Training

The Community Caring Collaborative (CCC) is committed to offering best practices services to our community through ongoing training opportunities and the development of training curricula. To date, we have developed the Infant and Family Support Specialist (IFSS) Curriculum for training early intervention specialists who will be accredited by Maine’s Department of Child Behavioral Health which collaborated on the course development. We  also offer a prenatal parenting class based on a curriculum developed by Anne Williams and Connie Jenkens. The CCC also designs and offers workshops for area agencies and schools to help them in addressing the needs of the children and families they serve. Consult our Calendar of Events for all classes and trainings.

Please consult the one-day training tab on the left side bar for information on our 2012 training schedule which includes workshops on the following topics:

  • Depression in Children & Adults
  • Stress, Anxiety  & Post Traumtic Stress Disorder
  • Critical Incident Risk Assessment
  • Poverty & Change - Identifying Strengths and Challenges in Our Communities
  • Regulatory and Sensory Processing Difficulties in Young Children

SAVE THE DATE -- August 2nd -- nationally known educator, Donna Beegle, is coming to the UMM Performing Arts Center to present a one-day workshop on Poverty and Change: Identifying Strengths and Challenges in Our Communities.  See the one-day training sidebar for details!

These are the one-day training workshops held in 2011:

  • Critical Incident Risks Assessment
  • Cultural Competency
  • Child Abuse and Intervention
  • Trauma in Infants and Young Children
  • Substance Abuse and its Impacts part I and II

Visit the resource page for each workshop to download materials used by the presenters. 

We offer training utilizing state and national experts in areas related to infants and families. This includes the workshops listed above, as well as workshops on attachment; using strength-based interventions for children and families; crisis intervention; infant mental health; offering home-based services; and taking care of yourself as you take care of others.

Trainings can be tailor-made for agencies and schools. The CCC offers over 30 training events annually in Washington County.  If you have need for a specific training for your agency, child care center or school, please contact the CCC.  We would be happy to discuss your ideas to educate providers in our community.