NRCCFI offers a series of exciting onsite and remote trainings. Learn about our newest trainings for teachers and school personnel, for mentoring youth in juvenile justice programs, for working with children and families when parents return from prison and for implementing policy reform using the Bill of Rights for Children of the Incarcerated.
NRCCFI builds on the 25 year history of Family and Corrections Network (FCN) in providing relevant and effective training and technical assistance to programs serving children and families of the incarcerated.
New NRCCFI Onsite Trainings!
Juvenile Justice Training
Moving To Independence: Youth Mentoring Curriculum
This Train the Trainer designed by AAE for the Maryland Mentoring Partnership was piloted with adjudicated youth throughout the state of Maryland in 2007-2008 and is now available through NRCCFI. This training provides information and strategies for training mentors to develop strong and effective relationships with youth involved in the juvenile justice system to prepare them to assist in transitioning or reentry.
Duration: 6 hour training session given in one day
Fee: $1,500 plus expenses
Reentry Training
When Parents Come Home: The Impact of Parole on Children of Incarcerated Parents.
This workshop is designed to explore the issues that arise for children of incarcerated parents when that parent returns from prison. The training will focus on typical reactions to the release of a parent from prison- for children, caregivers, paroled parents, the community and the service delivery agency. This training will include strategies for responding to the needs of paroled parents and their children, address issues and concerns in identifying and implementing promising vs. evidence based practices.
Duration: 6 hour training session given in one day
Fee: $1,500 plus expenses
Bill of Rights Implementation Training
From Policy to Practice: Implementation Strategies for the Bill of Rights for Children and Families of the Incarcerated
This new FCN training is directed to practitioners and advocates in the field of children of incarcerated parents, and includes their families. Dee Ann Newell will offer a set of skills specifically developed to improve practice and policies impacting children and families of the incarcerated. These include:
- Strategy Development using the Bill of Rights for Children of the Incarcerated;
- It Matters Who”s at the Table: The Lay of the Land;
- Crafting the Policy Plan: All Politics is Local:
- Creative Media and Press Strategies: Story-Telling Approaches for advocay
- Who speaks for the children?
- Choosing among the rights: A Needs Assessment
- Using the inventory of rights matrix effectively;
- Implementation Tools and Outcome Measures; and
- Sustaining the Policy Pursuit: Maintenance and Oversight of Policy Improvements and Impact.
Duration: 6 hour training given in one day
Fee: $1200.00 plus expenses
NRCCFI Full Training List:
Onsite Trainings
Telephone Trainings
Past Telephone Training CDs For Purchase
Speaker’s Bureau