Education training for Spanish-speaking parents to be held Aug. 19-21 in Flagstaff

Aug. 19 through 21FLAGSTAFF — Chicanos Por La Causa Inc., in partnership with Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors and the Helios Foundation, will present A Training of Trainers! program from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 through 21 at the Flagstaff Family Resource Center, 4000 N. Cummings St., Flagstaff.

Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors is the first evidence-based Parent Leadership Program designed primarily for Spanish-speaking parents of children 0 to 5 years old, organizers reported in a media release.

  • Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors draws on popular culture using art, drama, song, popular sayings and storytelling to foster leadership and advocacy skills while enhancing parents’ child rearing practices.
  • Proven success with diverse populations.
  • Curriculum content is unique and cultivates parental involvement in early childhood development and learning.
  • Session objectives insure children’s healthy physical and social-emotional development.
  • Parents engage in reflective dialogue about values, goal setting, and skill building.
  • Parents who participated in Abriendo Puertas demon-strated significant increases in their knowledge of lan-guage and literacy development, school readiness, so-cial-emotional

Training of Trainers Participants will: 

  • Receive enhanced parent outreach and engagement skills.
  • Certification by Abriendo Puertas National Office.
  • A toolkit to use when training future generations of Trainers.

To register for Abriendo Puertas / Opening Doors, send an email to abriendopuertas@cplc.org. Include the name of your organization, the contact name, email address and telephone number.

Visit http://ap-od.org/training for more information.