Trainings for Parenting Educators

Parenting Now offers a variety of curricula and facilitation trainings to enhance your experience in using Parenting Now curricula and facilitating groups with parents and families. These trainings are highly-interactive and designed to enhance your skills as a Parenting Educator. Participants receive a Certificate of Participation for their portfolios.

Make Parenting A Pleasure, SE

February 24-26, 2026, from
9:00-11:00 am & 12:00-2:00 pm PT

Details

Parenting education professionals will learn the best use of the Make Parenting A Pleasure®, Second Edition. This training is also applicable to Haga de la Familia un Placer®, as well as the original Make Parenting A Pleasure®, Parenting Now® the Curriculum, and Haga de la Paternidad un Placer®.

In this 12-hour training, you will:

Gain experience for how to facilitate parenting groups on Zoom
Leave with six new icebreakers!

By the end of this training, you will be more knowledgeable, confident, and skilled in delivering the curriculum.

Spanish Coaching for Haga de la Familia un Placer®, SE.

Nuestro entrenamiento está diseñado para educadores de familia que hablan español y desean mejorar su capacidad para utilizar nuestro plan de estudios: Haga de la Familia un Placer® Segunda Edición.

Una vez confirmado su pago, nos comunicaremos con usted para programar su sesión en Zoom.

Details

Este entrenamiento individual en español será una sesión de 3 horas en Zoom para un solo entrenador. Se recomienda encarecidamente que sea propietario o tenga acceso al plan de estudios.

Durante la sesión, los participantes van a:

Discutir el diseño curricular, la distribución y el marco teórico.
Revisar las 12 sesiones del plan de estudios, incluyendo los conceptos claves, las metas y los objetivos, y las Tarjetas de Práctica en el Hogar.
Aprender las mejores prácticas para utilizar el plan de estudios.
Experimentar el plan de estudios desde la perspectiva de los padres y madres en una actividad de juego de roles.
Tener la oportunidad de hacer preguntas sobre el plan de estudios y su uso con las familias.

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Curricula Trainings

Make Parenting A Pleasure, Second Edition

Make Parenting A Pleasure®, Second Edition training is for parenting educators who use or plan to use the curriculum and want to increase their proficiency and understanding. This training is also applicable to Haga de la Familia un Placer®, as well as the original Make Parenting A Pleasure®, Parenting Now® the Curriculum, and Haga de la Paternidad un Placer®.

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Foundations of Facilitation

This training is adapted from The Ford Family Foundation's training. Group facilitation skills are important competencies for guiding parent learning, regardless of which parenting curriculum you use. This foundational training is designed for parenting educators who implement parenting series in group settings.

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Spanish Coaching for Haga de la Familia un Placer®, SE.

Our coaching is designed for Spanish-speaking parenting educators who want to enhance their ability to use our curriculum: Haga de la Familia un Placer® Second Edition.

This one-on-one coaching in Spanish will be a 3-hour session on Zoom for a single trainee.

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Let Parenting Now Provide Training For Your Organization!

We can provide any of our training options specifically for your group of Parenting Educators. We can train up to 20 participants. However, we can discuss other options if you want to train more Parenting Educators. Your training experience is important to us and we will work with you to ensure your satisfaction. Contact us to tailor a training for your group. For more information, please send an email.

Frequently Asked Questions About Our Trainings

Is curriculum training a requirement?

How many hours is the curriculum training?

What is the cost of curriculum training?

Individual registration for training varies depending on the training or workshop. The cost of curricula training for individuals is $425 for the early bird rate and $475 for the regular price. The cost is subject to change without notice.

We can also provide any of our virtual training options specifically for your group of parenting educators. The training cost is $425 per participant. We require a minimum of 11 participants and can train a maximum of 20 participants.

What is the cost of Reachables training?

Individual registration for training varies depending on the training or workshop.

The cost of Reachables training for individuals is $60 per participant or $48 for groups of four or more. The cost is subject to change without notice.

We can also provide a dedicated virtual training option specifically for your group.

The training cost is $48 per participant. We require a minimum of 11 participants and can train a maximum of 40 participants.

I'm new to parenting education. How easy is the curriculum to implement without training?

I attended curricula training several years ago. Have you updated the training?

What is the Training Cancellation Policy?

I'm a seasoned parenting educator. Can curriculum training benefit me?

How many participants will you train if you do a training specifically for our group?

We offer dedicated training for organizations that meet the minimum requirement of 11 participants.

For curriculum training, we will train up to 20 participants. However, we can discuss other options if you want to train more parenting educators. Your training experience is important to us, and we will work with you to ensure your satisfaction.

For Reachables training, we will train up to 40 participants.

How often do you typically hold trainings?

Is there a Spanish language training for Haga de la Familia un Placer® conducted by bilingual, bi-cultural trainers?

We offer coaching designed for Spanish-speaking parenting educators who want to enhance their ability to use our curriculum: Haga de la Familia un Placer® Second Edition.

This one-on-one coaching in Spanish will be a 3-hour session on Zoom for a single trainee. It is strongly recommended that you own or have access to the curriculum.

Although HFP coaching in Spanish differs significantly from the English MPAP training, it remains comprehensive. Click here to discover more about our Spanish coaching for Haga de la Familia un Placer®, SE.

Can I change the registration name to someone else?

When will I receive the Zoom link to join the training?

Will I receive a confirmation of attendance?

Training Cancellation Policy:

You can get a full refund if you cancel your training registration at least 30 days before the scheduled date.

Just email pn@parentingnow.org to request your refund.