In collaboration with many generous community partners, the Children’s Trust Fund is delighted to announce a calendar of free trainings to be held from May through October 2010 for family support professionals across the state.

May

• May 5: Babies Cry, Have A Plan Community Training (Spanish Language Training).
• May 6: Parenting After Violence: Strategies for Home Visitation and Other Family Support Programs. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• May 11: My Cultural Voice: The impact of cultural self awareness in family support practice. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• May 13: Working with Latino Fathers – La Cultura Cura: Culture Heals.
• May 19: Engaging Dads in Family Support.
• May 26: Teaching and Promoting Protective Factors: An Effective Strategy in Supporting Families. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• May 26: Parenting as Partners.
• May 27: Help Me Get Ready to Read: Raising Reading-Ready Children by Reading Aloud During their First Five Years.

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June

• June 2: Parenting as Partners.
• June 4: “I Didn’t Ask for Help!! Understanding and Working Successfully with Families Involved in the Child Protection System. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• June 10: Organizing and Facilitating Parenting Groups. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• June 11: Hooked Up: Educating Teens about Healthy Relationships. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• June 16: Teaching and Promoting Protective Factors: An Effective Strategy in Supporting Families. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• June 16: What Our Boys Need.
• June 24: Helping Babies Cry Less and Helping Parents Cope with Crying in Ways that Build Parenting Strengths.

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July

• July 2: Working with Circles.
• July 8: ABCs of Immigration & Immigrant Access to Benefits.
• July 19: Getting Grounded in Supervisory Practice
• July 28: The Why and How of Parent-Child Playgroups

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August

• August 4: Babies Cry, Have A Plan Community Training.
• August 10: My Cultural Voice: The Impact of Cultural Self Awareness in Family Support Practice.

NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• August 24: Effective Strategies to Reduce Conflict for Couples and Parents.

NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.

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September

• September 8: Reflective Supervision & Strength-Based Tools: A Powerful Combination for Staff and Supervisors. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• September 9: Engaging Parents as Advisors.
• September 9: Babies Cry, Have A Plan: Caring for Babies When They Cry (Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Group Modules).
• September 13: Raising Kin in Massachusetts
• September 14: Help Me Get Ready to Read: Raising Reading Ready Children by Reading Aloud During their First Five Years.
• September 15: Mindfulness for Family Support Workers. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• September 16: Babies Cry, Have A Plan Community Training (Spanish language training). NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• September 22: Discovering Who I Am: Guiding Young Children As They Learn About Their Racial/Ethnic Identify. This workshop is full. Registration has closed.
  
• September 22: Community Responses to Postpartum Depression.
• September 24: Using Developmental Assets to Strengthen Young Parents and Their Children.
• September 30: Helping Babies Cry Less and Helping Parents Cope with Crying in Ways that Build Parenting Strengths.

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October

• October 4: Adoption in the Classroom.
• October 5: Working with Parents Who Have Intellectual Disabilities.
• October 6: ABCs of Immigration & Immigrant Access to Benefits.
• October 8: Working with Gang Involved Teen Parents.
• October 13: Babies Cry, Have A Plan Community Training. NOTE: This workshop is now full. Registration has closed.
• October 27: Where the Guys Aren't – Addressing the Lack of Gender Diversity in the Early Education Profession.

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CTF thanks the following partners who are providing workshops:

• Cape Cod Children's Place
• Family Violence Prevention Fund
• Massachusetts Department of Children and Families
• Help Me Get Ready To Read
• Families First Parenting Programs
• Somerville Early Head Start
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Roca Inc.
• MIRA Coalition
• Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts
• Administration for Children and Families, Region 1
• Pamela Whitney Consulting
• DCF Family Advisory Committee
• Commission on the Status of Grandparents
• Executive Office of Elder Affairs
• University of Massachusetts Medical School; Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society
• Candelaria Silva-Collins
• Xandra Negron
• Ana Marina Vaquerano
• Birth to Three Family Center
• Old Colony YMCA
• Martha’s Vineyard Family Center
• The United ARC of Franklin and Hampshire Counties

CTF thanks the following partners who are providing workshop space:

• Codman Square Branch of the Boston Public Library
• Worcester Public Library
• Lawrence Public Library
• Old Colony YMCA
• Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy)
• Springfield Public Library
• Shriner’s Hospital
• Plymouth Public Library
• Somerville Early Head Start
• Community Action of Cape Cod & the Islands
• Medford Family Network
• Stoneham Public Library
• Bay Cove Early Intervention/Small Wonders Nursery School
• Greenfield Community College
• Y.O.U. Inc.
• Medford Public Library
• Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• University of Massachusetts Medical School
• Family Services of Central Worcester and Child Care
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• Birth to Three Family Center
• West Parish Family School, West Barnstable
• Department of Children and Families, Greenfield Area Office
• Stoneham Public Library
• Quinsigamond Community College