STRONG: A Comprehensive Resource for Trainers - Teaching the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework to Parents and Professionals

Maureen Durning & Jane Zink - Butterfly Trainings that Transform

This resource provides guidance for training professionals and parents on the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework. This book is a compilation of lesson plans, suitable for trainings and workshops with parents and with any programs or agency personnel who work with children and families. It includes:

  • 50 interactive lesson plans, suitable for parent groups and/or professional development
  • Background in the Protective Factor Framework and the lesson plan design
  • Available as part of a Train the Trainer event
  • 3-Day Train the Trainer includes:
    • Review of the book—50 interactive lesson plans, suitable for work with parents and/or professionals
    • Grounding in the Protective Factor Framework
    • Familiarization with the training design
    • Demonstration by the trainers of select training activities
    • Groups work: presentations of each chapter
    • Implementation planning
    • Practical applications tailored for the needs of the group, including activities such as visioning, scheduling, evaluation, reflective feedback, managing complex change, and organization or system development and coordination