Practical Parent Education has structured its subscriptions to maximize the services it provides to individuals and organizations who work with families.
FAQ's
What does Practical Parent Education do?
Practical Parent Education provides curriculum, training, and support for Parent Educators that work within schools or organizations that work directly with parents.
Can anyone be a Practical Parent Education Facilitator?
The PPE Parent Engagement Facilitation package is available to all practitioners working with families, whether individually or as part of a larger organization.
Why buy Practical Parent Education instead of another program?
- Facilitators learn to use 55 modules along with 157 Parenting Quick Tip topics during the PPE Parent Engagement training.
- 2 days of interactive training is limited to 25 participants per session so that everyone can focus on his/her specific program needs.
- PPE serves families with children birth through college age, eliminating the need to purchase different programs for each developmental stage.
- PPE is cost effective. $1,000.00 initial investment for a facilitator trained, and ONLY $59.00 to continue with access and all copyright privileges for each year thereafter.
- PPE's focus is:
- Best practices supported by research
- Family systems as the key to change
- Child development theory letting parents know what is typical for each age and stage
How long has Practical Parent Education been in existence?
Practical Parent Education began in the early 1980's in Plano, Texas at the initiative of local business professionals and school administrators. They recognized the challenges today’s families were facing and believed that the community as a whole needed to join forces to support all parents and children with quality services and education.
Who writes the Practical Parent Education curriculum?
The PPE curriculum modules are developed and written by professional parent educators with advanced class work in family studies and extensive experience in teaching parenting classes. All curricula are field-tested and refined. Spanish translations are done by native speakers.
Will I receive CEU credit for trainings or the conference?
PPE is authorized to grant 14 (CEUs) Continuing Education Units through Licensed Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Social Workers in the state of Texas, and Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credit by the National Council on Family Relations.
Do you offer general parenting classes to the public?
Practical Parent Education unfortunately no longer offers parenting classes. We provide training and materials for parent educators who in turn provide this service.
For basic parenting classes in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, you can contact:
Dallas Association for Parent Education
http://www.dallasparents.org
801 W. Avenue B
Garland, TX 75040
972-699-0420
Family Compass
https://family-compass.org
4210 Junius St.
Dallas, TX 75246
214-370-9810
Email: ssamuel@family-compass.org
Anthem Strong Families
https://anthemstrongfamilies.org/
12800 Hillcrest Road
Suite #A101
Dallas, TX 75230
Phone: 214-426-0900
The Parent Center
http://theparentingcenter.org/
2928 W. 5th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: 817-332-6348
For Divorce/Co-parenting course, you can go to our online course:
