Florida DCF Approved
Accepted by Florida Circuit Courts
Disability-Informed Parent Education
Recommended starting point

Parenting course support for families raising children with disabilities.

If you are completing a required Florida parenting course and your child has a disability, special need, medical need, developmental concern, behavioral concern, or emotional concern, please begin with the Disability-Informed Course.

Designed for your family

This course is built for parents navigating co-parenting when a child has additional needs.

Clear next step

If your child has a disability or special need, this is the course to review first.

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Not sure which course to choose?

If your child has a disability, special need, emotional concern, behavioral concern, developmental concern, or medical need, choose the Disability-Informed Course.

You are in the right place. This page is designed to help you quickly choose the course that best fits your family’s needs.

Florida-approved parent education courses

All Ava’s Path course options are approved by the Florida Department of Children and Families and accepted by Florida Circuit Courts.

For families raising a child with a disability or special need, the Disability-Informed Course is the recommended place to begin.

A clearer place to begin

What is Ava’s Path?

Ava’s Path is a supportive learning space for parents moving through divorce, co-parenting, and family transition. The course experience is designed to help parents stay focused on their child’s well-being while completing a required parent education step.

Choose the Disability-Informed Course if your child has:

  • A disability or diagnosed special need
  • A medical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional concern
  • An IEP, 504 plan, therapy support, or specialized care needs
  • Additional support needs that may affect co-parenting decisions

Recommended course

Start with the Disability-Informed Course

This is the primary course option for parents of children with disabilities, special needs, emotional concerns, behavioral concerns, developmental concerns, or medical needs.

If your child has additional needs, this is the course to choose.
Recommended Course

Agility Parent Education Family Stabilization Course (Disability-Informed Course)

This Disability-Informed Course is designed for families co-parenting a child with a disability, special need, emotional concern, behavioral concern, developmental concern, or medical need.

It provides a more tailored, child-centered learning experience for parents who need more than a general parenting course during divorce or co-parenting transition.

Choose this course if Your child has a disability, special need, emotional concern, behavioral concern, developmental concern, medical need, IEP, 504 plan, therapy support, or other specialized care needs.
  • Language: English
  • Format: Self-paced online course
  • Course length: 4 hours
  • Focus: Disability-informed support for co-parenting and family transition
Enroll in the Disability-Informed Course

Other course options

These options are available for families who need the Spanish disability-informed course or who need the standard course.

Spanish Disability-Informed Option

Curso de Educación y Estabilización Parental Agility Diseñado para familias que comparten la crianza de hijos con discapacidades

Esta opción es para padres que prefieren completar el curso en español y que comparten la crianza de un hijo con una discapacidad o necesidades especiales.

Elija este curso si Prefiere tomar el curso en español y comparte la crianza de un hijo con una discapacidad o necesidades especiales.
  • Idioma: Español
  • Formato: Curso en línea a su propio ritmo
  • Duración del curso: 4 horas
  • Enfoque: Apoyo para padres que comparten la crianza de hijos con discapacidades
Ver curso en español
Standard Option

Agility Parent Education Family Stabilization Course (Standard Course)

This option is for parents who need the standard Florida parent education and family stabilization course and do not need the disability-informed course.

Choose this if Your child does not have a disability, special need, emotional concern, behavioral concern, developmental concern, or medical need.
  • Language: English
  • Format: Self-paced online course
  • Course length: 4 hours
  • Focus: Standard parent education and family stabilization
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If your child has a disability, special need, emotional concern, behavioral concern, developmental concern, or medical need, choose the Disability-Informed Course.

Pay It Forward

Help another family find support

Some families arrive here carrying more than emotional stress. A Pay It Forward gift helps make this learning available to a family who may need support, guidance, and a clearer path forward during a difficult season.

This gift helps extend compassion beyond one household and makes it possible for another parent to access a course designed to support their child and family through change.

A meaningful gift Help provide access to a course for a family navigating divorce and transition.
Support with impact Your contribution helps extend care, clarity, and guidance to someone who may truly need it.
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Choose Pay It Forward to sponsor a course for another family and help make support more accessible.

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Why this matters

A clearer process can help families choose the right course

Parents arriving here may be under legal, emotional, and family stress. A clear recommended course reduces confusion and helps families choose the option designed for their child’s needs.

Less confusion

The Disability-Informed Course is presented first so families can find the right option faster.

Better fit

Parents of children with additional needs are guided toward the course designed for their situation.

More support

The learning experience keeps the child’s needs and family transition at the center.

Smoother process

A simpler enrollment path can reduce extra stress during course selection.

Clear next step

Families who need the disability-informed option can enroll without comparing three equal choices.

Parent using supportive online learning materials while helping a child

More than a required course

Supportive learning for parents of children with additional needs

The Disability-Informed Course is designed to help parents slow down, reflect, and think carefully about how divorce and co-parenting change may affect a child who needs additional support.

By keeping your child’s well-being at the center, you can move through the learning with more clarity, more empathy, and a stronger sense of purpose.

A child-centered approach This course is here to help you make decisions with greater care during a major family transition.
Separated parents calmly supporting their child together

Supportive co-parenting

Helping you move forward with more clarity, steadiness, and care

A warmer and more thoughtful learning experience can help you feel less alone, less reactive, and more grounded as you move through both the course and the real-life steps in front of you.

What families can gain

A stronger learning experience can support you at every step

Clearer

Choosing the right course becomes easier, which can reduce confusion and help you move forward with more certainty.

Calmer

A smoother experience from sign-up to completion can feel more welcoming, less stressful, and easier to trust.

Stronger

You may feel more supported as you work through a difficult transition and begin taking thoughtful next steps.

Better

The learning can help keep your child’s experience, needs, and well-being at the center of the process.

Recommended for parents of children with disabilities

Begin with the Disability-Informed Course

If your child has a disability, special need, emotional concern, behavioral concern, developmental concern, or medical need, this is the course designed for your family.