Description and Evaluation of the Orientation for Divorcing Parents: Implications for Postdivorce Prevention Programs

This article addresses design and evaluation issues of community-based programs for families experiencing marital separation and divorce. The article is divided into four sections. General programmatic issues are reviewed and discussed in section 1. In section 2, a specific community-based program entitled 'The Orientation for Divorcing Parents' is presented. Section 3 contains details of the formal evaluation of this specific program, and section 4 discusses implications of this literature review and evaluation study for future programs for families characterized by marital divorce.