Title Audience Objective Description Hours
Partnering With Families	Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Service Workers	Participants will gain skills for partnering with, and empathy for, families	This interactive training brings both the family story and the family experience with the mental health and developmental service systems, to the Designated Agencies in order to increase awareness and skills.	2.5
Partnering with Families in Education	School personnel, special educators, behavior interventionists	Participants will gain skills for partnering with, and empathy for, families	This interactive training brings both the family story and the family experience with the mental health and education systems to the service providers themselves. Participants will gain skills for working with, and empathy for, families	1.5
Families, Disability and Culture-TASH	Family members, self advocates and staff	To build leadership skills as well as cultural understanding	Participants will gain understanding of disability and culture as well as the skills needed to lead their own team or become community leaders.	16 total or 3 hour segments yet to be split up
Advocacy-TASH	Families, self advocates and staff	To build advocacy skills	Curriculum not yet finished	6
Parents as Leaders-PCL	Families and staff	Develop a definition of leadership	Define leadership in current and future roles, describe critical roles that parents of children with disabilities played in the history of education, evaluate personal concerns regarding parents’ roles as leaders and advocates
Critical Elements of Collaboration-PCL	Families, system of care and staff	Learn the ins and outs of collaboration	Participants will be able to define collaboration as it relates to parent leadership, learn the characteristics and principles of collaboration, define the elements of effective collaboration and identify the stages of team development.
Stages of Group Development-PCL	Families, system of care and staff	Become familiar with the nature of teaming	Participants will learn the 4 stages of team development, recognize the characteristics and challenges at each stage of development, learn the ways in which team leaders and other members can help teams move through the stages of team development
Tips for Leading Effective Meetings-PCL	System of care and staff	Become familiar with the basics of effective team meetings	Participants will learn about strategies for structuring teams so that meetings can be effective, learn about the processes that teams can use to ensure effective meetings, learn about strategies that team leaders and others can use to facilitate effective meetings
Listening and Asking Clarifying Questions-PCL	Families, system of care and staff	Become comfortable asking clarifying questions in team meetings	Participants will be able to define the importance of listening and asking clarifying questions in collaborative team settings and demonstrate the ability to use the skills of listening and asking questions in role play situations
Understanding Conflict-PCL	Families, system of care and staff	Become comfortable with conflict, increase ability to recognize different conflict styles	Participants will define various approaches to dealing with conflict, understand the uses, strengths and limitations to various approaches, reflect on personal strengths and challenges in relation to conflict, and the ways in which these can enhance or serve as a barrier to effective leadership and collaboration
Re-Framing Agendas: From the Personal to the Policy Level-PCL	Families	Learn the basics of taking advocacy to the next level	Identify the difference between a personal concern and a policy concern, demonstrate the ability to re-state personal concerns as policy issues, demonstrate the ability to describe your policy issue to a person whose support you need to make changes in policy
Solving Problems in Groups-PCL	Families, system of care and staff	Learn problem solving techniques	Participants will identify the steps needed to engage in effective group problem solving, participate in a group problem solving activity related to participants issues
Understanding Diversity-PCL	Staff	Basics of diversity	Participants will identify ways in which each of us represents some form of diversity, define benefits and challenges of collaborating in groups involving persons from diverse backgrounds, consider ways to promote the benefits of diversity in future collaborative situations