For Professionals
This isn’t just another parenting trend or tool.
TRAIN THE TRAINER COHORTS & WORKSHOPS
Because Strong Families Are the Cornerstone of Strong Communities.
Children and families are your why.
The reason you do what you do as a professional.
Whether you’re a therapist, educator, leader, or outreach or social worker of a family-serving organization, you see it every day. The families who are struggling, the children who don’t feel seen, the parents who love their children beyond words, and still can’t find the way through. You work hands-on with the children whose behavior is sending a message that hasn’t been read yet.
Connective Parenting exists to change that. And we need people like you to help us get there.
Transforming & Restoring Relationships, Together.
Beyond a methodology, we invite you as a professional into the Connective Parenting philosophy. We offer you a different approach and path forward.
At Connective Parenting, we believe:
- The relationship is the intervention
- A child acting out is a child reaching out
- When adults understand their own patterns and reactions, everything around them shifts
When you bring our parenting classes for professionals into your organization, school, or community, you’re giving the families you serve something most parenting programs don’t: a framework for lasting change and endless connection.
Our Offerings for Professionals
Train the Trainer Certification
Train the Trainer Certification
Professional Facilitator Training
Becoming certified to teach other parents and professionals is the most powerful way to bring this work to the community. Our Train the Trainer program equips professionals and organizations with everything they need to deliver our Buttons program with confidence, consistency, and depth.
This comprehensive certification experience includes 20-24 hours of training, a facilitator manual and workbook, slide decks, scripts, and handouts. You’ll be licensed to teach the Buttons classes and gain ongoing access to our Trainer Hub community and support.
We train schools and counseling teams, family resource centers, behavioral health organizations, early childhood programs, youth service bureaus, and faith-based organizations. Available in both in-person and virtual formats.
Workshops and Organizational Training
Workshops and Organizational Training
Bringing Connective Parenting Principles to Your Team
Looking to bring this work to your staff, faculty, or organization? Our workshops and professional trainings offer an accessible entry point into the Connective Parenting philosophy. Practical, engaging, and grounded in real-world application, these sessions give professionals the tools they need to support the families they work with effectively.
Available for a range of settings, including schools, mental health organizations, care agencies, and community programs.
Community Outreach Programs
Community Outreach Programs
Collaborative Classes for the Communities You Serve
We partner directly with organizations to bring Connective Parenting programs to families in need, including underserved and rural communities. Through collaborative workshops and class series, we work alongside your team to deliver meaningful, lasting support where it matters.
Why Connective Parenting? Here, the relationship is the intervention.
Our approach has been featured internationally, brought to schools and organizations across the country, and refined through thousands of real conversations with real parents. We’ve spent over thirty years working with families across cultures, communities, and circumstances.
Connective Parenting isn’t trendy. We don’t change with the latest and greatest. What we offer isn’t simply a curriculum. It’s an entirely different approach. One that works because it starts with the adults in the room. Looking into their history, their reactions, and their capacity to connect.
The families you serve will feel the difference. Parents will take this fresh understanding home to their children, and the impact will ripple out into their communities.