JULY ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING - FOLLOW UP

Thank you to all those who attended our last Peer Parent training for the STEP curriculum.  A couple of reminders that we went over in the training:

-Please remember that ALL new cases will be using this curriculum and will use the STEPS as a supplement.
-Please use the Pre and Post testing for STEP and turn in the tests to me.

Here is the link to the Chapter 7 notes:

Step Chapter 7

ADVANCED PEER PARENTING TRAINING REMINDER

In July, we are moving on to our final Chapter of the new STEP program.   

 

I strongly recommend and encourage each of you to attend this training as it will be our final one!

Chapter Seven, STEP

When:  Thursday, July 18, 2013; 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where:  Provo Regional Center, DCFS Office, 5th Floor, 150 E Center Street

 

This will be a potluck, so please bring something to share!

 

As always, please plan on meeting in the lobby at 5:15 p.m., so I can get everyone up the elevators, as they are locked at 5:00 p.m.

 

Thanks and I hope to see everyone there!!

JUNE ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING - FOLLOW UP

Thank you to all those who were able to come to Thursday's meeting.  We had a great turnout!  I have emailed you all the trainer's information for the new curriculum.  And have attached the Chapter 6 handouts below.

Please remember we have one more chapter to go.  This training will be held on July 18th, so mark your calendars!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns with the new curriculum.  And please start using this with any new cases that are assigned to you.  Please remember to use the pre and post testing as well.  Those tests will need to be turned in to me.

Thanks so much!

 

Chapter 6 Handout

 

JUNE ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING

In June, we are moving on to Chapter 6 of the new STEP program.  I will also be handing out manuals and going over the pre and post test.  

 

As a reminder, each month I will be training on a different chapter in the new manual.  I strongly recommend and encourage each of you to attend these trainings.

Chapter Six, STEP

When:  Thursday, June 20, 2013; 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where:  Provo Regional Center, DCFS Office, 5th Floor, 150 E Center Street

This will be a potluck, so please bring something to share!

As always, please plan on meeting in the lobby at 5:15 p.m., so I can get everyone up the elevators, as they are locked at 5:00 p.m.

Thanks and I hope to see everyone there!!

MAY ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING NOTES

Thank you so much for all those who attended the training.  We had a great turn out.  Below are the notes for Chapter 5 STEP Training.  Please review these if you were unable to attend.  I also announced that I should have the training manuals and books to hand out at our June training, so please plan on attending.

June's training will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2013 @ 5:30 p.m.

Chapter 5 Handout

MAY ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING

In May, we are moving on to Chapter 5 of the new STEP program.  As a reminder, each month I will be training on a different chapter in the new manual. 

 I strongly recommend and encourage each of you to attend these trainings.  Please take note that I have changed the training to a Tuesday this month!  For those of you who were unable to attend, I have emailed the last four training handouts for your review.

Chapter Five, STEP

When:  Tuesday, May 14, 2013; 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where:  Provo Regional Center, DCFS Office, 5th Floor, 150 E Center Street

This will be a potluck, so please bring something to share!

As always, please plan on meeting in the lobby at 5:15 p.m., so I can get everyone up the elevators, as they are locked at 

5:00 p.m. 

Thanks and I hope to see everyone there!!

APRIL ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING NOTES

Thank you to all those who were in attendance on Thursday night.  I felt it was a very successful training and I personally got a lot out of it.  Below is the handout.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Chapter 4 Handout

 

Also, please remember in May our training will be held on Tuesday, May 14 at 5:30.

I hope to see you all there!

APRIL ADVANCED PEER PARENTING TRAINING

In April, we are moving on to Chapter 4 of the new STEP program.  As a reminder, each month I will be training on a different chapter in the new manual. 

 I strongly recommend and encourage each of you to attend these trainings.

Chapter Three, STEP

When:  Thursday, April 18, 2013; 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where:  Provo Regional Center, DCFS Office, 5th Floor, 150 E Center Street

This will be a potluck, so please bring something to share!

As always, please plan on meeting in the lobby at 5:15 p.m., so I can get everyone up the elevators, as they are locked at 

5:00 p.m.

Thanks and I hope to see everyone there!!

MARCH ADVANED PEER PARENT TRAINING

Thank you so much for all those who came and participated in last Thursday's Advanced Peer Parent training.   I appreciate all the comments, suggestions, and opinions that each of you gave, it made the training very successful.  For those of you who were unable to make it, please see the attached training handouts.  I have included all three chapter handouts from the STEP curriculum.  Again, I would suggest everyone really try and make an effort in coming to each month's training, so that you are trained on the new STEP curriculum that will be introduced July 1.  

Upcoming training:

Thursday, April 18, 2013 @ 5:30 p.m. (Provo DCFS)

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 @ 5:30 p.m. (Provo DCFS)

Thursday, June 20, 2013 @ 5:30 p.m. (Provo DCFS)

I may add one more training into this mix because there are 7 chapters that I need to train on.  I will let you know!

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

MARCH ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING

In March, we are moving on to Chapter 3 of the new STEP program.  As a reminder, each month I will be training on a different chapter in the new manual. 

 I strongly recommend and encourage each of you to attend these trainings.

Chapter Two, STEP

When:  Thursday, March 21, 2013; 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where:  Provo Regional Center, DCFS Office, 5th Floor, 150 E Center Street

This will be a potluck, so please bring something to share!

As always, please plan on meeting in the lobby at 5:15 p.m., so I can get everyone up the elevators, as they are locked at 

5:00 p.m.

Thanks and I hope to see everyone there!!

ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING - FOLLOW UP

Thank you to all of those who came last night.  We had a good turn out!  I wanted to follow up with you and with those of you who were unable to attend.

I made an announcement about the Peer Parenting Program and wanted to make sure everyone was informed of the upcoming changes.  Without going into the history of why these changes are occurring as I did last night, for those of you who were not there, you may call me and I can explain at further length.  

As of July 1, 2013; the Peer Parenting Program will be going contracted.  Basically this means that a provider in the community may bid for the contract and through the bidding process may receive this contract.  Once the contracted is awarded, the contractor would then be responsible to hire, train, and pay peer parents.   Peer Parents would receive referrals from this provider and would send their documentation to this provider and the caseworker.  I will be meeting with the contractor and giving them contact information of the peer parents that would be interested in working for them.  I feel very confident that they would use my existing peer parents, because you are all trained and have experience in the program.  I will not give out your contact information, if you do not wish to work for this contracted agency.  So when the contract is awarded, I will be emailing you to ask if you are interested in applying for the peer parenting positions with this contracted provider.  If I receive a response from you, I will then give your information to this provider.

If you have cases that you are currently working on during the transition to the new provider on July 1st, those will remain with DCFS.  The provider will only take over peer parenting cases that start July 1 and beyond.  Again, current cases that end after July 1st will stay with me and you will continue to send documentation and billings to me until the case closes.

As for the Strengthening Families Program, this will remain the same; however, I will be shifting this program solely to Cassie Beck.  She will be responsible for collecting your documentation, billing, and training you.  If you would like to work with this program or are currently working with this program.  You will need to let Cassie know that you would like to continue or start.  The current session will remain the same, you will continue to send your documentation to me and your billings to me.  Once the new session starts, you will then start sending everything to Cassie.

I know this may be confusing and you may have a lot of questions, so please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Also, here is the handout for the training last night:

STEP Chapter 2 Handout

FEBRUARY ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING

In February, we are moving on to Chapter 2 of the new STEP program.  As a reminder, each month I will be training on a different chapter in the new manual.  I strongly recommend and encourage each of you to attend these trainings.

Also, I will be updating everyone on important changes that are going to take place with both the Peer Parenting Program and the Strengthening Families Program!!!  Again, please make it a priority to attend this training.

Chapter Two, STEP

When:  Thursday, February 21, 2013; 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Where:  Provo Regional Center, DCFS Office, 5th Floor, 150 E Center Street

This will be a potluck, so please bring something to share!

As always, please plan on meeting in the lobby at 5:15 p.m., so I can get everyone up the elevators, as they are locked at 

5:00 p.m.

Thanks and I hope to see everyone there!!

JANUARY ADVANCED PEER PARENT TRAINING

Thank you to all who came to the January training.  The STEP program was introduced and I trained on Chapter 1.  There was a lot of information given in a small amount of time.  I would suggest that those who were not in attendence read through the handout:

Chapter 1

Next month, we will be training on Chapter 2.  Please plan on attending each month.  We will meet the 3rd Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the Provo DCFS office.