Parenting After Separation (PAS) courses

Last updated on September 19, 2025

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Parenting After Separation (PAS) Courses are free online courses for B.C. parents and other family members dealing with separation or divorce and facing decisions about: 

There are two PAS courses available:

PAS courses provide information for parents and others who have a responsibility to make decisions for children and youth. This information helps parents make careful and informed decisions about their separation. It also helps ensure those decisions are based on the best interest of the child/youth. The courses cover:

  • The impact of separation on you and your child/youth
  • Strategies to help your family adjust to change
  • Effective ways you can communicate with your child/youth’s other parent
  • How to keep your child/youth out of the middle of conflict
  • Options for resolving family disputes, including mediation, counselling and the court process.

If you are involved in a family law case in B.C. Provincial Court, you may be required to complete a PAS Course.

You can choose to take either:

For more information, please see:


Parenting After Separation: Finances

The Parenting After Separation: Finances course previously offered by Justice Education Society (JES) is no longer available. JES created How to Separate: You and Your Finances in its place. 

The Families Change British Columbia website offers parents information about finances at Moving Forward Financially.