Education, advocacy, and family support

Support for families navigating disability, divorce, and co-parenting.

Ava's Path provides education, resources, and advocacy to help parents protect their children's well-being and build more stable, thriving futures.

Florida DCF
Approved Course
Accepted by Florida
Circuit Courts
Disability-Informed
Parent Education
Registered 501(c)(3)
Nonprofit

How we help

What We Do

Practical education and compassionate support for families, professionals, and communities navigating complex transitions.

Education for Parents

Approved online co-parenting courses that teach practical tools for calmer communication and healthier outcomes for children.

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Resources & Advocacy

Guides, tools, and advocacy focused on the unique needs of children with disabilities and the families who support them.

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Professional & Community Partnerships

Working with courts, attorneys, educators, and community partners to strengthen support for families.

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Find the right course for your family.

All courses are 100% online, self-paced, and approved in Florida.

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Parent Education
(In Spanish)

El curso aprobado por el DCF de Florida, disponible completamente en español.

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Standard Parent Education

Helps parents build effective co-parenting communication and reduce conflict.

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Raquel Soto-Catalano, founder and CEO of Ava's Path

Our founder

A Mother. An Advocate. A Movement.

After navigating divorce while raising a child with disabilities, Raquel Soto-Catalano helped advance Florida's landmark disability-specific parent education reform and created Ava's Path so families would not have to navigate the system alone.

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Making a Measurable Difference

95%

of parents report increased confidence advocating for their child's needs.

58%

of Ava's Path clients have children with autism.

87%

course completion rate among parents.

Recognition and leadership

Helping Shape the Conversation

Ava's Path is not only serving families. Its founder is helping legal professionals, courts, and communities rethink how disability-informed support belongs in family law.

Featured appearance

Ava's Path in the Conversation

A recent professional appearance highlighting the work, advocacy, and lived experience behind Ava's Path.

Published thought leadership

Featured in the Family Law Commentator

Raquel Soto-Catalano's article connects Florida's first-in-the-nation reform with practical guidance for the legal community.

First page of Raquel Soto-Catalano's Family Law Commentator article
Family Law Commentator · Issue No. 3, 2026

Florida Leads the Nation in Redefining Parent Education in Family Law Through a Disability-Centered Approach

In this feature, Raquel explains why Florida became the first state to require disability-specific parent education and outlines how lawyers can create more stable, disability-responsive parenting plans.

  • Florida's first-in-the-nation parent education reform
  • Practical guidance for lawyers, courts, and professional teams
  • Child-centered strategies for stability across two households
“Every child deserves more than one parent's effort. Every child deserves a team. That team includes lawyers.”
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