Trainings- Videos
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Indiana Family to Family team members are available to attend resource fairs as well as provide training and information to professional and family groups throughout Indiana. Please contact us to discuss your group’s needs.
In addition to live trainings, we encourage you to browse our Web-based training library to find topics of interest. We value your thoughts! Contact us with feedback or to suggest a new training topic.
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Schedule a Live Training
The goal of Indiana Family to Family training department is to inform and educate parents and professionals and to serve as a system of support and reference. We strive to provide each parent and professional with a positive training experience that will give them the tools necessary to navigate through systems and advocate for their child.
Intro to INF2F
($0 - Family Member / $0 - Professionals)
Overview: Join us to learn about:
($0 - Family Member / $0 - Professionals)
Overview: Join us to learn about:
- INF2F Services
- How we impact families
- How to refer a family
- How we provide technical assistance to professionals
- How we advocate
My Child Has Special Needs: Now What?
($0 - Family Member / $25 - Professionals)
Overview: Finding out that your child has special needs can be overwhelming. Some common reactions can be "What do I do now? Where do I start?" This training provides families with a brief overview of how to find support for your child and family, find information and services, find ways to pay for services, and will help you start thinking about the future. This training is geared to help parents map out the next steps for their child and family.
This training is Sponsored for family members of children with special needs.
($0 - Family Member / $25 - Professionals)
Overview: Finding out that your child has special needs can be overwhelming. Some common reactions can be "What do I do now? Where do I start?" This training provides families with a brief overview of how to find support for your child and family, find information and services, find ways to pay for services, and will help you start thinking about the future. This training is geared to help parents map out the next steps for their child and family.
This training is Sponsored for family members of children with special needs.
My Child is Transitioning to Adulthood: What Now?
($10 - Family Member / $25 - Professionals)
Overview: Transition planning offers youth with disabilities a path to connect their daily high school activities to their goals for independent life after completing high school. This training will discuss options and how to start making plans now to set up a positive future. Some areas covered will be:
($10 - Family Member / $25 - Professionals)
Overview: Transition planning offers youth with disabilities a path to connect their daily high school activities to their goals for independent life after completing high school. This training will discuss options and how to start making plans now to set up a positive future. Some areas covered will be:
- Transition IEPs
- Options for after High School:Employment, Secondary Education, Day Centers, etc.
- How to stay involved in the Community:Volunteering, Recreation, etc.
- Independent Living / Support Living
- Financial Planning
- Other Community and State Resources
It's Not WHAT You Say...But HOW You Say It (Effective Communication Workshop)
($10 - Family Member / $10 - Professionals)
Overview: Communication is a key factor when working with individuals and organizations. This training is geared to help you build positive working relationships with schools, medical professionals, and groups or committees through improved communication skills. Topics such as partnerships, negotiation, and listening will be addressed.
($10 - Family Member / $10 - Professionals)
Overview: Communication is a key factor when working with individuals and organizations. This training is geared to help you build positive working relationships with schools, medical professionals, and groups or committees through improved communication skills. Topics such as partnerships, negotiation, and listening will be addressed.
A Life with Stress, Balance and a Plan
($10 - Family Member / $25 - Professionals)
Overview: Parents of children with special needs live with added emotional, medical, social and financial challenges. These extenuating circumstances can often lead to feelings of loneliness, depression, marital and family problems and health issues. This training will focus on identifying types of stressors, identify coping mechanisms and providing ways to incorporate them into everyday life, and the importance of good communication.
This training is limited to family members of children with special needs.
($10 - Family Member / $25 - Professionals)
Overview: Parents of children with special needs live with added emotional, medical, social and financial challenges. These extenuating circumstances can often lead to feelings of loneliness, depression, marital and family problems and health issues. This training will focus on identifying types of stressors, identify coping mechanisms and providing ways to incorporate them into everyday life, and the importance of good communication.
This training is limited to family members of children with special needs.
Ask & Learn
($0 - Family Member / $0 - Professionals)
Overview: The family-specific Ask & Learn sessions are an opportunity for parents or caregivers of children with special needs to ask questions and learn about resources, programs, and services that may benefit their child, with the added benefit of a small group, community-based setting and face-to-face interaction with highly trained and experienced Resource Specialists.
These sessions are primarily geared to families that have called and spoken with a Resource Specialist at least once within the past year; however, we are happy to serve any family raising a child with health and education needs that may have an interest in attending (registration is required for all sessions). Please note that any family that is entirely new to INF2F will need to provide additional information to register.
At an Ask & Learn session, parents or caregivers can expect to:
Space is Limited. Registration is Required.
($0 - Family Member / $0 - Professionals)
Overview: The family-specific Ask & Learn sessions are an opportunity for parents or caregivers of children with special needs to ask questions and learn about resources, programs, and services that may benefit their child, with the added benefit of a small group, community-based setting and face-to-face interaction with highly trained and experienced Resource Specialists.
These sessions are primarily geared to families that have called and spoken with a Resource Specialist at least once within the past year; however, we are happy to serve any family raising a child with health and education needs that may have an interest in attending (registration is required for all sessions). Please note that any family that is entirely new to INF2F will need to provide additional information to register.
At an Ask & Learn session, parents or caregivers can expect to:
- hear and receive information on various topical resources that are of interest to many families raising children with heatlh or education support need;
- have the opportunity to ask and receive answers to their specific questions
- learn from the questions that other parents ask, as they are answered and discussed; and
- hold more information, resources and ideas that can be used to help their child reach his/her potential.
Space is Limited. Registration is Required.
What Every Parent Wants You to Know- Group Rate for Professionals
($0 - Family Member / $70 - Professionals)
Overview: This one hour session is geared towards an audience of teachers, professionals and child care providers. The premise of the class is to allow attendees a unique opportunity to gain insight into the daily lives, routines, and history of a family raising a child with special needs. The goal of the course is to allow participants to understand the parent and child perspective and to use this insight to address accommodations the child will need to be successful.
($0 - Family Member / $70 - Professionals)
Overview: This one hour session is geared towards an audience of teachers, professionals and child care providers. The premise of the class is to allow attendees a unique opportunity to gain insight into the daily lives, routines, and history of a family raising a child with special needs. The goal of the course is to allow participants to understand the parent and child perspective and to use this insight to address accommodations the child will need to be successful.
Indiana Medicaid Waivers
($0 - Family Member / $0 - Professionals)
Overview: Learn about the different types of waivers, who is eligible and what services they offer, and how to apply. The presentation will be followed by time for specific questions and answers.
($0 - Family Member / $0 - Professionals)
Overview: Learn about the different types of waivers, who is eligible and what services they offer, and how to apply. The presentation will be followed by time for specific questions and answers.
