Professional Training

Professional Development for Family Workers

Working with families requires special skills and providing training to professionals who work in partnership with families is crucial. CCE Tompkins offers the following professional development and credentialing programs for frontline family workers and professionals to learn and practice skills of strength-based family support with families.

Community Café Host Training is a one-day training that spark leadership to develop the supportive relationship necessary to strengthen families through community conversation hosted by parents and community partners. Learn how to help engage and empower families, and support culturally diverse families to work together for a common cause, while becoming a leader for stronger families in our community. All are welcome, bring a friend! 

PS: It Works! Strengths Based Communication Skills Training is a 2-day communication skills training designed for parenting educators and others who work with parents/caregivers/children/families and who wish to gain experience with the Parenting Skills Workshop Series©. The program model is easily replicable, inexpensive, and builds upon partnerships among agencies.

2Gen PS: It Works! Skills Training Introducing 2Gen PS: It Works!, an adaptation of PS: It Works! specifically targeting youth ages 6-10 and their grownup. This 1-day training focuses specifically on the youth curriculum and attendees should have prior knowledge of the original PS: It Works! curriculum.

Last updated September 2, 2026