Links to other helpful divorce mediation websites, organizations, books, etc.

Resources for Parents

• Up to Parents — A free, confidential, and interactive website for divorcing and divorced parents.
• Parents Guide to Helping Children through Divorce — Article on things that parents can do to help their children deal with divorce in a more productive manner.
• Helping Your Child through a Divorce — Article on ways to lower the stress of divorce on children.
• Helping Children Understand Divorce — Article with advice on talking with children about divorce and specific information on how children understand divorce at different ages.
• Helping Infants and Toddlers Adjust to Divorce — Article with very specific advice on addressing the needs of Infants and Toddlers according to their developmental stage.
• DivorceCare — Listing of church-based support groups.
• Better Parenting, Better Divorce — Divorce parenting classes held right in the South Bay.

Resources for Children

• Families Change — A Kids’ Guide to Separation and Divorce.
• Kids First — A list of helpful books for children and parents going through divorce.
• A Kid’s Guide to Divorce — Article about the basics of divorce written specifically for children.
• Kids in the Middle — Site with specific advice for children on how to stay out of, or get out of, the middle of the divorce.
• Divorce and Teens — Site with specific advice for teens going through divorce.
•  A Teen’s Guide to Divorce — Article about the basics of divorce written specifically for teens.

Organizations

• Association of Family & Conciliation Courts
• California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists
• TherapistFinder.com (Marriage & Relationship section) — For finding a therapist; also has good info on how to tell children about divorce, etc.
• Southern CA Mediation Association

Court/Legal Resources

• California Courts Online Self-Help Center
• LA County Superior Court Family site
• California Family Code Online

General Divorce Sites

• Mediate.com — General mediation site with articles and information on all types of mediation including divorce mediation.
• DivorceSource.com — Online divorce magazine with articles, subject-specific information, forums and other general resources.
• DivorceSupport.com — Online divorce magazine with articles, subject-specific information, forums and other general resources.
• DivorceNet.com — Online divorce magazine with articles, subject-specific information, forums and other general resources.