Thursday, November 15th, and Friday, November 16th 

EVENT FEES:

Early Full-Event Registration $149.00 
Early One-Day Registration $79.00

Register Here:  https://www.regonline.com/sandiegoadvancedpractitionerparentsymposium 

Advanced Practitioner Credential

Special Added Training Seeking Safety Trauma Informed Care Model and  Applying Mindfulness Engaging Children, Parents, Families and for Self

RECOMMENDED TRAINING HANDBOOKS

Advanced Practitioner Integrative Approaches and Models
UNLOCKING POSSIBILITIES HANDBOOK 
Author(s: James C. Rodríguez, Obie C. Clayton, Jr. Edwin Gonzalez-Santin, Bakahia S. Madison
ISBN : 978-1-5323-8382-3
$67.35 (Black and White Handbook $42.35)

Tools Mindful Living - Print Prod w/Ancillary Site
Author(s): Maria Napoli
ISBN 9781524972479
$85.70

CONTINUED EDUCATION UNITS
$15.00

SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
FFCA SAN DIEGO AFFILIATE - CHILDREN'S PARADISE INFANT & PRESCHOOL
2017-A Mission Avenue
Oceanside, CA 92058

 SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW

FFCA has provided professional development training and parent training throughout the United States, as well as, supporting international attendees in pursuit of enhancing skills working with fathers, mothers, parents of young children, executive leaders from diverse professions to improve the overall quality of services. In addition to the diverse professionals attending FFCA events, a significant portion of participants are parents of children primarily 0-5 through Head Start, preschools, and other supporting organizations. The San Diego Symposium will blend training for both parents and practitioners the first day and an emphasis for practitioners, educators, and helping professionals on the second day. This symposium is a collaboration event with FFCA's Oceanside Affiliate, Children's Paradise Infant & Preschool with exceptional trainers in-person, virtual facilitator, post-event video and podcasts to support an ongoing and enriching experience, going well beyond traditional training for parents and or professionals. 

FFCA will include an emphasis on portions of the training to focus on training for both parents and practitioners using DiSC, EQ, Mindfulness, Stress Reduction, and Safety to foster wellness, healthy communications, and building on strengths on Day One.

The Advanced Practitioner Credential is a comprehensive training for helping professionals with integrated strategies with a focus on working with young parents, intervention around trauma, Motivational Interviewing with integrated Cognitive Behavioral, Cognitive Processing, and Schematic interventions to meet the needs of new frontline workers and seasoned professionals working with parents, children and families on Day Two with specific intervention, culturally appropriate methods, evaluation, and required practicum for the credential.

The full Advanced Practitioner Credential syllabus: http://fathersandfamiliescoalition.org/images/ADVANCED-PRACTITIONER-CREDENTIAL-SYLLABUS-2018-2019.pdf 

Fathers and Families Coalition of America is approved for by the National Association of Social Workers for a total of 11 contact hours for attendees. FFCA continuously examines our Practitioner Credential with review by approved continuing education providers to ensure the fidelity of the training meets or exceeds the competencies of community-based education, professional development, and capacity building assistance. A glance of our syllabus will give participants a greater understanding of the intended credential impacts to help those who are working with children, parents, families, and communities as well as methods to engage fathers in their practices. 

Overview of Mindfulness and Seeking Safety Sections 

FFCA will introduce support skills, add new skills, knowledge, and techniques to use engaging families, parents, children and a niche on mindfulness working with fathers. Mindfulness training is one segment of a 15-hour in the Fathers and Families Coalition of America’s Advanced Practitioner Credential.

"The application of mindfulness can offer families, parents, children, and practitioners the opportunity to move from reacting to their experiences to responding, thereby aiding in emotional regulation. Individuals can create change in thinking and behavior by decreasing the activation of the stress response. Family therapists who are mindful can increase objectivity and are less likely to act upon negative countertransference. This training will provide skill development, experiential activities and start the journey for those in the Advanced Practitioner Credential, Fatherhood Life Coaching Certificate to gain an additional discus four-step MAC Mindfulness Guide of empathic acknowledgment, intentional attention, nonjudgmental acceptance, and action toward change."

Seeking Safety - Part of SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices is an integrated treatment designed to address the unique relationship between PTSD and substance use in either individual or group settings. This approach centers on five principles philosophies: 1) safety is the highest priority to begin the recovery process and throughout the recovery process, specifically focusing on attaining security in relationships, thinking, behavior, and emotions, 2) integrated treatment of PTSD and substance use concurrently, 3) focus on ideals to counteract loss occurred through PTSD and substance use, 4) addressing four major content areas: cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, and case management, and 5) attention to the clinical process. The concept of safety is interwoven into each unit, with the idea that security allows for forwarding movement in the trauma recovery process. Safety is defined as discontinuing substance use, eliminating suicidality and suicidal ideation, minimizing exposure to high-risk behavior, letting go of unhealthy relationships (platonic and romantic), gaining control over PTSD symptoms (depression, dissociation, hyperarousal, anger, etc...), and ending self-harming behaviors. Clients learn to both prioritize their safety, in addition to taking responsibility for their safety.

PARTIAL SYMPOSIUM GOALS

Greater knowledge and implementation of evidence-based and best practices for promoting nurturing and responsible fathering
Greater understanding and application of evidence-based and best practices for Trauma-Informed Systems of Care for Men/Fathers
Adopt the uniform core competencies, evidence-based curricula, and screening tools
Participants will reach a broader range of the community, culturally appropriate methods, engagement and retention of fathers in service deliverables
Development of best practices for practitioners concerning children, youth and their families as appropriate approaches and interventions in serving the community incorporating fatherhood services.
Greater collective implications through organizations from different sectors working together to improve parenting and child well-being

The Fatherhood Practitioner Credential provides an introduction of necessary skills, techniques, proven interventions, such as an integrative approach with Motivational Interviewing, Empowerment/Strength-Based Interventions, Effective Goal-Setting, Unlocking Barriers and so much more for diverse professionals (a full description of training topics).

Fatherhood Practitioner Credential is not limited to those who work fathers only. This program provides comprehensive professional development to diverse participants, such as, Head Start Teachers, Family Service Workers, Child Welfare Workers, Fatherhood Practitioners, Criminal Justice Professionals in Probation, Parole, Health-Care and Maternal and Child Professionals, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist, Counselors, Child Support Advocates, Clergy, Head Start Family Service Advocates, Peer Mentors, Life Coaches, Child Care Workers, Early Childhood Teachers, Parent Engagement Leaders, Case Managers, Fatherhood Home Visitor Facilitators of Fatherhood Curriculums, Youth Development Workers, Workforce Development and Economic Mobility Professionals, Reentry Community Based Professionals. Many of the attendees manage programs for foster-care young parents, single, divorced, teen or estranged parents and are working with children and families daily.

Consistently rated as “exceptional” the newest 7.0 version supports new and leaders for those who want to specifically impact men to improve outcomes for children and parenting relationships. The following are examples of those who have taken the Advanced Fatherhood Practitioner Credential

A FEW OF THE ADVANCED PRACTITIONER CREDENTIAL TRAINING TOPICS 

Adverse Childhood Experience, Advanced Direct Practices Individual or in A Group Setting, Contingency Management Framework, Culturally Appropriate Methods, DiSC Personality Behavioral Assessment, Dual Perspective, Ecological framework, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Training, Empowerment Perspective, Ethical Decision Making and Boundaries, Evidence-Based Adult Learning Approaches, Evidence-Based Communication Approaches, Family Systems Approach, Father Engagement Strategies Equating to Healthy Families, Focus Mapping, Grounding Techniques, Mindfulness Techniques, Impacts of Father Involvement and Wellness of Children, Life Span of Fathering-Person in the Environment, Methods for Mitigating Risks Fostering Increased Resiliency, Model Practices Using Effective Program Evaluation, Motivational Interviewing Techniques (MI), Whole Leadership Framework and more..

James C. Rodríguez, 
Chief Executive Officer & President
Fathers & Families Coalition of America

Curricula is issued after a rigorous multi-step process for credential issuance. This program has been previously approved for continued education through the National Association for Social Workers and State of California Board of Behavioral Health and currently various institutions of higher education. FFCA has adopted many of the requirements of the Council of Social Work Education and guiding fidelity principles of National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices and Fathers & Families Coalition of America Standards of Best Practice. Fathers & Families Coalition of America is a 501C3.