Get Trained on Cafés

A Café Training is an experiential and highly interactive workshop—either online or in-person—that prepares participants to convene and conduct Be Strong Families Cafés and to serve as Table/Room Hosts at these Cafés.

By the end of the training, participants will know the anatomy of a Be Strong Families Café, how to create an ambiance conducive to maximizing the effectiveness of the Café process, how to create their own Café theme, and how to build on the Café experience to enhance programming for parents and youth as well as the philosophical foundations and research underlying Cafés as an educational and engagement strategy. They will also experience conducting and participating in Cafés. 

There are three types of Cafés:

  • Parent and Dads Cafés based on the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors

  • #WoWTalk (Words of Wisdom) Cafés for youth and emerging adults based on the YouthThrive™ Protective and Promotive Factors

  • Journey to Vitality Cafés—including Recovering Together Cafés—based on the domains of holistic vitality

 Included in the cost of the basic Café Training are:

  • A half day (4 hours) of technical assistance (TA) to support successfully kicking off their Café initiative. This technical assistance includes support for planning, online attendance by the TA provider at the first Café, and assistance with Café set-up, planning, implementation, observation, and debrief. Additional support in the form of enhanced technical assistance can be built into the contract upon request.

  • Data sharing/participation in the National Parent Café Evaluation Project

  • Membership in the Be Strong Families Café Community of Practice, which includes peer-to-peer support via Facebook Group, access to exclusive asynchronous and live trainings, updates to Café materials, and special offers and discounts on Café resources.

To download detailed handouts about Protective Factors, YouthThrive, and Domains of Vitality, sign up in the form below:

Add-Ons:

The basic Café Training certifies participants to conduct one type of Café in one platform/location (online or in-person). Modules can be added to be certified in another Café type or platform/location.

Need to train a small group? Need to bring new staffers up to speed?

Check out upcoming Café Training offerings in the Be Strong Families Institute.