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GKI Training
for Universal Outreach and Support Programs for Parents/Caregivers
of Infants and Young Children
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As with any new job, mastering the competencies to produce
successful outcomes requires training, practice and on-going
coaching. Great Kids, Inc. can support you in evolving the
skills of your program staff. We offer a wide range of quality
trainings and a comprehensive parent-child and family support
curriculum that are tailored to meet the specific needs
of programs working with parents of children prenatally
- age 5 in home visiting and group settings.
A common
thread in all of our seminars is the focus on supporting
parents in developing positive attachment relationships
with their infants and toddlers along with enhancing family
self-sufficiency.
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Our trainings are for:
- Family Home Visiting
- Early
Head
Start
- Healthy Families
America
- Home Based Programs
- Home and Center
Based Caregivers
- Orphanages
- Child Protective
Services
- Foster Care
- Early Childhood
Development Programs in Developing
Countries
- Development
Programs in
Developing
Countries
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What distinguishes GKI seminars from others you might be considering? 
- Primary focus on learning practical and proven strategies
for building
relationships with parents and motivating responsive parenting
- Learning through experiential methods
- Minimum use of lecture or passive learning approaches
- Effective tools for the multidisciplinary infant, toddler,
and family field
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Integrated systems package for core training and parenting/child
development curriculum (Growing Great Kids)
- Seminars facilitated by trainers with many years of hands-on
program experience, able
to address most any question or challenge faced by a participant
- Follow-up phone and email accessibility to trainers
How will my program benefit from a GKI seminar?
- Increases in family engagement and retention
- Ease in transferring learning to on-the-job skills
- Improved levels of staff competence
- Clear focus on program goals during visits with families
and supervision
- Improved outcomes for children and families
Our Training Programs
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 for Universal Outreach and Support Programs for Parents of
Infants and Young Children - Core Training Seminar for Parent Survey Process
(Universal Outreach
to New Parents – Strength Based Assessment and Referral)
- Core Training Seminars for Home Visitors
- Growing Great Kids Curriculum
(An interactive, parenting, child
development and family enhancement curriculum)
- Supervision and Program Management
- Advanced seminars for Seasoned Staff
- All core and advanced seminars fulfill HFA credentialing
standards
- for Trainers of Universal
Outreach & Support Programs
- On-site, individualized Mentoring Training for both Family
Assessment and Support/Home Visitor Trainers
- Trainers certification includes, but is not limited to, Healthy
Families America Core Training
- for Quality Management Teams/Systems
- Development of system infrastructure
- Comprehensive training package for Quality Management/Technical
Assistance Team
- for Child Care
Givers – Family & Center–Based
- Comprehensive curriculum for training child caregivers
- Training of trainers for Child caregivers
- Caregiver-child activities that grow nurturing caregiving practices
and support development
- for Orphanage Care Givers
- In-country Train-The-Trainer Institutes
- Comprehensive curriculum for training caregivers
- Monitoring/Quality Management Training for project officers
- Caregiver-child activities to enhance day-to-day relationships
and to support development
- for Foster Parenting
- Train-The-Trainer
Institute for trainers of foster parents
- Comprehensive curriculum for foster/resource parents of infants
and young children
- Assessment Tool for Screening foster parenting
applicants
- Seminars for social workers on Infant Mental
Health, Infant/Child Care and Development
and Child Guidance
- Creating strength-based relationships with
program staff that motivate cooperation
and grow partnerships
- for Early Child Development/Maternal-Child Health programs In Developing
Countries
- Comprehensive training package designed to build
in-country capacity
- Read more details on Programs for Developing
Countries
For additional information regarding training content, please contact
Betsy Dew, Executive Director.
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