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.

Current Curricula Trainings

On-Demand REACHABLES® Training

From Overwhelmed to Empowered: Easy Family Goal Setting Using Reachables®
Available Now • Self-Paced • Enroll Anytime

Details

Learn to use Reachables® Family Goal-Setting Cards with confidence. This online training teaches home visitors, parenting educators, and family advocates how to help families set meaningful, achievable goals — even when they're met with resistance or overwhelm.

What's Included:

5 comprehensive modules with video lessons
Read or listen — your choice
Reflection & application activities
30 days of access
Certificate of completion

Investment: $69 per person

Note: Reachables® cards are sold separately. This training does not require the cards but is designed to help you use them effectively.

LEARN MORE & ENROLL

Make Parenting A Pleasure, SE

October 6-7, 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®.

What to Expect During the Training

A guided walkthrough of the Make Parenting A Pleasure® Second Edition curriculum
A live sample session so you can see the curriculum in action
Opportunities to practice and reflect on facilitation strategies
Discussion of real-world implementation, including virtual delivery

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

"I truly think it was the best training I have ever received on this curriculum! The trainers did an amazing job!"
- March 2026 Trainee
"The trainers truly did an outstanding job, and this curriculum is one of the best ones I personally have seen. I believe in it 100%."
- 2024 Trainee
"It was an amazing training! I learned a lot of new information and look forward to sharing these techniques with my clients. I appreciate the length/layout of the training as it did not feel rushed and allowed for a break. Thank you Amanda & Michael for sharing your knowledge with us!"
- February 2026 Trainee
"I appreciated all the practice and hands-on activities the trainers provided rather than just handing over the materials. I truly feel much more educated on the curriculum and feel extremely confident in bringing all the fun techniques and activities to my families."
- March 2026 Trainee

Types of 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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On-Demand REACHABLES® Training

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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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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?

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?

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Meet The Trainers

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Amanda Hill, M.Ed (she/her)

Amanda is Parenting Now's Director of Training. She has a passion for working with educators, parents, and families. She also teaches child development courses within the community college and university settings. Prior to teaching at the college level, she taught typically-developing preschoolers, as well as those with special needs. Amanda has two young children. When she's not in the office, she enjoys spending time outside with her family.

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Kira Rafuse (she/her)

Kira is a Parenting Educator and Trainer for Make Parenting a Pleasure and the First Three Years Program at Parenting Now. She was a Parenting Educator for several years in Anchorage Alaska before moving back to Eugene in 2024. She has her own two lovey daughters who are 11 and 16. Kira is passionate about serving the parenting community and looks forward to working with your family!

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Michael Finlay, BS (he/him)

Michael is a parenting educator, coach, and advocate for fatherhood. He runs This is Fatherhood, LLC(opens in new tab) and This is Fatherhood Blog(opens in new tab) in addition to his work with Parenting Now and Boot Camp for New Dads. Michael is committed to building a community of fathers and parents that are fully engaged with their children and families. He is a father of an amazing son and daughter and is happily married to his high school sweetheart. Michael is excited about sharing the highs and lows of parenting with others so that he can also be the best dad for his kids. He is also a kid trapped in an adult body and loves playing Lego, Pokemon, and with other toys with or without his kids. He received a B.S. in Social Science from Western Oregon University, 2009.

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(opens in new tab) to request your refund.