Elevate Your Home Visit Practice

Online training to advance skills and boost confidence for Growing Great Kids users. 

Elevate Your Home Practice

Online training to advance skills and boost confidence for Growing Great Kids users.

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Grow Your Confidence in Every Visit

ELEVATE… The Advanced Practice Series: a library of online courses designed to promote the confidence and competence of certified Growing Great Kids Next Generation curriculum users. 

Training details for each ELEVATE course: 

  • 2 hour courses 
  • Self-paced online learning 
  • For GGK certified users
  • Course completion certificate included
Logo for Elevate training: This series is designed for any home visitor, supervisor, or coach who is certified in the Growing Great Kids curriculum and has completed Next Generation P-36 Tier 1 or P-36 Classic AND is transitioning to Next Generation.

ELEVATE COURSES

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Supporting Optimal Development

This course helps learners use the GGK curriculum to support optimal development, understand its materials and Fidelity Guide, and tailor it to meet families’ unique needs and abilities.

This course supports you to:

  • Define unique needs and optimal development 
  • Enhance your knowledge of the Fidelity guide and how to individualize the curriculum for all families
  • Understand how the curriculum provides tools to build trusting relationships 

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Mini, Measurable, and Meaningful Goals

This course explores goal creation, focusing on language, stages of change, and the 3MMMs Framework to help families set mini, measurable, and meaningful goals, using  GGK and GGF as essential resources.

This course supports you to: 

  • Use the GGK curricula to create goals with families
  • Reflect on your own goal journey to develop empathy for families
  • Understand the research behind why goal setting is important

 

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Using GGK to Support Family Culture

This course teaches learners to use the curriculum to support families’ cultures, exploring cultural concepts, tools, and how Growing Great Kids fosters culturally responsive services.

This course supports you to:

  • Define culture and what it is made up of
  • Learn how to use the culture humility approach with families
  • Use the curriculum manual modules to learn about a family’s culture and values

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A Deep Dive into the GGK GPS Tool

Embark on a deep dive into the GGK GPS Tool, a resource for the home visitor to use in partnership with the family to plan upcoming visits. 

In this course, you will:

  • Understand the significance of intentional and parent-involved planning
  • Define the GGK GPS Tool and describe its components
  • Recognize when to use the tool
  • Use the tool to support planning and partnership with families

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Exploring the Great Kids Assessment Tools

This course provides a detailed exploration of using GGK Assessment Tools with fidelity, emphasizing the benefits of reflection and collaboration for professional growth.

This course explores the following tools:

  • GGK Fidelity Self-Assessment Checklist
  • GGK Fidelity Observation Tool for Supervisors and Coaches
  • GKI Core Competencies for Effective Home Visiting Self-Assessment
  • The Individual Professional Development Plan

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Your Questions Answered

 

What's included in a digital subscription?

Transferable licenses: Staff changes won’t affect your cost. Each license can be transferred once per year and includes certification for a new user.

Automatic upgrades: Get curriculum updates right away at no extra cost.

Multiple languages: Includes access to manuals and handouts in multiple languages.

Digital curriculum and handouts access: Everything you need in one digital platform. 

Self-study certification: Get automatically enrolled in interactive, self-paced training to quickly learn how to use the manuals.

Tech Support: Never feel alone. Contact our tech support whenever you need help.

 

What languages are offered in the digital curriculum?

Growing Great Kids Next Generation Prenatal to 36 Months

    • Manuals in English & Spanish and Handouts in English, Spanish, Arabic, French-Canadian, Haitian-Creole, and Persian-Dari (Farsi)
    • Currently, the GGK Next Generation Prenatal Manual & Handouts are only available in English and French (Canada), and the GGF Next Generation Handouts are available in English, Spanish and French (Canada).

Growing Great Kids Next Generation for Preschoolers 

    • Manuals and Handouts in English & Spanish

Growing Great Families Next Generation

    • Manual in English and Spanish
    • Handouts available in English, Spanish and French (Canada)

Growing Great Kids Next Generation Prenatal

    • Manual in English
    • Handouts in English and French (Canada)

Hope at Home

    • Manual in English
    • Handouts in English & Spanish

    Is a device included with purchase?

    No. Users must purchase their device to download the digital materials onto.

    What is the file size for each digital curriculum?

    View sizes here

    Can I use the digital curriculum without Wi-Fi?

    Yes! Simply download the manuals to your device. 

    Growing Great Kids®

    Why Choose Great Kids?

    Proven Success

    Over 37,000 people have been trained to use the Great Kids curricula

    Protective Factors – GGK Constructs

    Research informed constructs embedded in the Protective Factors Framework

    Alignment with Head Start

    The Growing Great Kids Home Based Curricula Series exceeds all Head Start Curriculum requirements

    Evidenced Based Research

    As evidenced by seven independent evaluations, the GGK Curriculum produces outstanding results

    Specialized Training Programs 

    On-site and virtual training options available

    Healthy Families America

    The Growing Great Kids curriculum aligns with and builds upon the HFA model approach

    Connect With Great Kids