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Parent Group Facilitator Orientation
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Welcome!
This Orientation Guide will help you learn more about using API's Eight Principles of Parenting to support parents. Complete this 2-minute registration form to help us learn about your inspiration and ideas and you'll be ready to get started.
What the Guide will help you do:
- use the API's Eight Principles of Parenting as a framework to understand and support healthy parenting
- create a sense of belonging in your group that lowers stress, promotes positive knowledge sharing and helps parents build healthy family relationships
- start and grow a group using wisdom we've distilled from training and supporting hundreds of AP parent group leaders around the world for over 25 years
- gain basic knowledge to help you work with us as a volunteer
How to Use the Guide:
- you're in charge! Work at a pace that meets your needs
- engage with the 50 short lessons and references workbook-style
- enlist a partner who's willing to help you review what you're learning
- enjoy!
Important fine print: there is no requirement that you use this Guide and in using it, you agree to use it as intended for promoting helpful and beneficial, non-clinical parenting support. This material should not be used as the basis for any diagnosis or treatment and API does not assume responsibility for misuse or misrepresentation of this material or leader application of this material.
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Email Address
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What is your main reason for using this Guide? (check one)
my own parenting
work with other parents
working with API Nurturings
Other
What do you hope this Guide will help you accomplish? (check all that apply)
start a free local attachment parenting group
lead / co-lead an existing parenting group
teach childbirth classes
teach parenting classes
teach babywearing classes
lead La Leche League meetings
teach toddler music classes
enrich professional work with families not already listed above
your own parenting
work with API Nurturings
Other
Are you or will you be working with another leader? (check one)
No
Yes
Other
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Prior training or experience is helpful but not required to use this Guide. Sharing your experience with us helps us learn more about you and others like you who might find the Guide useful.
Please check all of the experience and training below that apply to you:
Lead AP group meetings
Lead La Leche League meetings
Parenting educator
Breastfeeding Peer Educator
Parent group leader or any other type
IBCLC or LC
Therapist
Counselor
Doula
Childbirth educator
Child development specialist
Parent group member
Parent
Field of study
Other
Briefly list any additional skills or experience that are relevant to leading support groups meetings or managing a group. Please mention any parenting support groups you have attended.
How did you learn about this guide? (check all that apply)
API's e-newsletter, API Links
API's Facebook page
Internet search for parent group leader training
Discovered while searching parenting groups near me
I looked specifically for an AP parent group
I'm an API volunteer
I'm an Attached at the Heart parent educator
I'm interested in the Attached at the Heart parent educator training
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