Community Training and Education

This one-hour ACE's Basics workshop will introduce your organization to adverse childhood experiences, how ACE's impact behavior and health, the effect of ACE's on children, adults, and communities, and the important work of preventing ACE's for future generations. This workshop is meaningful for any and all organizations that work with people, especially the community at large (teachers, first responders, social service agencies, etc.).

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Every 1st Monday of the Month, 4:30pm-5:30pm

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This 7 to 14-hour training on the Protective Factors Framework can be scheduled flexibly (a full-day training, seven sessions, half days, etc.). The Protective Factors are proven to act as a buffer against trauma and hardships. 

 

From Children Trust Fund Alliance: "The Strengthening Families approach and protective factors framework was introduced in 2003 by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP). It is a research-informed, strengths-based approach that prevents child abuse and neglect by focusing on the well-being of all families and helping families identify and build on their own protective factors."

 

"The Strengthening Families protective factor framework includes the following five protective factors:

Parental Resilience

Social Connections

Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development

Concrete Support in Times of Need

Social and Emotional Competence of Children"

 

"Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life In Your Work

Children’s Trust Fund Alliance is pleased to make available a training to support implementation of the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors Framework in multiple settings. This curriculum includes new materials on partnering with parents and addresses promising strategies to strengthen families. The training is for anyone who works with children and families, including parents, practitioners and supervisors.

Overview

The curriculum consists of seven courses, each designed to be about 2 hours in length. The introductory course provides an overview, followed by each of the five protective factors and ending with a review and reflection course that helps participants move from knowledge to action. The introductory course can serve as a brief, stand-alone Strengthening Families™ 101 training."

In this two-hour workshop, first responders will learn about brain functioning under times of duress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and how chronic stress impacts health, behavior, and relationships. During this session, first responders will have the opportunity to discuss challenges to resiliency, learn more about the practice of resiliency, and build on existing skills to increase health and happiness within themselves, their workplace, and their families. 

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The Resilient First Responder Family

 A two-hour workshop with the above listed components, adapted for families of first responders and designed to be a safe, comfortable, and educational space for building stronger relationships and families. 

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Family group offered the last Saturday of every month, 9:00am-10:00am.

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