On this page
- Where can I take court-approved parenting classes online?
- Somebody sent you. That’s fine.
- Built around your real life
- What you’ll cover
- Who takes this parenting class?
- Skills you’ll actually use at home
- Looking for the best parenting class near you? It’s on your phone.
- How do I sign up for online parenting classes?
- Parenting Class FAQ
- Get it done. Get your kids back on solid ground.
Diversion Center · Court-Approved Program
Finish your court-ordered parenting class from your phone, laptop, or tablet. Evening and night sessions that work around your job, led live by a certified Parent Instructor using the Effective Parenting curriculum.
- Court-approved
- Live on Zoom
- Evening & night classes
- Certified Parent Instructor
- Available in all 50 states
Call 404-503-8069 See what you’ll learn
Call to schedule every class — a real person answers and gets you on the calendar.
Workbook included
Where can I take court-approved parenting classes online?
Diversion Center offers a court-approved parenting class held live on Zoom, open to parents in all 50 states. Classes meet in the evening and at night, you can join from a phone, laptop, or tablet, and every session is led by a certified Parent Instructor using the Effective Parenting curriculum. To schedule, call 404-503-8069.
Real talk
Somebody sent you. That’s fine.
A judge, a caseworker, a probation officer — somebody with a stamp and a signature told you where to be. We’re not going to pretend otherwise. You don’t have to want to be here. You just have to show up. The work still works.
This is not a class where somebody spends every session telling you you’re a bad parent. It’s a skills class. Most parents who end up here didn’t plan to hurt anybody — they ran out of sleep, help, patience, or room, and what came out came out faster than they could stop it. That’s not an excuse. It’s fixable, because it’s a skill, and skills can be taught.
Guilt says“I did something wrong.” Guilt makes you fix it.
Shame says“I am something wrong.” Shame makes you hide.
In this class we stay in the business of guilt and out of the business of shame. You can’t be accountable for something you’re too ashamed to look at.
“You are not the worst thing you ever did.” — Dr. Derek Collins, Effective Parenting, Session 1
How the program works
Built around your real life
No driving across town. No taking off work. Log on from wherever you are and get your hours in.
100% virtual on Zoom
Join live from your cell phone, laptop, or tablet. If you can open Zoom, you can take the class.
Evening & night classes
Sessions are scheduled after work hours so you don’t have to choose between your job and your court order.
Certified Parent Instructor
Every class is facilitated live by a certified Parent Instructor trained in the Effective Parenting curriculum.
One skill at a time
Every session builds one skill, in order, in plain language. Call 404-503-8069 to schedule each class.
The curriculum
What you’ll cover
Every participant works through Effective Parenting: The Conversations Parents Avoid But Need to Have — a skills workbook for parents and caregivers of children from birth through age 17.
- 1Why You’re HereGuilt vs. shame, and why accountability starts with putting the shame down.
- 2What’s Really Going On With Your ChildWhat your child’s brain can and can’t do at their age.
- 3The Moment Before You Lose ItSpot your early warning signs before anger takes over.
- 4Cooling Down for RealA planned exit and body-based tools that actually bring you down.
- 5What You Learned at HomeAt a 9, you parent the way you were parented. Here’s how to break that.
- 6Naming ItName the feeling — yours and your child’s — before you react.
- 7Talking So They Hear YouSay less, mean it, follow it. Why “I done told you fifty times” doesn’t work.
- 8Discipline Is Teaching, Not PunishmentConsequences that change behavior — without hitting.
- 9Structure Is LoveRoutines, consistency, and follow-through that kids can count on.
- 10Keeping Them SafeSafe sleep for babies, supervision, and safety at every age.
- 11The World They’re Growing Up InPhones, social media, peer pressure, and teen mental health.
- 12Co-Parenting and the RepairKeep your child out of the middle and repair what got broken.
Evidence-based interventions. Effective Parenting is grounded in cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches, with every session tied to published research on anger and escalation, emotion regulation, intergenerational patterns, discipline, child safety, and adolescent development.
Who it’s for
Who takes this parenting class?
- Parents ordered to complete a parenting class by a judge or family court
- Parents referred by DFCS, CPS, or a child-welfare caseworker
- Parents on probation with a parenting class condition
- Parents in custody, divorce, or visitation cases
- Grandparents, stepparents, foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers
- Any parent who wants real tools — no court order required
What you walk away with
Skills you’ll actually use at home
- Catch your warning signs before you blow
- A cool-down plan that works in the real moment
- Discipline that teaches instead of hurts
- Routines and structure your kids can count on
- How to talk so your child actually listens
- How to co-parent and repair the relationship
Nationwide · Online
Looking for the best parenting class near you? It’s on your phone.
When you search “parenting classes near me,” the closest class is the one you can join from home. Diversion Center’s virtual parenting class is open to parents in every U.S. state, live on Zoom, in the evening and at night.
Why parents pick Diversion Center’s virtual parenting class
- Court-approved program built for court, DFCS/CPS, and probation referrals
- Live, not pre-recorded: a certified Parent Instructor leads every session
- A real curriculum: the Effective Parenting workbook, built on evidence-based interventions
- Evening and night classes, so you don’t miss work
- Works on any device: phone, laptop, or tablet
- A real person schedules you at 404-503-8069
Before you enroll: check your court order
Each court, judge, and agency sets its own rules for which parenting classes it accepts, and some require a class approved in their own state or county. Before you enroll, show this page to your judge, attorney, caseworker, or probation officer and confirm a live virtual class meets your order.
Need help with that? Call 404-503-8069 and we’ll tell you what information your court usually asks for.
Online parenting classes available in all 50 states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Also available in Washington, D.C. When you call, tell us your time zone and we’ll find an evening class that fits.
Getting started
How do I sign up for online parenting classes?
Three steps. You can be on the schedule today.
- Call 404-503-8069. Tell us you need parenting classes. Have your court or case paperwork handy if you’ve got it.
- Pick your class time. Choose an evening or night session that fits your schedule. Call the same number to schedule each class.
- Log on to Zoom. Join from your phone, laptop, or tablet. Show up, do the work, finish the program.
Schedule by phone: 404-503-8069
Questions parents ask
Parenting Class FAQ
Yes. Diversion Center’s parenting program is court-approved and delivered live on Zoom by a certified Parent Instructor. Because every court order is written differently, check with your judge, attorney, caseworker, or probation officer that a live virtual class meets your specific requirement.
The best online parenting class for a court order is one your court accepts, led live by a certified instructor, with a structured curriculum and completion documentation. Diversion Center’s class checks all of those boxes. It’s court-approved, taught live on Zoom by a certified Parent Instructor, uses the evidence-based Effective Parenting workbook, and runs in the evening and at night. Call 404-503-8069 to enroll.
If you have a phone or laptop, you can take Diversion Center’s parenting class from home, no matter where you live. The class is held live on Zoom and is available to parents in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Yes. The class is 100% virtual and open to parents in every U.S. state. Courts set their own rules for which programs they accept, so confirm with your judge, attorney, caseworker, or probation officer before you enroll.
Yes. Classes are held live on Zoom, so you can join from a cell phone, laptop, tablet, or desktop computer. All you need is the Zoom app and an internet connection.
Yes. Diversion Center schedules parenting classes in the evening and at night so you can attend after work. Call 404-503-8069 to find a class time that fits your schedule.
Every class is facilitated by a certified Parent Instructor trained to deliver the Effective Parenting curriculum written by Dr. Derek Collins of Diversion Center.
Diversion Center uses Effective Parenting: The Conversations Parents Avoid But Need to Have, a skills workbook built on evidence-based interventions grounded in cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches. It covers parenting children from birth through age 17.
Yes. Attendance is tracked for every session, and completion documentation is provided once you finish the program. Ask when you call about how to have it sent to your court, caseworker, or probation officer.
Your Parent Instructor will explain exactly what is and isn’t reported on the first day, before you share anything. Instructors are mandated reporters, which means a child in present danger must be reported by law.
Call Diversion Center at 404-503-8069. Classes are scheduled by phone, and you can call the same number to schedule each and every class.
Ready when you are
Get it done. Get your kids back on solid ground.
Court-approved. Available in all 50 states. Evening and night classes on Zoom from your phone or laptop. One call gets you started.
404-503-8069 Call Now to Schedule
Diversion Center · 2480 Windy Hill Rd, Ste 401, Marietta, GA 30067 · info@thediversioncenter.com This program is educational and is not a substitute for medical, psychological, or legal advice. In an emergency call 911. For a mental health crisis call or text 988.
