Training Seminars

Kids and parents today are facing more stress than at any other time in our history and you can help make a difference in their lives. Confident Kids seminars have helped hundreds of churches and other Christian organizations across our country and Canada begin a ministry of hope and healing to hurting families.

We can equip you, too!

We offer various kinds of seminars to meet a variety of needs. Pick a Seminar that is right for you... and let's see what we can do! Click on the bullets below for more information on our various seminars:

	Introductory Seminar - One Day
	Basic Seminar - Two Days
	Administrator's Seminar - Three Days. Includes training for both the Confident Kids and Kids Like Me! programs.
	Leadership Institute - Three Days.
	Kids Like Me! Training. Training for this program is held on Day 3 of the Administrator's Seminar.
	*Schedule of Up-Coming Seminars.*

Introductory Seminar - One Day

This seminar is designed to give participants an overview of the Confident Kids program and how to start in their area. Subjects include:

How a support group for kids and parents works.

Introduction to both the Confident Kids and Kids Like Me programs and materials.

How to meet the unique needs of high stress kids.

Getting started information.

Basic Seminar - Two Days

This seminar expands on the content of the Introductory Seminar, adding more skill development for program leaders. Content includes:

Day 1: Foundations. This day lays the foundations for establishing a children's support group ministry. Subjects:

	Life in a high stress family.
	Children's Support Groups as an early intervention strategy.
	Helping high stress children connect to God.
	Split session: Newcomers receive an overview of how children's support groups work and an overview of the CK and KLM curriculums; experienced CK leaders have a sharing/problem solving session.

Day 2: Basic Facilitation Skills. This day will focus on the essential skills needed by program leaders and administrators, including:

How to create a safe, supportive environment for high stress children and parents.

Impacting the powerful family system.

Behavior & Discipline Issues with high stress kids.

Confident Kids DNA. End the seminar with a check-list of everything we know about starting and running a successful children's support group ministry! A highly useful tool.

Administrator's Seminar - Three Days

This Administrator's Seminar includes a whole day dedicated to Kids Like Me! training. The first two days contain basic information and skill building essentials needed for both programs. The third day focuses on the Kids Like Me! program, which is specifically designed to be used with Christian Recovery Ministries.

Day 1: Foundations. Content is similar to the Introductory Seminar, described above.

Day 2: Basic Facilitation Skills. Content is taken from the 2 Day Seminar, described above

Day 3: Kids Like Me! Training. This day will focus on the Kids Like Me! curriculum. Everything presented in days 1 & 2 apply to running KLM groups; therefore, participants who have never received this information should plan to attend both of these days first. Content includes:

Understanding the unique needs of children children whose parents are in recovery.

Understanding how addiction and other recovery issues affect ALL family members.

In-depth overview of KLM groups and how they differ from CK groups.

Facilitation skills unique to KLM groups.

More!

Confident Kids Leadership Institute - Three Days

Experience our most extensive training! Appropriate for those new to the CK program, and those who have been using it for some time. Although there is some overlap between content presented in the 3 Day seminar, the Leadership Institute is different in these important ways:

Presents detailed information on all four of the Confident Kids curriculum units, including it's unique application to high stress children and parents.

Deeper look at the development of the belief system and self-talk, including practical methods for changing destructive, negative self-talk in program participants.

Recruiting and training leaders.

Extended session on leading parent's groups.

Value of play to the CK program and high stress families.

Overcoming blocks to effectiveness.

More!

Seminar Fees:

Seminar fees vary between seminars, depending on where the seminar is being held and if meals or lodging are included. Prices are published in each seminar's brochure.

CK Partners Discount: Fees for subscribers to the CK Partners program are always reduced. Amounts vary according to where the seminars are being held. Individual training seminar brochures will contain this information.

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