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EVASE: Education,
Visitation & Safe Exchange
Our EVASE program provides a much
needed
focus on education and relationship management for post
separation parenting.
Our
first Visitation and Safe Exchange Center opened in March of
2006 in Lakewood. VASE offers supervised visitation and
safe exchanges for families where domestic violence has been
an issue. GATEWAYS for Youth and Families VASE are modeled
after the national Safe Havens model with both a secure
facility and agreed upon protocols. Many times there
is court ordered supervised visitation or daily or weekend
visits for a non-custodial parent. Maybe domestic violence
isn’t the issue but the parents would prefer not to deal
with each other. Gateways is able to help with those
situations. Here are three reasons for VASE:
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Victims of domestic violence are able to meet their
court-ordered visitation requirements while maintaining
a no-contact order with the other parent
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Non-custodial parents are able to comply with
court-ordered visitation without violating a protective
order.
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Children are able to maintain a relationship with both
parents free from domestic violence.
Gateways provides this class which is court-ordered (By
Pierce County Superior Court) for all cases filed after
Sept. 1, 2000 that require a parenting plan or residential
schedule for minors, including divorce, legal separations,
major modifications and non-parental custody. These classes
must include:
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Developmental stages of childhood
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Stress indicators in children
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Age appropriate expectations of children
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Impact of divorce on children
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Grief process
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Reducing stress in children
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The long-term impact of parental conflict on children
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The importance of the child’s relationship with both
parents
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Communication skills of divorced/separated parents
We offer a sliding scale fee
and also court ordered waivers are available. We serve
approximately 70-100 clients per month with these seminars.
THIS IS THE APPROVED
CURRICULUM ORDERED BY PIERCE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
- Understanding HAV* Issues in Post
Separation Parenting (Workshop) *hostility,
anger or violence
The
first in a proposed curriculum series we intend to
develop and offer this year, this course is a workshop
to assist parents to cope with and manage post
separation issues that continue to plague their lives.
Alternative courses are also being developed for parties
who are ordered to take the mandatory curriculum that
does not generally apply to or adequately address their
circumstance, i.e., grandparents and other non-parent
custodians and parents who have been separated for a
long time and are required to take the course due to a
change in the parenting plan.
These
courses are not yet available and are not approved by
the Court at this time.
Get involved - Volunteer!
There are plenty of opportunities to become
involved at GATEWAYS. Become a member, volunteer
to assist or teach in of our programs, become a friend
of the GATEWAYS Gardens, or join as a member.
Click here to get
a list of contacts within our organization.
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