Online Parenting Classes
Dorchester 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)
12 Hour
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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.
Vision
We envision partnering with the community and residents of Dorchester County to empower and strengthen vulnerable individuals and families to self sufficiency, independence, health and wellbeing.
Mission
We will respectfully assist families and individuals of Dorchester County with a safety net of services to help them maintain, and/or enhance their quality of life; and to prevent abuse, neglect, and the exploitation of the community’s most vulnerable.
Department of Human Services
Dorchester County DSS
2737 Dorchester Square
Cambridge, Maryland 21613
Phone: 410-901-4100
Fax Numbers:
Child and Adult Services: 410-901-1121
CPS Referrals: 410-901-1330
Child Support Administration: 410-901-1029
Director/LGA Office: 410-901-1047
Family Investment Administrator: 410-901-2927
OHEP: 410-901-2368
Hours of Operation:
8:00am-4:30pm
Office of Child Support
2737 Dorchester Square
Cambridge, Maryland 21613
Hours of Operation:
Mon-Fri, 8:00am – 4:00pm
Customer Service: 1-800-332-6347
Automated Customer Service & Payment Information: 1-844-324-3855
Child Support Information and Resources
Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff – James Phillips
829 Fieldcrest Road
Cambridge, MD 21613
410-228-4141
410-228-4142
Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
P.O Box 150
206 High Street
Cambridge, MD 21613
410-228-0481
Open: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Cambridge Police Department
8 Washington Street
Cambridge, Maryland 21613
410-228-3333
