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Initial Parent Educator Training

Practical Parent Education's Initial Parent Educator Training is designed to give participants a comprehensive set of skills in two 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

Initial Parent Educator Training: Included in the PPE Parent Educator Facilitation package.

For purchasing information or to schedule a training in your area*, please call 877.340.6262, email ppe@practicalparent.org or scroll down to see a list of trainings currently scheduled.

Parent Educator Facilitation Package - $1,000 (per facilitator)

• 1 Registration for 2-day Initial Parent Educator Training
• 68+ module parenting curriculum on CD (English and Spanish) received upon completion of training
• 180+ Parenting Quick Tips (English and Spanish) on CD with copying privileges
• Parenting the Strong Willed Child curriculum (English and Spanish)
• Building Bright Futures - Parenting the Child with Attention Deficits curriculum (English and Spanish)
• Subscription to PPE Connections quarterly newsletter
• Consultant services through the Parent Educator Helpline (877.340.6262)
• Updated annually ($125 per facilitator - click here for renewal form)

* Trainings scheduled at your site require a minimum of 12 participants and the hosting program will be responsible for the trainer's travel expenses. Trainings scheduled at PPE's home office in McKinney, TX also require a minimum number of registrations (10-12) and may be cancelled if the minimum is not met.

Initial Training Schedule

Parent Educator Facilitation Package Renewal Form

Next Steps Training

Program facilitators no longer have to guess about who will participate in their PPE Parent Engagement Program. NEXT STEPS, a one day interactive workshop, will guide PPE trained parent educators as they create a profile of their families' assets and design a unique program that allows parents to learn parenting skills that are comfortable to them and support their children's success in school. The workshop will build on parent educators' initial knowledge of PPE curricula and their understanding of their families.

• Next Steps training is available to Parent Educators who have participated in the Initial Parent Educator training and are current with the updates provided annually.
• To schedule a Next Steps training in your area, call 877.340.6262 or email ppe@practicalparent.org.
• Next Steps training requires a minimum of 16 participants. Class size is limited to 25.
• The cost of the Next Steps training is $295 per participant. All participants must be trained PPE facilitators in order to qualify.

Next Steps 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 McKinney, 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 (New)

License Renewal Form

Practical Parent Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, age, gender identity and expression, or military/veteran status in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Kelley Perez, 877.340.6262 x 105. Address: 2300 W. White Avenue, Suite 102, McKinney, Texas 75071.