Parent's Toolshop Instructor Certification Training ---
In-Person

(For Parent Educators Teaching The Parent's Toolshop)

Dates: usually Thursday through Sunday

Time: Thurs. 6-9 p.m. + Fri. & Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. + Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Location: regularly (at least twice a year) in the Dayton, Ohio area. Other locations when 4+ applicants in that area have completed the pre-certification requirements

Cost: $500.00 includes all Group Facilitator Training Manuals

* Pre-requisites: completing/submitting pre-certification requirements

Description: The Parent's Toolshop is a comprehensive practical skill-building parenting curriculum that has been proven successful in more than ten years of field tests with over 3000 parents and family-service professionals. The Parent's Toolshop teaches a unique problem-solving process called the "Universal Blueprint^TM" that teaches parents how to prevent problems and find an individualized solution to those that arise. Only certified Parents Toolshop instructors are trained and authorized to teach this process to others. The Universal Blueprint^TM is so effective that parent educators can use the Universal Blueprint^TM and model its skills to teach the process to parents. Parent's Toolshop instructors must do more than present parenting information; they are expected to conduct interactive activities, small group discussions, and practice exercises in their programs. In addition, they must market and evaluate their programs. These are all tasks not usually found through traditional social service education -- but Parents Toolshop instructor certification trains professionals to do all this. To maintain the high quality and positive reputation of The Parent's Toolshop, all potential "Group Facilitators" must pass stringent screening and complete a three-step pre-certification process to be eligible to attend this specialized training.

Intended audience: Applicants interested in providing parent education and family life education programs based on The Parent's Toolshop curriculum who have completed the pre-certification process.

Objectives: Participants will learn . . .

• Establish and maintain professional ethics and standards in the parent education field.

• Get started, conduct needs assessments and make decisions about fees, discounts and more.

• Teach parents to think for themselves, using the unique "Universal Blueprint" and its practical skills to plan individualized effective responses to any parenting challenge.

• Teach Parent's Toolshop programs, from comprehensive "full-length" classes to one-shot topic programs -- and custom-design each program, to meet the participants' special or diverse needs.

• Adapt Parent's Toolshop tools to enhance working relationships and offer professional-training workshops.

• Be a dynamic, entertaining and informative speaker, effective group discussion leader and lead interactive activities that raise awareness while teaching skills.

• Market programs in the community, using proven business strategies that are "tweaked" to meet the needs of social service referral agencies, program sponsors and potential program participants.

• Evaluate participant skill improvement and custom-design outcome-focused evaluation tools, to track results, report successes and get funding!

• Advanced presentation skills -- and get feedback from other training participants -- by observing, participating in, and leading "practice" presentations that include experiential exercises to use with parents.

The Instructor: Jody Johnston Pawel is a Licensed Social Worker, Certified Family Life Educator. She is a second-generation parent educator with over twenty years experience training parents and family professionals. Jody is the author of over 30 publications, including her award-winning book, The Parent's Toolshop. She is a nationally-recognized parenting expert with over twenty years of media experience. Her advice is regularly featured in newspapers, magazines and radio/TV talk shows, throughout the world. Jody has personally developed all Parents Toolshop resources and training programs and has certified dozens of Toolshop^SM "Group Facilitator" instructors throughout the U.S.

CEUs: This program has been approved for Continuing Education Credits for the Certified Family Life Educator program through the National Council on Family Relations, 20 contact hours or 2 CEUs. From June 2003 - June 2004, CEUs are approved by the State of Ohio Counselor and Social Worker Board.

Payment: 1/2 due 1 month in advance with registration form. Balance due day of training. Please process purchase orders in advance.

Resources: Instructor resources will be available at the training. Get a 10% discount for advance orders picked up the day of the training. See the Ambris Publishing catalog and "GF order form."

To Register: Pre-certification applicants can contact Parents Toolshop Consulting at 937-748-4541

Usual Schedule:

Thursday, 6-9 p.m.

6 - 9 p.m.

Introductions Overview of training Variety of uses of TPT Getting Started PTLeader Standards & Practices Certification process & probation, etc. Recertification Levels of certification Q & A

Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - noon	Using and modeling The Parent's Toolshop to teach The Parent's Toolshop   Prevention Toolbox: Leadership/Teaching styles Using the Universal Blueprint in group settings Motivating through encouragement ~ engaging resistant participants Preventing and responding to participant power struggles Teaching skills, building participants' independence and motivating responsibility Child Problem Toolbox Using F-A-X to empower parents
noon-1 p.m.	lunch (on your own)
1 - 4 p.m.	Parent Problem Toolbox Expressing concerns assertively, maintaining the group's focus Responding to participant "misbehavior" Setting limits and following through Maintenance Toolbox Making consensus group decisions Maintaining your confidence Responding to criticism

Saturday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - noon	Becoming a Parent's Toolshop Group Facilitator Making your presentations entertaining and informative Marketing The Parent's Toolshop Types of programs you can offer Where to find parents and get referrals How to decide/set fees and discounts How to introduce programs to potential sponsors Share information and help solve problems instead of "selling"
noon-1 p.m.	lunch (on your own)
1 - 4 p.m.	Group Facilitator Reporting & Skill Assessments When and what to report to PTC Performing parenting skill assessments

Sunday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

2-4 p.m.	Practice Presentation: Participants present topic or activity from the Class Outline Receive evaluations on your presentation
4 - 5 p.m.	Group Facilitator leadership skill assessment and final paperwork completion

Total class hours = 18