Professional Development

The Strengthening Families Leadership Team is committed to providing high-quality professional development to those working with families. Certified professionals can deliver a variety of workshops to meet your training needs. Continuing education credits are available for some courses. Please click on the links to the left to explore current professional development opportunities.

Upcoming Training

Be Strong Parent Café Training Institute (PCTI)

Be Strong Parent Cafés educate parents and caregivers about the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors and create an environment in which parents and caregivers can build protective factors through individual deep self-reflection and peer-to-peer learning.

Dates/locations for 2020 PCTIs to be determined

Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work Institute

The Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors is a framework developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) over the last decade to prevent child abuse and neglect. This approach helps professionals work with parents to build the following protective factors in their families:

  • Parental resilience
  • Social connections
  • Concrete support in times of need
  • Knowledge of parenting and child development
  • Social and emotional competence of children

Protective factors are the strengths and resources that families can draw on when life gets difficult, and when robust, strengthen the entire family decreasing the likelihood of maltreatment. Each of the protective factors is essential, but what is most important is how they work together to create strength and stability in families.

This series, Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work—A Resource for Action, will provide an in-depth discussion of protective factors and what can be done to create an environment where families can build these factors in their own lives. This training was developed by the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds and is delivered through a partnership among the PA Strengthening Families Leadership Team, the PA Children’s Trust Fund and the PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning, and facilitated by the Center for Schools and Communities.

PREREQUISITE
To prepare for this event, please complete the Introduction Course for the Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work series and bring your completion certificate to the event. You can complete the Introduction Course online on the Pro Solutions Training website.

December 4-5, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (registration and continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)
Center for Schools and Communities
275 Grandview Ave.
Camp Hill, PA 17011

To apply, complete this form and return it via email or fax to (717) 763-2083.

Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work Institute

The Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors is a framework developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) over the last decade to prevent child abuse and neglect. This approach helps professionals work with parents to build the following protective factors in their families:

  • Parental resilience
  • Social connections
  • Concrete support in times of need
  • Knowledge of parenting and child development
  • Social and emotional competence of children

Protective factors are the strengths and resources that families can draw on when life gets difficult, and when robust, strengthen the entire family decreasing the likelihood of maltreatment. Each of the protective factors is essential, but what is most important is how they work together to create strength and stability in families.

This series, Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work—A Resource for Action, will provide an in-depth discussion of protective factors and what can be done to create an environment where families can build these factors in their own lives. This training was developed by the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds and is delivered through a partnership among the PA Strengthening Families Leadership Team, the PA Children’s Trust Fund and the PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning, and facilitated by the Center for Schools and Communities.

PREREQUISITE
To prepare for this event, please complete the Introduction Course for the Bringing the Protective Factors Framework to Life in Your Work series and bring your completion certificate to the event. You can complete the Introduction Course online on the Pro Solutions Training website.

March 2020
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (registration and continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)
Western Pennsylvania area (dates and location to be announced)