The Divorce Experience Workshop

This article presents a description and consumer-based evaluation of a predivorce workshop sponsored by the Family Court of Allen County, Indiana. Highlighted are the concerns of the divorcing individuals, the approaches taken by the workshop staff, and the resulting evaluations made by the workshop participants. Workshop participants (filing parties) were required to attend the program by the Family Court. Although initial attitudes toward the workshop were mixed and often negative, the final evaluations of the program were very positive. The preventive nature of the program is discussed, along with implications for future research.