Parent Café Coordinator Training – February 5 & 11
A parent cafe is a place where parents of all types can gather and share their stories, their experiences, their worries, their fears, their wisdom, and find community and strength together. As a family-serving professional, you can be there to help introduce parents and start the conversations. The training covers the essentials you’ll need to know to successfully offer a parent cafe program.
This is a virtual, instructor-led training that will take place on Microsoft Teams.
📅 Dates: Thursday, February 5 & Wednesday, Februrary 11, 2026
🕒 Time: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm EST
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Below you will find the materials you will need during the training. These will also be sent to you in the reminder emails that follow.
PowerPoint Slides for Participants
Day 1 Handouts:
- Activity 1: Perceptions of Parenting Handout
- Activity 2: Knowledge of Parenting Scenarios
- Activity 3: Resiliency Impact Conversation
- Activity 4: Parent Café Experience
- Activity 5: Parent Café Brainstorm
- OCTF Fidelity Checklist
- OCTF Parent Café Best Practices and Model
- Parent Café Format
- Parent Café Goals and Connection to PF
Day 2 Handouts:
- Parent Café Themes and Questions
- Activity 6: Parent Café Themes
- Activity 7: Parent Café Role Plays
- Activity 8: Facilitating Café
- Activity 9: Parent Café Planning Template
- OCTF Facilitator Script
- Parent Café Agreements
- Parent Café Evaluation Tip Sheet
- Parent Café Evaluation
- Parent Café Host Instructions
- Parent Café Roles
Microsoft Teams Information:
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If you have questions about the training, please contact Tricia Glass at tglass@costars.org.
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