CBSG® Program Facilitator Training
The CBSG® Program Facilitator Training prepares professionals and volunteers to implement the CBSG® Program with fidelity. The training is one-day in length and can be provided on-site at your location or individuals can attend a Rainbow Days Training sponsored training conducted quarterly in Dallas. As a result of attending the training, participants are equipped to fully implement the CBSG® Program. Participants are trained in the Facilitator Manual Adaptation of their choice which includes all handouts and activity pages in English and Spanish on a USB. Additional Facilitator Manual Adaptations may be purchased for $125 once someone has participated in a training.
Notice: Completing this training certifies you to facilitate groups with children and/or youth in the CBSG® Program. It does not certify you to train others to facilitate the program.
Training content includes:
- The theoretical foundations of the CBSG® Program;
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the impact of trauma & toxic stress;
- Resiliency
- Risk and Protective Factors research;
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL);
- Facilitator’s role in implementing the CBSG® Program;
- Opportunities to practice facilitation skills;
- Implementation strategies;
- A copy of one Facilitator Manual adaptation of your choice (additional adaptations may be purchased for $125 once trained);
- Each adaptation has a USB with all necessary program handouts (English & Spanish) and Quality Assurance materials with reproduction permission;
- Follow-up technical assistance regarding implementation, adaptations, notifications regarding program or manual updates/addendums.
Training Settings & Costs:
Rainbow Days Training Hosted Training:
- Quarterly in Dallas (click “Upcoming Trainings & Events” above for dates)
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Fee $250 (includes one Facilitator Manual adaptation)
Site-Based Contracted Training:
- CBSG Program Rainbow Days Training Trainer at your location on a mutually agreed upon date and time
- Fee: $3,500 (up to 15 participants each receiving their choice of one Facilitator Manual Adaptation per participant)
- Each additional participant over 15 = $150
- Reimbursement for travel (market rates apply; includes:
- Airfare (or mileage if driving – local rates apply per www.gsa.gov guidelines)
- Luggage fees
- Lodging (when no timely return flights are available the evening of the training, a second hotel night will be required)
- Per Diem (local rates apply per www.gsa.gov guidelines)
- Rental car and gas refill
- Airport parking
Facilitator Manual choices:
- For children ages 4-12 in a school or community setting: Kids’ Connection
- For youth ages 10-17 in a school or community setting: Youth Connection
- For children & youth ages 4-15 in homeless & transitional living settings: Kids’ Connection, Too
- For children & youth ages 4-15 in a Christian faith-based setting: Faith Connection
Notice: Completing this training certifies you to facilitate groups with children and/or youth in the CBSG® Program. It does not certify you to train others to facilitate the program.