Online Parenting Classes
Charles County (MD)
OnlineLevel 1 – Parenting Skills
(Foundations for the Future)
Provides parents a foundational understanding of basic parenting skills in order to raise children from infancy to adulthood.
24 Hour Ages 0-18 - Comprehensive Course Outline
12 Hour Ages 0-5 - Comprehensive Course Outline
OnlineLevel 2 – Parenting Skills
(Thrive)
The primary goal is to minimize the risk of child maltreatment while optimizing child developmental outcomes.
Comprehensive Course Outline
2 Hour Support Modules
Working With Child Welfare
Children and Transition
Assessing Your Resources
12 Hour Online High-Conflict / Anger Management
(High Conflict Behavioral Skills Training)
High-Conflict Behavioral Skill Training programs are for adults who have been mandated to take an anger or conflict class by employer, for legal reasons, domestic violence and is not related to co-parenting.
4 Hour Online Youth Coping With Separation/Divorce
(Children Of Divorce - Coping With Divorce)
Specifically developed for youth ages 10-18. This skills-based intervention program addresses feelings, communication, and problem-solving techniques. It teaches children of divorce/separation essential coping skills and healthy behaviors that foster a brighter future.
12 Hour OnlineLevel 2 – High‑Conflict Co‑Parenting Class
(Co-Parenting Without Conflict)
Level 2 skills-based co-parenting class for potentially high-conflict families. These life skills teach parents how to manage emotions in order to protect their children during transition and moving forward.
Target: Divorcing, separating or never married parents in conflict or contested cases.
Maryland’s Department of Human Services is the state’s human services provider. They help vulnerable Marylanders buy healthy foods, pay energy bills, and obtain medical assistance. They also provide stable environments for at-risk children and adults.
Main call center at 800-332-6347.
Department of Human Services
Charles County DSS
200 Kent Avenue
LaPlata, Maryland 20646
Phone: 301-392-6400
Fax: 301-870-3958
Email: charles.codss@maryland.gov
Hours of Operation:
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Office of Child Support
200 Kent Avenue
LaPlata, Maryland 20646
Charles County Department of Social Services
Child Support Division
Customer Service: 1-800-332-6347
Automated Customer Service & Payment Information: 1-844-324-3855
Cindy Russell, Assistant Director for Child Support
24/7 Fatherhood Program
Brent Atwater, Fatherhood Program Coordinator
Charles County Department of Social Service
200 Kent Avenue Laplata, Maryland 20646
301-392-6851
brent.atwater@maryland.gov
Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office
P.O. Box 3065
La Plata, Maryland 20646
Phone: 301-932-3355
Facsimile: 301-932-3410
Anthony B. Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County
Child Support Information and Resources
Circuit Court for Charles County
Courthouse
P.O. Box 3000
La Plata, Maryland 20646
The Honorable Amy Janel Bragunier,
County Administrative Judge
The Honorable Misty L. Metzger,
Hearing Magistrate
The Honorable Monise Brown,
Hearing Magistrate
Mary Ann Spangler,
Secretary/Courtroom Clerk
Charles County Sheriff’s Office
Troy Berry, Sheriff
P.O. Box 189
La Plata, Maryland 20646
Sheriff’s Office: 301-932-3057
Facsimile: 301-932-3050
Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
Sharon Hancock, Clerk, Charles County Circuit Court
Courthouse
P.O. Box 970
La Plata, Maryland 20646
