Building collaborative relationships is among the most important responsibilities for teachers, principals, and other K-6 education professionals. The Brazelton Touchpoints Center is offering a course on how to strengthen collaborations with families, even when educators and family members have different points of view.

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The Touchpoints in Schools course consists of 22 training hours, including six monthly hour-long virtual reflective practice sessions. Attendance is required at all live sessions, each of which is four hours long. Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate of attendance.

What You Will Learn

In the course, the Touchpoints approach will offer strategies for educators to:

• Understand the process of students' development and examine how and why change in behavior occurs

• Partner with families to promote child and family strengths

• Address developmental or behavioral concerns with families

• Reexamine assumptions, biases, interactions, and communication with families to foster students' overall success

The training is ideal for teachers, instructional assistants, school counselors, family and community engagement specialists, out-of-school time providers, and administrators in a K-6 setting.

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The course will run from noon to 4 p.m. ET and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT on Aug. 27 and 29 and Sept. 3 and 5. The class requires a minimum of 10 participants and the maximum amount of attendees is 20. The cost for the course is $795.