About Our Purpose
Supporting safer family outcomes through informed professional practice.
About Us
Co-Parenting Australia (CoPA) was established to support professionals working with children and families following separation. We believe better outcomes for children are achieved when practice is informed by research, guided by professional expertise, and centred on children’s developmental, relational and psychological needs.
CoPA brings together education, research, knowledge translation and professional collaboration to strengthen understanding of family relationships, child development, attachment, psychological safety, and the complex dynamics that can emerge following separation. Our work supports practitioners to assess carefully, respond ethically, and identify evidence-informed pathways for intervention, therapeutic support and relationship repair.
Purpose
CoPA advances professional education, research and evidence-informed practice in the post-separation field. We support practitioners to build the knowledge, skills and professional capability needed to work effectively with complex family dynamics following separation.
Through education, research translation, professional collaboration and practitioner resources, the organisation helps strengthen assessment, intervention planning and professional decision-making in this area of practice. We are also committed to contributing to the evidence base and promoting the translation of research into approaches that support ethical, effective and child-centred practice.
Board
CoPA’s Board is committed to advancing the organisation’s charitable purpose and supporting its contribution to professional education, research and evidence-informed practice. Through their collective expertise and leadership, Board members help guide organisational priorities and ensure the work remains focused on ethical, child-centred practice and the needs of practitioners working with children and families after separation.
Governance
Good governance underpins CoPA’s work. We are committed to transparency, accountability and integrity in the way we develop education, support research, form partnerships and manage organisational responsibilities. These principles help ensure activities are conducted ethically, responsibly and in accordance with our charitable purpose.