 minutes)

  3. (optional) Instructor contact form

Lesson Five: The Price You Pay
PTE vs PC Free Course Lesson 5.mp4
Lesson Five Quiz
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