We are pleased to announce that the Department of Mental Health in collaboration with MassHealth and the Department of Public Health have sponsored four trainings of the Facilitating Attuned Interactions Training being delivered by our experienced colleagues over at the Children’s Trust.
This second training will take place virtually from Tuesday, March 4th through Thursday, March 6th, 2025, from 9 am to 1 pm and applications are due by February 14th. This training will be at no cost to the participants.
WHAT IS FAN?
The FAN training provides family support and clinical staff with a framework that brings reflective practice to life by supporting staff in being more attuned to the emotional experience of both themselves, their supervisees, and the families they serve.
Participants will learn how to use Empathic Listening when the caregiver is experiencing strong feelings, Collaborative Exploration when they are ready to think about a concern, Capacity Building when the caregiver is ready to act on their concern, and Integration when they are able to reflect on their experience and see it in new ways. Please read more about this approach in the drop-down menu in the application link and feel free to reach out with any questions.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?
This training is for staff working with and/or on behalf of young children and their families.
This includes, but is not limited to practitioners from home visiting programs, center-based infant and early childhood programs, Early intervention Part C programs, infant and early childhood mental health services including consultation, child welfare agencies, emergency shelter staff, etc.
In a nutshell, if you work with families of young children, this training is for you! We do want a team of 3-4 participants, with different levels of supervisory roles, so you can more easily implement and expand this model in your agency/work. So, if you can engage, for example, direct work staff, their supervisor, and the director or next step-up supervisor, that would be ideal.
HOW DO I APPLY?
We have a quick turn-around for this first training and applications are due by February 14th. Please find the application link below. And here are some reminders:
- Please read through the entirety of the applicationlanding page first, including the hyperlinks and the drop-down menu found in the upper-right corner.
- Make sure you and your staff can completely block out the times and days for the entirety of the trainingwhen applying. These trainings are being provided at no cost to you but are using a significant amount of workforce development dollars.
- Program supervisors, please apply for your team.Team members, please bring this up to your supervisors if seeing this notice.
- Click here to apply: https://childrenstrustma.cventevents.com/event/398f6b2d-10ea-4c05-8c4d-80ff41de32c9/summary
WHEN WILL I KNOW IF OUR TEAM HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE?
Teams will be informed of their acceptance no later than February 21, 2024.
