Course
Length: 40 hour/s
(5 days)
Course
Cost: $1445.00 members
$1495.00 non-members
(
*Discounted
price! Regular price is $2095. A savings of $600!* Above price includes 5
days of training ($1095), course manual and workbook ($145), candidate
application ($485), 2 exams ($370) and STAR Membership). Learn about
credentialing
Course
Number: FS101
Course
Outline
Course Information:
This
5 day in-depth course is designed to help programs develop
strategies to support practices that promote positive
parent-child relationships, permanency and family
well-being. The Family Engagement conference will
deliver family-centered and strengths-based approaches to
partnering with families in making decisions, setting goals
and achieving desired outcomes. Students will learn
the principle of communicating openly and honestly with
families in a way that supports disclosure of culture,
family dynamics and personal experiences in order to meet
the individual needs of children and families enrolled in
Head Start programs.
Key to building a productive
family relationship, family engagement is the foundation
from which change occurs. To build on a family's
resources, family engagement activities must focus not only
on the immediate family but also on the active involvement
of both parents, extended family and a family's support
systems. This conference is designed to help programs
improve family engagement processes by engaging families as
key stakeholders across all program areas including policy
development, service design and evaluation.
About the
Framework -
The Parent, Family and Community Engagement (PFCE) is about building relationships with
families that support family well-being, strong
relationships between parents and their children, and
ongoing learning and development for both parents and
children. The PFCE framework
is a road map for progress in achieving the kinds of
outcomes that lead to positive and enduring change for
children and families. The PFCE framework was developed in
partnership with programs, families, experts, and the
National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement.
It is a research-based approach to program change that shows
how an agency can work together as a whole, across systems
and service areas, to promote parent and family engagement
and children’s learning and development. Utilizing the
PFCE framework, this conference will present strategies to
achieve meaningful family engagement
Learning
Outcomes
Upon successful
completion of all program requirements,
graduates will be able to:
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Develop
knowledge of relationship building that
is grounded in cross-cultural responsive
and strength based perspectives
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2.
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Gain
knowledge about mental health, child
development and
a variety of parenting practices,
including unique ways to engage fathers |
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3.
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Develop
knowledge and skills in supporting
families around financial literacy and
financial stability |
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4.
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Reflect on
daily practice and personal experience
to increase self-awareness and effective
relationship-building with families |
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5. |
Develop
knowledge of professional ethics around
confidentiality, boundaries and self
determination |
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6.
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Develop
skills in coordination and collaboration
with community partners |
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8. |
Use family
partnership assessment as a tool for
relationship building and a basis for
ongoing individualized family services |
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Help
families identify their interest,
articulate their strengths and needs and
accomplish and/or develop goals |
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10.
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Use
goal-oriented home visits to establish
relationships with families and to
identify and support their interests and
needs through the family partnership
process |
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11. |
Assist
families in using resources and systems
of support regularly and continuously
over a period of time. |
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12. |
Gain
knowledge about: |
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the needs of
prenatal and postnatal pregnant women
and their families |
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the needs of
parents who are parenting a child with a
disability |
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Unique ways
to engage fathers |
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how mental
health and wellness affects families |
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Child development |
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the effects of trauma on parent child
relationships |
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a variety of parenting practices |
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13. |
Provide opportunity for
parents to learn about expectant
parenting and pre-natal health, the
developing role of young parents (for
adolescence) and/or about their role. |
Target Audience: This course is designed for Family Workers, Health
Workers, Education Workers, Parent Involvement
Workers, Administrative Staff, Manager, Program Area
Managers, Directors, Coordinators or anyone working
in Head Start staff who are responsible for
providing strategies for a supportive parent
environment.
Course
Outline
Current
Locations
below. 
the Head Start Act and Office of Head Start. So if you have not received a Head Start credential
or if you received your credentialing before 2010,
then your credential probably does not meet
Head Start standards. Only our
credential is approved by National Association of
Social Workers for 4.0 Continuing Education Units.
