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Personal Encounter Protocol Training  NEW! 
At Baby TALK, we use every opportunity to grow in our understanding about families, their unique needs, and the ways in which we can come alongside them. Over the past year, the Baby TALK Faculty has been developing a Baby TALK Personal Encounter Protocol: an innovative new approach to recognizing the incredible opportunity we have in working with parents and children. This process consists of many new elements and areas of focus, including: preparation, assessment, affiliation, observation, reflection and documentation.

Baby TALK's new Personal Encounter Protocol Training is useful for any one-on-one encounter with families including home visiting, and interactions at clinics, hospitals, or other program settings. Participants receive the complete Baby TALK Home Visiting Curriculum.

Over the past several months, we have implemented this protocol within our local organization in Decatur, IL, and have met with tremendous success. One Baby TALK Teacher said of the new Personal Encounter Protocol: "The Personal Encounter Protocol prompts me to ask more open ended questions and to listen and observe infants and parents in a more intentional way." Another Baby TALK Teacher writes: “For me, the Personal Encounter Protocol has become more about developing a relationship with the parents, rather than impacting knowledge. Hopefully the parents come away with the idea that Baby TALK is here to be an on-going resource, rather than a one-time conversation.”

This 1-day Training is $200. Click here to download registration form.

Note: this Training is intended for professionals who have completed Baby TALK Professional Development Training and are currently using the Baby TALK Curriculum.

Professional Development Training
This interactive, 4-day Training includes small group instruction, discussion, family encounters, and visits to program sites. Training and Curriculum equip professionals for Outreach to their communities and intensive services to at-risk families.

Each day of Baby TALK Training examines the critical layers that create Baby TALK’s Trustworthy System of Relationships:

    Day 1: Parent / Child
    Day 2: Parent / Professional
    Day 3: Professional / Local Collaborator
    Day 4: BT Professional / BT Professional

Participants will spend time exploring the Baby TALK Standards and create a Strategic Plan for implementing the Baby TALK model into their community program. In addition to the complete Baby TALK Curriculum, Training participants will also receive:

    - All Baby TALK publications
    - Program site visits
    - Lunch and snack provided each day
    - Welcome reception with Executive Director
    - Invitation to enroll in the Baby TALK Professional Association (BTPA)
    - Strategic Planning Session with Baby TALK Faculty

The intimate training experience allows us at Baby TALK to get well acquainted with our new colleagues who then become an important part of our organization.  Training is just the beginning of our ongoing relationship. This Training is $895. Click here to download registration form.

Early Childhood Professionals Training 
Baby TALK’s Early Childhood Professionals Training is designed for professionals working in a center-based environment. Participants will explore Baby TALK’s Approach to Families, Building Trustworthy Systems, the Baby TALK Critical Concepts, issues with “Gatekeeping”, having Difficult Conversations, and collaborating as an agency.

This Training is also designed to support ongoing relationships between supervisors and staff around the Baby TALK Curriculum.

This Training is $495. Dates and Locations TBA. For more information, please call 217.475.2234 or email betsy@babytalk.org

Touchpoints Training 
In association with the Touchpoints Project, Touchpoints Training is a model for preventative care that focuses on the relationship between providers and parents. Developed by Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School, this training is available in Boston, Massachusetts or in Decatur, Illinois through Baby TALK. This Training is $1,200. Click here to download registration form.

For more information on any of these Trainings, please call 217.475.2234 or email betsy@babytalk.org

BTPA (Baby TALK Professional Association)
The Baby TALK Professional Association (BTPA) is a collaboration of professionals who have experienced Baby TALK Training and are using Baby TALK methods and materials in their work with young families. By systemizing communication, the intention of the BTPA is to provide ongoing support and resources to out colleagues.

Upon enrollment/re-enrollment into the BTPA, your Baby TALK Practitioner Certification is automatically renewed.

Other benefits of the BTPA include:

    - 10% discount on Baby TALK Training and Materials
    - Opportunity to purchase newly updated curriculum
    - Enrollment into our monthly BTPA e-newsletter
    - Invitation to attend annual BTPA Conference at no cost
    - Opportunity to co-host a Baby TALK Training in your area
    - Opportunity to apply for Regional Baby TALK Training Team
    - Targeted Technical Support for your program
    - Opportunity to share research and resources within network of experienced professionals

BTPA Annual membership fee is $40 per member. (First year after Training is free!)

For more information on how you can join the BTPA, please contact us at: babytalk@babytalk.org or by calling 217-475-2234.

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