Parent Corps 5-Day Basic Training

Description | Agenda | Cost | Schedule | Register | Lodging

Description
Parent Corps 5-Day Basic Training

Background

National Families in Action (NFIA) won a competitive grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to start and test the Parent Corps in 20 school communities in 9 states between October 2003 and September 2006. The Parent Corps is being implemented in phases. By December 2004, 20 Parent Leaders will have been recruited, trained, and employed full time to educate the parents in their child’s school and mobilize them into preventing their children from using alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs.

Certifying Volunteer Parent Leaders

While the testing phase of the Parent Corps is being carried out, NFIA will train and certify any parent from any state who wishes to serve as a volunteer Parent Leader. To be certified as a Parent Leader, parents must complete the 5-day Parent Corps Basic Training. This training is held in Atlanta near NFIA’s headquarters office. Trainees arrive Sunday afternoon or evening. Training begins promptly Monday morning and continues throughout the week, ending at mid-afternoon Friday, so that trainees can return home by Friday evening.

What Happens at Basic Training?

The Parent Corps Basic Training offers a full course of information about the importance of parents, the fact that all children are at risk for substance abuse, how addictive drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, affect the adolescent brain, and how parents can form parent groups to protect their children. The training is completely interactive – trainees form teams, partnerships, and pairs throughout the week to process what they are learning, help each other make meaning of the content, and practice the new skills they will need when they return home to start mobilizing other parents into drug prevention.

Agenda
Parent Corps 5-Day Basic Training

Cost
Parent Corps 5-Day Basic Training

The 5-day Parent Corps Basic Training costs $1,750 ($350 per day) plus transportation to Atlanta, lodging, meals, and incidentals. Training fee includes 5 days of training, morning coffee and soft drinks, Thursday night dinner, 1 training manual, 2 videos, a CD which contains the entire contents of the training, and certification. Certified Parent Leaders may make an unlimited number of copies of all Parent Corps Basic Training handouts from their CD to educate and train other parents back home. The fee also includes ongoing technical assistance for volunteer Parent Leaders after they return home and begin mobilizing parents in their community.

Schedule
Parent Corps 5-Day Basic Training

2004
October 18-22, 2004
December 6-10, 2004
(December session is filled)

2005
February 1-5, 2005
May 2-6, 2005
August 1-5, 2005
November 7-11, 2005

2006
February 6-10, 2006
May 1-5, 2006
July 10-14, 2006

Register
Parent Corps 5-Day Basic Training

National Families in Action conducts the 5-day Parent Corps Basic Training in Atlanta, Georgia near its national headquarters office. Attendance is limited. Please register early for the training session you wish to attend. The Parent Corps Basic Training costs $1,750 ($350 per day). Trainees are responsible for their own lodging, meals, and transportation. Training fee must be pre-paid by the registration deadline for the session you wish to attend (see below). Fee includes 5 days of training, morning coffee and soft drinks, Thursday night dinner, 1 training manual, 2 videos, a CD which contains the entire contents of the training, and certification. Certified Parent Leaders may make an unlimited number of copies of all Parent Corps Basic Training handouts from their CD to educate and train other parents back home. The fee also includes ongoing technical assistance for volunteer Parent Leaders after they return home and begin mobilizing parents in their community.

Registration Form

Please print out this Registration Form, check the training you wish to attend, and complete the information below (please print). Send or fax your registration form with your payment to National Families in Action, Inc., 2957 Clairmont Road NE, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30329, Fax 404-248-1312.

Which training do you wish to attend (check one)?

_____October 18-22, 2004

(Registration Deadline October 4, 2004)

December 6-10, 2004

(Registration for this session is filled.)

_____February 1-5, 2005

(Registration Deadline January 3, 2005)  

_____May 2-6, 2005

(Registration Deadline April 2, 2005)

_____August 1-5, 2005

(Registration Deadline July 6, 2005)

_____November 7-11, 2005

(Registration Deadline October 7, 2005)  

_____February 6-10, 2006

(Registration Deadline January 6, 2006)  

_____May 1-5, 2006

(Registration Deadline April 1, 2006)  

_____July 10-14, 2006

(Registration Deadline June 10, 2004, 2006)  

_____October 11-15, 2006

(Registration Deadline September 11, 2006)

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Training Fee $1,750

 _____ Payment by check or money order is included. (Make checks payable to National Families in Action, Inc.)

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Please mail completed registration form with payment to:

National Families in Action, Inc.
2957 Clairmont Road NE
Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30329

Or fax (credit card only) to 404-248-1312. Confirmation will be received within 1 week after registration deadline. No training fees can be refunded due to cancellation after confirmation is received.

Questions? Call National Families in Action at 404-248-9676.

Recommended Lodgings

Plan to arrive Sunday evening and depart Friday afternoon (training ends Friday at 3:00 p.m.). At present, the Parent Corps Basic Training is held at the Marriott Century Center Atlanta. Other recommended hotels and motels within 4 miles are included in the following list.

Atlanta Marriott Century Center
2000 Century Blvd Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30345, 404-325-0000.
Training hotel. Shuttle to nearby restaurants, shopping.

Extended Stay America Clairmont
3115 Clairmont Road , Atlanta, GA 30329 , 404-679-4333.
1 mile from training. No shuttle. Has full kitchen.

Wingate Inn Clairmont
2920 Clairmont Road , Atlanta, GA 30329 , 404-248-1550.
1.5 miles from training. No shuttle.

Homestead Studio Suites
1339 North Druid Hills Road , Atlanta, GA 30329 , 404-325-1223.
3 miles from training. No shuttle. Has full kitchen.

Transportation
Air travelers can reach their hotel by shuttle to some hotels, by taxi cab, or by Atlanta's public transportation system called MARTA. MARTA originates at the Atlanta airport. Take the north-bound train to the Chamblee Station (about 45 minutes). From there, take a taxi to your hotel. MARTA fare is under $2. Cab fare from Chamblee Station will be around $5 - $7.50.