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JULY 10 & 11
SUMMER LIFE COACH CERTIFICATION CLASS
HARRIS STOWE UNIVERSITY - ST. LOUIS, MO
National Fatherhood Life Coach Certification-July 2017
SUMMER LIFE COACH ENROLLMENT HERE
Monday, July 10, 2017 9:00a.m, -4:30pm
Required Fatherhood Practitioner Credential
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 9:00a.m. 4:30p.m.
Exploration Into Life Coaching Skills
Special discounted registration for the National Fatherhood Practitioner Credential from $399.00 to $119.00 to attend the entire two-day training program. Opportunity to participate in the National Fatherhood Life Coach Program at 30% discount because of the support from Randolph County Caring Community Partnerships, Inc.,
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Dr. Joshua Murfree, Jr.
Added Guest Speaker and Leader in 100 Black Men of America
FFCA is honored to share leadership from 100 Black Men of America to Open our program June 8th. A public servant for more than three decades, Dr. Joshua W. Murfree, Jr. was recently appointed to the position of Chief Operations Officer for the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority in Atlanta, Georgia, an appointment that enables him to address the vast challenges of and to develop sustainable solutions to issues of providing quality health care for diverse populations. Dr. Murfree formerly served as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Fort Valley State University.
Dr. Murfree served as the National/International Mentoring Chairman of 100 Black Men of America, Inc. for sixteen years. He also served on the Executive Committee for 100 Black Men of America, Inc. as the Vice-Chairman of Programs which oversaw the programmatic areas of Economic Empowerment, Education, Health and Wellness and Mentoring. He was elected as Vice-Chairman of Operations for the organization for two terms. Dr. Murfree has been recognized as the architect of a comprehensive mentoring known as “Mentoring the 100 Way [now Mentoring the 100 Way Across a Lifetime].”
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engaging dads and children living homeless in the u.s.
(Alex and his son, Junior going through the journey overcoming homelessness in America)
Men living in poverty are more than twice as likely to become absent fathers than their middle-class peers (U.S. Census Bureau). However, poverty does not have to define outcomes for children nor does homelessness of fathers prevent being a better every day. On Friday, June 9th at a very special summer institute, we will host speakers, advocates, researchers and experts on engaging fathers who are homeless. Administration for Children and Families’ Preventing Family & Youth Homelessness with a different focus on how to engage homeless fathers as a priority. Policy responding into effective practice “engaging homeless dads” by REACHUP, Inc. Central Hillsborough(Florida) Healthy Start Male Involvement Initiative will talk on proven strategies that is increasing wellness for children and families.
The highlighted ACF initiative and effective practice comes with a vibrant documentary. Producers on "Daddy Don't Go" an award-winning documentary about socially disadvantaged fathers currently airing on the STARZ Network.
"Daddy Don't Go" is executive produced by actors/activists Omar Epps and Malik Yoba. Esteemed Professor Kathryn Edin of Johns Hopkins University says the of the film: "Every American must see this film. Why is it so heartbreakingly hard—even impossible—to be a decent dad in America if you're poor? 'Daddy Don't Go' should sear the nation's conscience."
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SOUTH-EAST FATHERHOOD & FAMILIES INSTITUTE
THURSDAY, JUNE 08, 2017, & FRIDAY, JUNE 09, 2017
REGISTER HERE
FATHERHOOD PRACTITIONER CREDENTIAL @$159.00 EARLY FEES ENDS SOON
FRIDAY ONLY @$79.00 EARLY FEES ENDS SOON
BOTH DAYS @$169.00 EARLY FEES ENDS SOON
Atlanta Site for Summer Institute Early Rates Open Today
Register today for up to 50% discount here before regular rates...
The dynamics of bringing the Administration for Children and Families with Clark Atlanta University, Alabama A&M University and Fathers & Families Coalition of America with continued education units (CEUs) sponsored by Office of American Indian Projects
School of Social Work at the College of Public Service and Community Solution Arizona State University will host a unique summer institute at Clark Atlanta University.
Unlike conferences with several workshops, all presenters will introduce concepts and methods to increase skills and knowledge to all attendees in a symposium format to a limited allowed attendees... do not miss out.
PLENARY & WORKSHOPS
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2017, we honor FFCA Affiliates Paradise of Vista California, Fathers Support Center of St. Louis as model agencies at our 18th Annual National Families and Fathers Conference. We are sharing our eMagazine featuring some of the greatest leaders with Halbert Sullivan, CEO of Fathers Support Center, Julie Lowen CEO of Children’s Paradise and Karen Andrade Mims CEO of UIH Family Partners. We are honored to have featured articles on healthy marriages from Dr. Jacqueline Del Rosario, CEO of ReCapturing the Vision a Miami FFCA Affiliate. Dr. Allen McCray, CEO of Life Impact a Puerto Rico FFCA Affiliate, Bishop Henry Hearns, Dr. Dezette Johnson. Additional featured interviews from Judge Arthur L. Burnett, Sr.and Bishop George Dallas McKinney provide inspriational stories on leadership, parenting, marriage and service.
http://fathersandfamiliescoalition.org/images/FFCCA-Cornerstone-Magazine-2017.pdf
If you are interested joining Fathers & Families Coalition of America as an affiliate learn more here..
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LIFE COACH CERTIFICATION TRAINING: NICHE IN FAMILY & FATHERHOOD
Sheraton Gateway LAX Hotel or Virtual Attendance
April 27th & 28th Open Enrollment Now!
Learn More Here
This dynamically integrated 120+ program, built on the core competencies in child welfare, early childhood, marriage and family therapist, social work, criminal justice, psychologist, educators, counselors to help develop life coaches. There are several outcomes we have cornerstones to support practices working with fathers-families, capacity of entrepreneurism, ensure fidelity with resources to support growth personally and professionally. The core foundation of a lifespan and resiliency for practitioners to coach fathers-families with wellness approaches to include neurophysiological evidence based interventions that interface with effective life coaching strategies.
Fathers & Families Coalition of America and Life Impact, LLC are committed to a high fidelity program that transfers knowledge and skills. Our curriculum includes practices identified by the US National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) with the teaching of applying evidence-based interventions that interface with effective promising practices. • Culturally Appropriate Methods • Emotional Intelligence • Evidence Based Adult Learning Approaches • Evidence-Based Communication Approaches • Grounding Techniques Promoting Wellness • Evidence Based Father Engagement Strategies • Impacts of Father Involvement and Wellness of Children • Increase Fidelity of Practice-Program-Models with Participatory Action Research/Evaluation • Life Span Models • Methods for Mitigating Risks Fostering Increased Resiliency • Motivational Interviewing Techniques • Transformational Core Learning Initiatives to Enrich Skills • Trauma-Informed Approach to Systems and Services.
Life Impact has integrated into our curriculum the highest standards starting with fundamental coaching skills and competency using basic tools and techniques. The skill-building activities that center on using skills and strategies for ideal coaching relationship and process. We use an outcome-based evaluation of coach trainees as well as weekly technical assistance to help students enhance their skills with real-time feedback. Our team gives participants an area of specialization in family wellness with a focus on fatherhood and enables you to expand the scope of your practice.Through our supervised practicum and mentorship program we all increase our abilities through a peer program with other students.
If you are interested in a limited spring cohort, contact us at 424-225-1323 and or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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2017 DRS. RAMON & YOLANDA NIEVES FAMILY AFFAIR GALA
HOSTED BY
FATHERS & FAMILIES COALITION OF AMERICA
Join us at the 18th Annual Families and Fathers National Conference, Never Giving Up-Breakthrough 2017 on Monday, February 27th thru Friday, March 3rd for a tremendous experience that we can all take away to go help others. We will honor fathers, couples, leaders and family-life on Thursday, March 2nd at 6:30p.m. at our Drs. Ramon & Yolanda Nieves Family Affiar Red Tie/Red Dress Gala at the Sheraton LAX Gateway Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Join Fathers & Families Coalition of America on March 2nd honoring others with the Board of Directors and President & Chief Executive Officer of Fathers & Families Coalition of America. We are privileged to have a partnership withBlack Family Preservation Group, Inc.based out of Ohio to support the Family of the Year Honorees. This event could not happen without the numerous volunteers and sponsorships fromLabCop DNA,Kaplan,Major Family Services,Nurturing Fathers Program,Premiere Planning,4The -Bodyand special support fromThe Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving.
For More Information and or Reserve Your Gala Ticket.... Please Go Here
Support? 424-225-1323 or
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2017 National conference attendees get a special discount
starting spring 2017 a dynamic life coach certification program
conference attendees can save up to 25%
National Fatherhood Life Coach Certification-Spring 2017
Enroll in the Spring Class Here
Thursday, April 27, 2017 9:00 AM - Friday, April 28, 2017 4:00 PM (Pacific Time)- Virtual Attendance is Available
Start your journey today! Enroll today as Fatherhood Life Coach and start classes on-line with a special six series. The National Fatherhood Life Coach™ program was developed by Fathers & Families Coalition of America with partnership of Life Impact, LLC and collaboration with Nurturing Father's Program. This dynamically integrated 80+ hour training program is built on the core competencies from professional fields such as: Child welfare, early childhood, marriage and family therapists, social work, criminal justice, psychologists, educators and counselors to help develop life coaches. With several outcomes, we have cornerstones to support practices working with fathers-families with resources to support growth, personally and professionally.
The core foundation is a lifespan perspective working with fathers that has approaches to include Neurophysiology and with the teaching of applying evidence-based interventions that interface with effective life coaching strategies.
This is an 80+ hour training program instructed in layers with multiple engagement opportunities to include: In-person, live virtual and video training. All participants must go through the first two prerequisites: National Fatherhood Practitioner Certificate™ and Life Impact Foundations of Coaching™.
Life Coach trainees must complete the Impact Shift™ course in conjunction with courses as well as participate in weekly technical assistance conferencing with the Principal Presenters starting in May. We encourage everyone regardless of they have started the process, completed sections in the certificate syllabi or enrolling to start with Impact Shift before our kick-off April 27th. If you are attending in-person and or virtually we will ensure this is a great experience.
Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel
6101 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90045
United States
(310) 642-1111
6101 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90045
United States
(310) 642-1111
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For the past 18 years, we have brought awareness on the needs of children through father involvement. Head Start was the foundation for our conference that started at Mesa Community College. Since then almost 20,000 individuals have participated in either our national conference and or regional trainings and from all over the United States as well as international guests. We have extended our early rate at the requests of the others through February 7th. We have kept our fees very modest for a national conference that has a wealth of experts training on various workshops for parents, front-line workers, managers and chief executive officers.... There are so many talented professionals training from February 28th -March 2nd. Then we added a pre-conference track with that are intended to provide technical assistance, curriculum training, support for practitioners and professionals that is in a word, dynamic. We are honored to have the Nurturing Fathers Trainer Program ( March 2nd and 3rd). Our conference gala is not an event to get dressed up but an experience that is inspirational with planned featured speakers, entertainers, the voices of fathers, husbands, wives, leaders and advocates to make a difference in the lives of children.
One week left for early registration rates... do not miss out!
STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR 70+ WORKSHOPS, FANTASTIC TRAININGS, GREAT EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES, INSPIRATIONAL GALA AND OUTSTANDING PLENARY SESSIONS
Never Giving Up - Breakthrough 2017
18th Annual Families & Fathers National Conference
hosted by Fathers & Families Coalition of America
February 27 - March 3, 2017
Sheraton Gateway LAX Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
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Daddy Don't Go
pureland pictures partners
SPECIAL SCREENING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2017
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Join Fathers & Families Coalition of America at our 18th Annual Families and Fathers National Conference as we host Pureland Pictures as part of a very special screening during our Opening Night Welcome Reception, Tuesday, February 28, 2017 open to all conference guests as you hear why the producers, directors and writers of this powerful documentary show the influence of father on a child's life. This is an emotional relaity of millions of children who's fathers never give up, regardless of life circumstances.
Event Location:
Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel
6101 West Century Boulevard. Los Angeles, CA 90045
18th Annual Families and Fathers National Conference
Learn More Here
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INCREASING USES OF LIFE COACHING
By
Dr. Luisa M. Connal-Rodríguez
In a fast-paced world, people find themselves with the need to adapt to change, but how can we acquire the means of learning to adapt. Business organizations also should plan for the changes within their workplace or ways of doing business. Being out of work requires that we learn to assess our skills and our potentials. Even executives must assess ways of staying on top of their “game”. In other words, the varieties of reasons unique to the organizations and people who want to manage their organizations growth or their personal growth use Life Coaching. Before continuing further, let’s consider a history of Life Coaching from the Kent University.[1] Researchers claim that Life Coaching began with early Greeks i.e. Socrates, who believed that people learned best when they took ownership of their learning and tool personal responsibility for the outcomes. Since from its inception coaching is associated with learning and being responsible for growth of self, it is no wonder that different organizations have looked to coaching as a method of management, as well as personal growth.
The growth of life coaching increased with the growing changes in the economy, and lifestyles led to the development of the interdisciplinary nature of Life Coaching discussed below. Most of us know about coaching only from sports. Coaches in sports have similar characteristics to Life Coaches such as providing goals for the players, pointing out obstacles created by the other team and discussing how to overcome them. Coaches are people who support the needs of people by helping them develop the value of ongoing or life time learning. People who have benefited from life coaching do so because of their increased knowledge and the skills needed to manage and organize changes at work or in their lives. The increased productivity resulting from workers’ involvement with coaches leads many businesses to promote the service to their employees.[2] “There are life coaches for every age group, life stage, ambition, and goal you can imagine. Life coaching is a process and requires the full commitment of the client. Coaches help clients identify blocks, challenges, and opportunities” Joanna Jarosz, M.A., through her review of research condenses the definition of Life Coaching. Life Coaching is an interdisciplinary that has grown exponentially from the 1990s. Life Coaching is a motivational and behavioral change approach that helps people to set and reach better goals, leading to enhanced well-being[i]
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BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD...
Do not miss out - register today
Newly addition of plenary speakers and an inspirational documentary for an enhanced experience when attending the 18th Annual Families and Fathers National Conference, February 27th - March 3rd (register here today). We are honored to announce the inclusion of the Children’s Bureau an office of the Administration of Children and Families as well as the Office of Family Assistance in featured plenary and presentations.
OPENING PLENARY
Our Opening Plenary Session that have a focus on adverse child experiences, foster-care systems, toxic stress, trauma informed care and other meaningful content to address Father Engagement in the Child Welfare systems and other systems of care. This is an important opportunity for attendees to learn from and connect to national leaders on individual and child-wellness.
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tailored technical assistance training
18th annual families and fathers national conference highlights national experts to increase professional development and parent engagement strategies
Parent engagement through involvement in program governance from the federal levels to local agency policies. February 27, 2017 and March 2nd & 3rd will provide exceptional technical assistance, capacity building and meet the required needs for many professionals. If you are a professional in and/or funded by The Children's Services Bureau, an Office of the Administration for Children and Families the 2016 Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) instruments, reporting guidelines provides requirements for “the continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children” (see section II page 51) to ensure engagement with fathers for those foster-care and child welfare professionals.
As part of Head Start program design and a tenet of NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct(see Section II) formal structures for program governance, programs should regularly involve in supporting children’s development. Head Start Teachers and Family Service Workers, Teachers and other professionals can come for strategic growth using best assessment practices. Increase developing the relationship process with parents, among the hardest criteria for programs to meet.
Program & Professional Improvement Plan
Accredited programs are more likely than nonaccredited programs increase results to families as part of their programmatic activities. The diversity of partnerships for conference attendees allows professionals and parents access to some of the nation’s industry experts working with fathers, families, marriage and leadership development will augment the needs for attendees. Learn new organizational structures, new realigning of ideas and creativity, new ideology of leadership and how to take your practices to mastery of cutting edge and innovative practices for transformational outcomes.
Extend your abilities during our Pre-Conference Institute Accreditation Day February 27th strategic allegiance for effective Technical Assistance/Training as a benefit to advance the needs of attendees not to do it by themselves… Learn More about each program on our conference program here
Increase your purpose and register today for the 18th Annual Families and Fathers National Conference. Conference Early Rates ending soon….
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NEW FEDERAL CHILD SUPPORT RULES...
There are some public policies that many do no understand impact tens of millions of children in the United States. The 2016 final rule changes to the U.S. Child Support Services system will increase opportunities for payments to go to children basing on the ability to provide support. This and other changes will foster opportunities to increase child wellness, strengthen families and co-parenting....
The goal is to set realistic orders so that noncustodial parents pay regularly, rather than setting an unrealistically high order that results in higher rates of nonpayment. At the same time, states retain flexibility in the level of orders they set. The change will also allow those who are supporting parents that lack resources, in very praticial manners access to new information for noncustodial parents that with effective services, will help in the process of tranformation for change.
Read and Learn More- Guidance and Fact Sheet Here
Review the New Rules Change Here
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Do not miss out on early conference rates
Fathers and Families Coalition of America is honored to expand our conference resources, workshops, series of custom trainings, accreditation and training of trainers institutes as well as national awards all embedded in ourNational 18th Annual Families and Fathers Conference. Our new conference program, gives you an in-depth understanding of the impacts for this special conference but it is the potential take-aways to use the information to help your own personal growth and or the high level of information to increase skills and knowledge that will help others transform. This conference is forALLwho want to go deeper and why we have invested to bring you the best conference at modest fees.
Our Early Conference Registration Fees have been extended to help you to prepare for a tremendous event in Los Angeles, California February 27th through March 3rd. I am excited about the content of this program, not taking away from anyone who ever has shared their talents, time and resources making any of the past seventeen events special but this is a new experience. The experience you will have at ourconferencecould be overwhelming, however, the diversity of professionals, workshops and the enormous support of volunteers is what brings the entire experience to fresh and endless opportunities for you to feel thatNever Giving Up - Breakthrough 2017.
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Innovative Collaboration Training Institute Day
National Families & Fathers 2017 Conference
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Social Media Cafe -Engaging Others Effectively
Powered by Fathers & Families Coalition of America as part of our commitment for
Quality Improvement Training
FFCA's special cafe is targeted for professionals and staff who oversee the organization marketing that will connect with families across the Social Media landscape. Training will consist of creating content for Public Service Announcements (PSA); feature several social media platforms, all offering an increased online presence set up by a Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter account, video sharing via YouTube, professional networking via LinkedIn, SEO, and various fatherhood groups and online communities.
Start: Oct 11 2016, 12:00 PM Eastern
End: Oct 11 2016, 12:30 PM Eastern
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