BRADLEY CRAIG , Licensed Social
Worker, Certified Family Life Educator, is a child
of divorce. He is a noted co-parent educator in the North Texas
area, and has developed a number of parent education
programs for families raising children in two homes.
He began specializing in working with families raising
children between two homes in 1992 when he was hired
by Tarrant County to conduct social study investigations
and provide mediation sessions. He helped them design
an orientation for litigating families offered by
the county.
In
1997, he developed the Children in the Middle Co-parenting
Education class. Brad
left the County in 1997 to open up a program called
Children in the Middle Co-parenting Services,
Inc., a comprehensive agency designed to help adults
raise children between two homes.In addition, he
began offering consultation sessions where he would
meet with couples and their
significant others to develop a shared parenting
plan. Children in the Middle Co-parenting Services,
Inc. was closed in December of 2003 when Brad was
hired to develop and maintain a co-parenting program
with a social service organization. He is currently
in private practice and contracts with organizations
to provide services to families.
As
a Family Life Educator, Brad is a trained family
law mediator and provides family
law mediation training currently with other
organizations. In addition, he offers training
for other professionals to structure approaches to
help these children being raised between two homes.
He works with divorcing families and those with continuing
custody/parenting time issue as a Family Mediator,
Collaborative Law Allied Professional, Co-parenting
Case Manager, Co-parenting Coach, Educator, and Parenting
Coordinator.
Brad has
written curriculum for co-parent education programs
and has developed educational videos. He
has been a guest speaker on many television and radio
programs and is often asked to speak at local, state
and national conferences on co-parenting issues.
He hosted an ongoing cable television series "The
Children in the Middle Show," aimed at educating
viewers about both the effects of parental conflict
after a separation on children and the services available
to help families through co-parenting issues.
Brad continues his education through the following
organizations:
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
Texas AFCC
National Association of Social Workers
Collaborative Law Institute of Texas
Tarrant and Dallas County Family Law Bar Associations
The Collaborative Lawyers of Tarrant County
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