Florida approval and audience
This Florida Parent Education and Family Stabilization Course is approved by the Florida Department of Children and Families for Florida participants who need a parent-education and family-stabilization course.
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Florida Course Information
Review the current Florida Parent Education and Family Stabilization course information, timing rules, certificate controls, and public tuition before enrolling.
Educational boundaries
The course is educational only. It does not provide personal legal advice, mental-health therapy, diagnoses, medication guidance, emergency counseling, or a custody recommendation. Participants should contact a licensed attorney, licensed mental-health professional, advocate, hotline, or emergency service when those needs apply.
Instructor-response channel
Florida Rule 65C-32.002(3) requires online providers to give participants a way to communicate with the instructor for course-content questions and to answer those questions within 1 business day. This course uses email at admin@nationalcourseportal.com as that communication channel.
Course timing and final assessment
The course requires 4 hours total, including 210 minutes of instruction and a 30-minute final assessment window. The final assessment unlocks only after the instruction minimum is satisfied.
Required course topics
The 8 lessons cover divorce as loss, the continuing parental role, shared parenting, child development, talking with children, communicating with the other parent, abuse and reporting resources, general Florida legal concepts, parenting-time planning, and child financial responsibilities.
Safety and reporting resources
The course explains domestic-violence power and control, child abuse and neglect, the Florida Abuse Hotline at 1-800-962-2873, the Florida Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-500-1119, and penalties for knowingly false child-abuse reports. Suspected child abuse, neglect, or abandonment should be reported in good faith through the proper resource.
Final assessment and retakes
Participants must score at least 70% on the final assessment. If a participant does not pass, the missed material is reviewed before another attempt. No additional fee is charged for the required review or retesting.
Certificate release conditions
A certificate is issued only after the participant completes the full minimum course time, satisfies identity-verification controls, and passes the final assessment.
Record retention and authenticity
Completion records and copies of issued certificates are retained for at least 5 years. Each issued certificate includes a verification ID so the completion record can be checked later.
Next steps for students
Review this information before enrolling. If the course fits your situation, you can continue to checkout or return to your student account.