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Training for professionals who work with families, and for parents/caregivers of children.
Here are some topics I am currently offering; most topics are available in two-, three- and four-hour periods and are available both in-person and virtually. All sessions can be adapted for your audience and include relevant resource materials. New topics are added frequently.
Tools for Helping Parents in Recovery
Parents in early recovery often face considerable obstacles as they regain connection with their children. The need to balance the demands of parenting with the work of recovery can be very challenging – but with support and encouragement, families heal, and children thrive. In this session, we will discuss strategies for collaborating with parents in recovery and how caring professionals and communities can support recovering families.
Facilitating Family Support and Education Programs
Family educators and support workers bring a wealth of experience and compassion to their work with families. This interactive training provides strategies for “what works” in engaging parents/caregivers in parent education, explores the reasons why some parents are resistant to change, and gives strategies for how staff can bring out the best in themselves as well as the families in their programs.
Kindness Counts:
What Adults Can Learn from Mr. Rogers
Mr. Rogers created nearly 900 episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood — and in the process, cultivated life lessons to last beyond childhood, and so much of his wisdom applies to us in our many stages of adulthood. In this workshop, we look at ten lessons from Mr. Rogers and how we can bring Mr. Rogers’ gentle spirit of kindness to our work with families and communities.
Creating Time for Family in Our Busy World
Research supports the idea that family meals and traditions are important to strong relationships and positive outcomes for children. This workshop will offer do-able ways to create more “together time” for family, including ways to stay connected virtually.
Play is Work and Learning: The Importance of Play in Child Development
An important part of a child’s healthy development is play, and the important lessons learned from interaction with other children. This workshop offers information on why “play is children’s work” and how parents and caregivers can encourage children to play, especially outdoors and active play.
Supporting the Children of Incarcerated Parents
One in fourteen children in the US will have a parent in prison at some point during their childhood. These children, and their caregivers, are often angry, confused and hurt. This workshop will examine the challenges that families of incarcerated parents face and offer strategies for maintaining relationships between parent and child, including answering children’s questions and considerations in having children visit an incarcerated parent.
Parenting Style: What My Style Says About My Parenting
Every parent has a style, a way of interacting with children that is learned, created, and used. Some parents are strict and have strong rules, and others are more relaxed and let children do more of what they want. This workshop explores the four parenting styles and helps participants discover their primary style, how they developed it, and how it affects their interventions with a child’s behavior.
Engaging Fathers in Family Support Programs
Fathers and mothers interact differently with their children and may attend programs for different reasons. How can you make sure your program is engaging and welcoming to fathers? This workshop will look at some of the barriers to father involvement, as well as some keys to engaging fathers in family support programs and in-home visits.
Talking with Parents About Physical Discipline
Extensive research and medical/psychological professionals advise parents to avoid using physical discipline, yet some parents insist that “spanking works.” This workshop includes strategies for discussing the issue of corporal punishment with parents/caregivers, and how to listen to parents while providing alternatives and an opportunity for change.
Parenting One Day at a Time
Parents with Substance Use Disorder face many challenges as they try to reconnect with their children in early recovery. Some parents have a strong relationship with children but need some reassurance and information specific to parenting in recovery. Others have been absent from their child’s life and need basic information to begin the process of reunification. Parenting One Day at a Time offers parents/caregivers an opportunity to discuss their concerns in a supportive setting, ask questions and get answers to their parenting questions, and move forward in recovery as nurturing parents. Sessions can be held in-person at your location, or virtually; workshops include access to parenting resources and reference materials.
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