Three opportunities to Establish Positive Indian Parenting in Your Community: Free Train the Trainers Training

• Virtual: January 13-16, 2025 (Class full)
• Virtual: March 3-6, 2025 (Class full)
• In-Person: May 20-22, 2025 at the Puyallup Tribal Health Spirit House (Class full)   

Positive Indian Parenting, also known as PIP, is a parenting curriculum developed by the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) to provide a brief, practical, and culturally specific training program for Native parents. This Train the Trainers training is designed to prepare facilitators to educate and support Native parents using a culturally specific approach. This culturally based training program provides a manual that contains instructional materials for eight sessions, each grounded in traditional Native teachings about child rearing. In addition to this content, it prepares trainers to organize, conduct, and evaluate the Positive Indian Parenting curriculum for Native parents. The manual includes background reading on traditional and modern parenting, lesson plans, handouts, and exercises, all of which are designed and tested to accommodate Native learning preferences. Native Serving Organization is identified as any organization serving Native Families as part of its programming.

Details about January 13-16, 2025, Virtual Training: ***** Class Full***** Registration Closed

• Last day to Register is December 20, 2024, to ensure training materials are mailed to you in time.
• The training will be conducted over four days with three 90-minute sessions provided on each day of the training. Typical time frames for each day are 8:30 am – 10:00 am, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Training space limited to the first 24 registrants.

Details about March 3-6, 2025, Virtual Training: ***** Class Full***** Registration Closed

• Last day to Register is February 7, 2024, to ensure training materials are mailed to you in time.
• The training will be conducted over four days with three 90-minute sessions provided on each day of the training.
• Training space limited to the first 24 registrants.
• Typical time frames for each day are 8:30 am – 10:00 am, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Details about May 20-22, 2025, In-Person Training: ***** Class Full***** Registration Closed

• Last day to Register is April 28, 2024. Training materials will be provided at the venue.
• The training will be conducted over the course of three full days. The Training Agenda will be sent out later; on the last day of the In-person training, they will typically end around 2 pm.
• Training space limited to the first 32 registrants.
•  Address: Puyallup Tribal Health Spirit House: 2009 E. 32nd St. Tacoma, WA 98404
• Typical time frames for the first two days 8:30 am- 4:30 pm with lunch on your own around 12:00 pm.

Additional Details:

• CEU credits will be available for all three of these training courses.
• Each participant that completes the training will receive a certificate of completion.
• Participants must sign in for each day/session of the training to complete the training.
• This training will require active participation. All virtual attendees will need to have their microphone and camera in working condition. All attendees will be practicing curriculum facilitation skills which will include session presentations on curriculum learned throughout the training.
• Registration preference will be given to Tribes, Native Serving Organizations, and Recognized American Indian Organizations in WA State and to the first two registrants per Tribe or Organization.

If you have any questions, please email Shannel.Squally-Janzen@dcyf.wa.gov.