Programs

Overview

Courtesy of Common Ground Center

Since it’s inception in 2008 through the Summer of 2010, Overcoming Barriers has been developing and implementing the innovative Program for Entrenched Families at Common Ground Center in Vermont. This intensive intervention for families with children resisting contact with one parent has been successful and due to increased interest in this type of family program we are developing a range interventions akin to the original family camp in an effort to serve a larger number of families. Please see the History and Past Programs Page to learn about the first three years of our Program for Entrenched Families, originally known as the Overcoming Barriers Family Camp.

In 2012 Overcoming Barriers’ clinicians will offer a variety of programs for families with children at risk for losing contact with a parent. The choice by the Overcoming Barriers Board of Directors to offer a greater variety of programming reflects our belief that these interventions should be available to the greatest diversity of families possible. Please see our Current Programs page for a list of programs we will offer in 2012.

Location

Due to our size and meager resources at this time we are only able to offer a small number of programs near Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA.

Components

All Overcoming Barriers programs are run by our founding members and will provide participants with an innovative mixture of psycho-education, recreational activities, parent-parent work, parent-child work, family work, multi-family work and follow-up recommendations.

What makes Overcoming Barriers’ programming special?

  • The process of divorce is often very hard on children. Advocating for children’s health and wellbeing is central to our mission.
  • OCB is committed to the idea that children do better when they have a safe and healthy relationship with both parents.
  • Overcoming Barriers High Conflict Divorce Camp and Forging Families’ Futures are psycho-educational programs that include all the members of the family, including significant others and their children.
  • All of OCB’s programming has been developed and continues to be implemented by it’s founding members. Dr’s Ward, Deutsch and Sullivan are leading specialists, clinicians and presenters in the fields of separation and divorce, child development parenting consultation and Parenting Coordination.