"Your work affects children in amazing ways."

Mother
Marin County

Join us for a Question and Answer teleconference session about this program on April 26, 10-11 a.m.  Or listen now to the recorded March Q & A Session with Patty Wipfler. If you had previously submitted an inquiry, you will receive an invitation to both teleconference sessions above.

"As a distance learner I found the weekly phone calls, online discussion group and videos made me feel fully part of the Certification Programme.  It helped me understand Parenting by Connection much more deeply and gave me confidence to share the Listening Tools with other parents. I'm so pleased I did the course - it's amazingly rewarding to teach these ideas.  And the wonderful bonus is: the more I support other Mums and Dads the better my own parenting gets."

2012-13 Program Info:

You can make a difference in how the next generation is raised.
Download the Program Information and Apply today. 

Learn to support parents in your community and help them raise children who are physically and mentally healthy, who learn well in school, lead nonviolent lives, work well with others, and turn into compassionate and caring adults themselves.

This year-long program is open to individuals with the skills and experience to teach, support and mentor parents and child care professionals as they
learn the tools of Parenting by Connection. Due to the high level of interest in Hand in Hand certification, we will offer a distance learning program along with the local training sessions. Space in our program is limited, so we can devote personal attention to each highly qualified candidate we accept.

If you are a parent or caregiver interested in deepening your personal Parenting by Connection skills and understanding, but are not interested in teaching others at this time, please apply instead to our next Parents Intensive in Parenting by Connection. If you are a professional, planning to use Parenting by Connection in your existing practice, please consider the 2012 Professionals Intensive.

For more details about the program for both local and distance learners, download the Certification Program Information. This document contains information about the goals of the program, the prerequisites, the schedule, the time commitment, the logistics of how the program works for distance and local learners, the requirements for
certification, the support you will receive, your responsibilities, the topics that will be covered during  the program, the cost of the program, and our policies.

All participants must have access to a computer and high-speed internet, as we will be using an online classroom for all communications relating to the program, including video and audio presentations.

At the end of the program, participants will go through a certification interview and the results of that interview, together with the quality of the work done throughout the program, will determine the level of certification that can be approved.

Submit your application online today. Applications are must be received on or before May 31st, 2012. If you would prefer to submit your application by email, please use this Office 2010 Word application form or MS Word 97-2003 application form and submit via email to program@handinhandparenting.org.