Reoccurring Trainings

SUD Family Navigator Training is a16 hour training is for parents and family members AND presented by parents and family members of a person with a Substance Use Disorder (SUD). This is a Healthcare Authority (HCA) approved curriculum created to assist parents, caregivers and other family members in understanding SUD and providing helpful support to the individual they are supporting.

July 10-13, 2023, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Register

July 31 – August 3, 2023, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Register

August 28-31, 2023, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Register

September 11-14, 2023, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Register

October 2-5, 2023, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Register

October 16-19, 2023, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Register

The Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI) is a free, 12 week, 6 hours per week leadership course for parents, guardians, grandparents, community members and anyone working with families. The goal of the PLTI is to increase community engagement in civic matters, public education and youth development. It is held at Everett Community College in the spring and fall of every calendar year, but is currently offered only online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The PLTI is led by credentialed facilitators who are certified by the National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI) after completing intensive training. Facilitators are required to:

  • understand civics and the democratic process;
  • have knowledge about state and community policy issues;
  • embrace diversity;
  • understand the need for parent engagement in the community;
  • see parents/guardians/community members as community assets;
  • be inspiring!

They are accompanied by guest presenters such as business leaders, elected officials, service/health providers, school district officials and guided by a Civic Design Team formed by school and community leaders.

At Your Own Pace Training

Adolescent Health Initiative Spark Trainings. Sparks are free, ready-to-use, and include a PowerPoint presentation, a facilitator script, and follow-up materials. They are designed for providers or staff to deliver in 15-30 minutes at staff meetings or professional development opportunities. Sparks can be facilitated by providers or staff in any role, and are specifically designed to “spark” discussion and reflection among a multidisciplinary audience.

Annie E Casey Foundation Resolving Differences Using the Circle of Conflict The video, part of the Foundation’s series of video tools for results-based leadership development, lays out common conflicts on a circle graph: data conflicts, relationship conflicts, language conflicts, values conflicts, interest conflicts and structural conflicts. Being able to identify and discuss the types of conflict that are occurring will allow partners to better determine how to resolve them so productive work can continue to happen.

Child Welfare Capacity Building Collective’s Child Welfare Virtual Expo 2019. The 2019 Child Welfare Virtual Expo (Virtual Expo) has been transformed into a flexible, on-demand learning experience.

Digital Storytelling: How to Engage and Activate Your Supporters Online – In a world in which people increasingly learn, socialize, and work online, nonprofit organizations seeking to engage existing and prospective supporters must be able to do so through effective digital storytelling.

Families for Depression Awareness offers free webinars that are educational, action-oriented trainings that prepare people with depression or bipolar disorder, their family caregivers, and the general public to recognize, communicate about, and intervene to effectively address mood disorders.

GrantsMagic Courses to Learn Grant Writing for your non-profit-both free and fee for service.

IHI Open School explores essential self-paced trainings in quality, safety, and leadership. Find out how to earn 35+ continuing education credits.

MCH Navigator 5 minutes is all it takes!Learn the 12 MCH Leadership Competencies. This fast-paced program combines learning opportunities with implementation strategies to provide: ~Short, focused learning modules and practice ideas to fit into busy schedules. ~The ability to utilize the online Self-Assessment to further refine learning needs. ~A paced schedule to reinforce learning over time.

MCH Navigator Public Health Pronto Public Health Pronto is the MCH Navigator’s newest microlearning project that allows you to participate in short bursts of learning throughout the year to improve your public health skills.
If you liked the 5-Minute MCH program, this is for you! We have improved the format, while keeping the emphasis on just-in-time, incremental, communal learning that can be accessed on-the-go to match your fast-paced work life.

Psychological First Aid – ​​Learn to provide psychological first aid to people in an emergency by employing the Johns Hopkins RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition.​

​SAMHSA’s Amplify Your Family Organization’s Voice: Social Marketing for Family-Run Organizations is an hour long course of as expert presenters discuss their work and applications and adaptations within-participant communities and settings.

There are a series of four Trauma-informed approach (TIA) online learning modules in English and Spanish and are free of charge for Washington, through funding by the Health Care Authority/Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery. 

Washington Autism Alliance and Advocacy Training Portal-login.  Course is concerned with family navigation tools, taught in multiple chapters.

UCONN Innovations Institute has many online courses and curriculum for non-profits to use.

UW School of Social Work‘s Alliance Courses works to increase the capacity of Washington’s social workers, partners and foster caregivers to support community wellness. They provide education and programs in a variety of modalities so that each learner can retain the skills needed to continue to succeed.