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Students will be able to identify and describe the basic legal processes involved in divorce, custody arrangements, and estate planning.

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Students will learn strategies to maintain emotional well-being during family legal transitions and develop a personal wellness plan.

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Students will compile a personalized resource list of legal, mental health, and community support services relevant to family law situations.

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Students will practice effective communication techniques for high-stress legal situations, including co-parenting dialogues and legal consultations.

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How can individuals navigate the legal complexities of family transitions while protecting their mental health and emotional well-being?

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Direct instruction on the standard legal procedures for divorce, custody arrangements, and estate planning. Includes timeline expectations, required documentation, and key legal terminology.

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In small groups, students analyze anonymized case studies of family law situations. Using Padlet, groups will document the legal, emotional, and practical considerations for each case and share their findings with the class.

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McGown & Markling lawyers have defended clients in over 200 lawsuits in the State of Ohio. Read about a few of our successes here.

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Guided practice on identifying emotional triggers in legal settings and developing personalized coping strategies. Students create a visual representation of their emotional toolkit with specific techniques for different stages of legal proceedings.

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Students research and document local and online resources for legal assistance, mental health support, and community services related to family transitions. Resources should include both free and fee-based options.

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Legal Services & Resources - Florida Courts Help

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In many cases, there are often crucial issues at stake such as dividing property and debt and the custody, visitation, and support of children. For these reasons, it is always best to talk to a lawyer when things get complicated and confusing.

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Role-play activity where students practice constructive communication techniques for challenging co-parenting scenarios. Emphasis on child-centered language and emotion management.

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6 co parenting tips for the child's wellbeing

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Students examine sample legal documents (with personal information redacted) to identify key components and language. Extension activity includes drafting simple documents with guidance.

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A collection of Probate and Family Court forms by subject. Topics include divorce, child custody, child support, restraining orders, guardianship, wills and estates, and more. Please note that these forms may not display properly in your browser. Please download the form(s) you need and open them in Acrobat Reader.

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Visual vocabulary cards for legal terminology with simplified definitions and examples. Includes guided practice worksheets for reviewing key concepts at a more accessible pace.

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Advanced research project examining how family law varies across different states or countries. Students create a comparative analysis and present findings on legal and cultural differences.

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Formative assessment through structured small group discussions where students explain legal processes in their own words and identify potential emotional impacts at each stage.

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Students submit their personalized resource portfolios for review. Assessment based on comprehensiveness, organization, and inclusion of both legal and emotional wellness resources.

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Quick formative assessment where students respond to family law scenarios with appropriate next steps and potential emotional considerations. Students use color-coded cards to indicate confidence in their answers.

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Teacher observation rubric for assessing effective communication during role-play activities. Focus on tone, language choice, emotional awareness, and problem-solving approaches.

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Summative assessment where students are presented with a complex family law scenario and must create an action plan addressing legal steps, emotional considerations, and support resources needed.

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Facilitated whole-class discussion on the most important insights gained from the workshop. Students identify one legal concept and one emotional wellness strategy they found most valuable.

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Students complete a private reflection answering: "What aspect of family law transitions do you now feel more prepared to handle? What area still feels challenging?"

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Students create a visual representation of their personal support network for navigating difficult life transitions, including both existing relationships and newly discovered resources.

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Students craft three personal affirmations related to maintaining emotional wellness during challenging legal situations. Voluntary sharing in a supportive circle.

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Students add five additional resources to their personal directory, focusing on areas they identified as most relevant to their interests or concerns. Must include contact information and services offered.

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Free Legal Forms for Mental Health Providers | NYE LAW

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Nye Law Group, Ltd. is proud to provide the following forms to be used by any and all mental healthcare providers that may come across this page, regardless of whether they are or have ever been our client.

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Create digital or physical flashcards for 15 key legal terms covered in the workshop. Include the definition and a personal example of how this term might appear in real-life situations.

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Develop a personal wellness plan that includes specific strategies for maintaining emotional health during three different phases of a legal process. Include daily practices and emergency interventions.

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6. Building and Sustaining a Personal Wellness Plan

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Conduct a brief interview (in person or via research) with a family law professional or mental health counselor in your community. Prepare 5 questions focused on balancing legal needs with emotional wellness.

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Consultant contributor: Viviane Ugalde

Using an interview can be an effective primary source for some papers and research projects. Finding an expert in the field or some other person who has knowledge of your topic can allow for you to gather unique information not available elsewhere.

There are four steps to using an interview as a source for your research.

Know where and how to start.

Know how to write a good question.

Know how to conduct an interview.

Know how to incorporate the interview into your document or project.

Step one: Where to start

First, you should determine your goals and ask yourself these questions:

Who are the local experts on topic?

How can I contact these people?

Does anyone know them to help me setup the interviews?

Are their phone numbers in the phone book or can I find them on the Internet?

Once you answer these questions and pick your interviewee, get their basic information such as their name, title, and other general details. If you reach out and your interview does not participate, don't be discouraged. Keep looking for other interview contacts.

Step two: How to write a good question

When you have confirmed an interview, it is not time to come up with questions.

Learning as much as you can about the person before the interview can help you create questions specific to your interview subject.

Doing research about your interviewee's past experience in your topic, or any texts that they have written would be great background research.

When you start to think of questions, write down more questions than you think you'll need, and prioritize them as you go. Any good questions will answer the 5W and H questions. Asking Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How questions that you need answered for your paper, will help you form a question to ask your interviewee.

When writing a good question, try thinking of something that will help your argument.

Is your interviewee an advocate for you position?

Are they in any programs that are related to your research?

How much experience do they have?

From broad questions like these, you can begin to narrow down to more specific and open-ended questions.

Step three: The interview

If at all possible, arrange to conduct the interview at the subject's workplace. It will make them more comfortable, and you can write about their surroundings.

Before asking your questions

Begin the interview with some small talk in order to give both of you the chance to get comfortable with one another

Develop rapport that will make the interview easier for both of you.

Once you begin asking the questions

Take notes

Ask open-ended questions

Keep the conversation moving

Stay on topic

Love the silence

The more silence in the room, the more honest the answer.

If an interesting subject comes up that is related to your research, ask a follow-up or an additional question about it.

By the end of the interview
Ask if you can stay in contact with your interview subject in case there are any additional questions you have.

Step four: Incorporating the interview

When picking the material out of your interview, remember that people rarely speak perfectly. There will be many slang words and pauses that you can take out, as long as it does not change the meaning of the material you are using.

As you introduce your interview in the paper, start with a transition such as "according to" or other attributions. You should also be specific to the type of interview you are working with. This way, you will build a stronger ethos in your paper .

The body of your essay should clearly set up the quote or paraphrase you use from the interview responses,. Be careful not to stick a quote from the interview into the body of your essay because it sounds good. When deciding what to quote in your paper, think about what dialogue from the interview would add the most color to your interview. Quotes that illustrate what your interviewer sounded like, or what their personality is are always the best quotes to choose from.

Once you have done that, proofread your essay. Make sure the quotes you used don't make up the majority of your paper. The interview quotes are supposed to support your argument; you are not supposed to support the interview.

For example, let's say that you are arguing that free education is better than not. For your argument, you interview a local politician who is on your side of the argument. Rather than using a large quote that explains the stance of both sides, and why the politician chose this side, your quote is there to support the information you've already given. Whatever the politician says should prove what you argue, and not give new information.

Step five: Examples of citing your interviews
MLA
Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 19 May 2018.
APA
(E. Robbins, personal communication, January 4, 2018).
A.P.
Smith also claimed that many of her students had difficulties with APA style (personal communication, November 3, 2018).

Reference list

Daly, C. & Leighton W. (2017). Interviewing a Source: Tips. Journalists Resource.

Driscoll, D. (2018 ). Interviewing. Purdue University

Hayden, K. (2012). How to Conduct an Interview to Write a Paper. Bright Hub Education, Bright Hub Inc.

Hose, C. (2017). How to Incorporate Interviews into Essays. Leaf Group Education.

Magnesi, J. (2017). How to Interview Someone for an Article or Research Paper. Career Trend, Leaf group Media.

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Using an Interview in a Research Paper | Writing & Speaking Center

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Using an interview can be an effective primary source for some papers and research projects. Get tips on finding interviewees and conducting a good interview.

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Create an informational brochure or digital presentation on one aspect of family law transitions to share with the class. Focus on making complex information accessible and including emotional support resources.