Training Curriculum

    

    Family Development: A Sustainable Route to Healthy Self-Reliance

    • Understand how to help families restore their sense of healthy self-reliance
    • Explain the seven steps of family development and the seven roles of a family development worker
    • Work respectfully with families from a variety of family forms

    Communicating with Skill and Heart

    • Create a listening atmosphere using communication "helpers" and active listening skills
    • Use skillful listening and speaking skills to resolve conflict
    • Work skillfully with families with language barriers

    Taking Good Care of Yourself

    • Clarify your personal vision for your work
    • Understand how to balance work and family life as a family development worker

    Diversity

    • Discuss why cultural competence is an important skill of family development work
    • Learn skills for respectful cross-cultural communication with families

    Strengths-based Assessment

    • Understanding basic aspects of assessment
    • Protect families' information, privacy, and know confidentiality guidelines

    Helping Families Set and Reach Goals

    • Learn ways to establish and build relationships with families based on mutual respect and trust
    • Practice techniques to help families identify their strengths

    Helping Families Across Specialized Services

    • Discuss the need for specialized services with families in a respectful and supportive way
    • Learn steps to make referrals, and follow through that help families access specialized services

    Home Visiting

    • Establish a positive and clear purpose of the home visits
    • Take practical steps to increase your safety when making home visits
    • Handle the practical challenges of home visiting

    Facilitation Skills: Family Conferences, Support Groups and Community Meetings

    • Learn skills that are crucial to successful interactions
    • Teach leadership skills to family members so they can facilitate their own meetings

    Collaboration

    • Describe the different levels of collaboration most often used in family development work
    • Understand how agency, state, and national policies affect families