Initial Parent Educator Training

Practical Parent Education’s Initial Parent Educator Training is designed to give participants a comprehensive set of skills in three days of interactive fun. Practical application and practice are joined with theory and research so that parent educators leave with the following concepts and the confidence to make them applicable in their programs:

• an understanding of the field of parent education as it has emerged in the 21st century

• recognition of the benefits to children when parents and families have appropriate parenting skills

• confidence in establishing and maintaining appropriate professional boundaries

• an understanding of family systems and its application to parent education

• awareness of the ways that lifespan development affects families

• an understanding of how long term change takes place

• effective strategies for increasing parental capacity and parental involvement

• effective group facilitation skills

• strategies for promoting school and community support for parent education programs

• awareness of funding opportunities

• short term and long term goals for parent education programs

• familiarity with services, support, and materials offered through Practical Parent Education membership

Initial Parent Educator Training: Available only to PPE Subscribers. For subscriber information, click here.

To schedule a training in your area, please call 877.340.6262 or email
ppe@practicalparent.org

Training Schedule

"For Kids’ Sake"

For Kids’ Sake is a four hour research based seminar designed to give parents information and skills to reduce the negative effects of their divorce on their children.  Facilitator training for For Kids’ Sake prepares and licenses people to conduct the four hour seminar in their specific geographic area.  In the training, they receive a Facilitator’s Guide, parent handbook masters, and a license permit to use all For Kids’ Sake materials, artwork and logos.

FKS Facilitator Training can be scheduled monthly in Plano, Texas.  Participants attend a three hour afternoon workshop and observe a veteran facilitator conducting an actual seminar from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. that evening.

Mental health professionals and teams of 2 are recommended. 

Cost $500 for licensing and training of up to 2 facilitators, and $200 per year for renewals pending favorable evaluations.

Call 877.340.6262 to arrange training

Training registration form and license application

"ME, YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE"

A one-day training focusing on cultural diversity

Learning about differences in customs and beliefs is the beginning of a journey toward building trust, cross cultural communication and competence. It is a way to learn to deliver services and to connect with culturally different individuals on a deeper level. It is critical to keep in mind that all individuals, children, and families are unique; although they may be influenced by their ethnic, cultural, and language backgrounds, they are not fully defined by them. Our goal of cultural learning is insight, not stereotype.

Participants will look at research; participate in self-examination, share experiences and brainstorm solutions as they begin to crumble barriers and gain cultural competence.

To schedule a training in your area, please call 877.340.6262 or email ppe@practicalparent.org

Training Schedule

Plano, Texas - September 30, 2008
Plano, Texas - March 25, 2009

Registration form

"Building Bright Futures…Parenting Children who have Attention Deficits"

• Empower parents
• Increase parental understanding of the issues unique to ADD/ADHD
• Gain a greater respect and appreciation of children with ADD/ADHD
• Improve self-esteem in both children and parents
• Reduce parental guilt and anxiety
• Increase harmony in the home
• Improve communication between home and school
• Encourage parents to become advocates

"Nurturing Families Through Divorce"

Divorce is a painful, confusing experience for children of all ages. Over 50% of all marriages in the U.S. end in divorce and 70% of today’s children will spend part of their childhood in a single parent home. Do you feel prepared to provide the support and tools for the parents and the children who are affected by divorce? PPE has added a new one-day training for parent educators and counselors. The focus of the training will be on the children, with the goal of providing the insight necessary to prevent children from suffering long term damaging effects of divorce.

How can we best support the children of divorce?

• Help children express their feelings and concerns regarding the changes in their family
• Recognize the signs of children who are in distress
• Facilitate a long-lasting, meaningful relationship with both parents
• Awareness of parental behaviors that damage children
• Share ideas for successful co-parenting

To schedule a training in your area, please call 877.340.6262 or email
ppe@practicalparent.org

Training Schedule

Plano, Texas – October 2, 2008
Plano, Texas – March 26, 2009

Registration Form (.pdf)

To register for one of these classes, or to schedule training in your area, please contact the PPE office at 972.423.6262 or 877.340.6262 or email: ppe@practicalparent.org