Divorce Support Specialist Agencies (DSSAs) / Strengthening Families Programme@Family Service Centres (FAM@FSC) offer programmes which adopt a child-centric approach. These programmes are delivered by specialist counsellors and social workers to help divorcing and divorced families understand the impact of divorce on children.
Mandatory Parenting Programme
For more information on the Mandatory Parenting Programme, please click here.
Parenting PACT
Parenting PACT is a one-time consultation session for divorced parents with children who are 21 years old and below.
The session aims to help parents:
- understand the impact of divorce on their children
- learn cooperative co-parenting strategies
- practise self-care, and
- get more information about the community support resources available.
This is a two-hour session conducted by family counsellors from the Divorce Support Specialist Agencies (DSSAs)/Strengthening Families Programme @Family Service Centres (FAM@FSCs).
Divorced parents who are required by the Courts to attend this parenting programme will get a notification to attend Parenting PACT by post.
Contact Info
Email: fam_dssaprogrammes@msf.gov.sg
Children in Between (CiB)
Children in Between is a programme for parents and their children who are between 6 to less than 15 years of age.
The workshops under CiB cover topics for both parents and children:
CiB for Parents |
CiB for Children |
Practical Co-parenting skills |
Positive ways to cope with their parents’ divorce |
Ways to reduce parental conflict |
Exploring feelings and fears, myths and truths |
Understanding the needs of their children in a divorce situation |
Skills to share their feelings |
This free workshop is run by family counsellors from the Divorce Support Specialist Agencies (DSSAs)/Strengthening Families Programme @Family Service Centres.
Both parents and their children are encouraged to attend the workshops. You can contact a DSSA/FAM@FSC located near you to sign up for the programme. Please click here for a list of the agencies for their location and contact details
Contact Info
Email: fam_dssaprogrammes@msf.gov.sg
Supervised Exchange and Visitation Programme
Supervised Exchange and Visitation (SESV) is an interim measure to facilitate families to work towards independent child access. The end goal is to help parents co-parent effectively and build secure parent-child relationships over time without compromising the child’s sense of personal and emotional safety.
Strengthening Families Programme @FSC (Thye Hua Kwan - Commonwealth), Strengthening Families Programme @FSC (Care Corner - Eunos) and Strengthening Families Programme @FSC (AMKFSC - Ang Mo Kio) are the 3 appointed agencies that offer the Supervised Exchange and Visitation Programme.
This programme is strictly for court ordered cases only.