The following Program Leader Trainings in MML Programs are currently scheduled at IDEALS of Kentucky during the Spring, 2010 season:
February 23-March 30–Mastering the Mysteries of Sacramental Love add-on training for those who already teach MML, via bridgeline call. Mary Ortwein, author of the program, will be the trainer. $75 registration fee include book and 2 thirty minute individual consults with Mary Ortwein, author and presenter.
March 11-13 Mastering the Mysteries of Love Core Leader Training
MML will be offered at the Smart Marriages Conference, July 6-7, 2010, in Orlando, FL. See www.smartmarriages.com for additional information.
Core training for the MML program. Learn the basic RE skills and how to teach them, how to coach couple dialogues, and how to effectively lead and market your programs.
Check the National Calendar of Training Events for a schedule of MML programs around the country.
In person trainings are $95 per day with CE, $55 per day without CE. They include a Leader’s Guide for the program taught. Trainings are held at the IDEALS of Kentucky office at 306 West Main St, Frankfort, or at the University of Kentucky Library in Lexington. For more information, contact admin@skillswork.org or call 502-227-0055.
Additional information for each Workshop is listed below:
Mastering the Mysteries of Love, Core Training
Learn how to teach Mastering the Mysteries of Love Program. Prerequisite: Attend at least Part One as a Participant, either at IDEALS of KY, as one of over 14,000 couples who have learned the program across the country in the past two years, or by special arrangement if you live out of town (contact Mary Ortwein at 502-227-0055).
12 CE, $180 with CE, $90 without CE
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this workshop participants will be able to:
- Use experiential and skills training methods to teach the 10 Relationship Enhancement skills
- Effectively coach beginning and problem discussion couple dialogues
- Match program format, materials, and activities to the needs of specific groups
- Self-monitor to hone effective presentation skills
12 CE Agenda
First Day
Morning
Overview of Relationship Enhancement and MML
Experiential and Skills Training Models and Methods
Teaching Segments One and Two
Afternoon
Teaching Segments Three, Four, Five, and Six
Coaching Initial Dialogues
Day Two
Morning
Using Home Practice, Coaches Nights In, and Phone Coaching to Generalize Skills
Deepening Dialogues
Teaching Problem Solving
Afternoon
Matching Materials and Format to Needs of Learners
Teaching the Skills in Part 2
Practice Presentations–Self-Monitoring
What Next–Collaboration, Practice, Marketing, and Joining In
Ready for Love Ready for Love will be offered via bridgeline after revisions are made in February, 2010.
Ready for Love is a presentation of the MML Program for Singles and Solos. Solos are in a relationship, but they are attending Marriage Education alone. This is a one-day add-on for those who already know the RE skills and who teach another form MML, Couples Program, Love’s Cradle, Stepfamilies, or Sacramental Love. The training, via bridgeline or in person, focuses on what is different in RFL.
6 CE, ($95 with CE, $45 without CE)
Morning
Needs of Singles and Solos and RFL’s Design to Meet Them
Experiential Add-ons in the core program”
- Experience Circles
- Where Do You Stand
- Uh-oh
Changes in Discussion, Coaching, Conflict Management, and Problem Solving Skills.
Practice Teaching RFL Skills
Afternoon
Optional Experiential Add-ons:
- Boundaries
- Biology of Love
- Trust
Practice Facilitating Experiential Activities
What Next: Collaboration, Marketing, Practice, and Joining In
Mastering the Mysteries of Stepfamilies (Will not be offered in Ky until Fall, 2010. Will be offered at the Smart Marriages Conference in Orlando, FL July 12-13 by lead author, Nancy Landrum. See www.smartmarriages.com for more information.)
Stepfamilies have multiple times more stresses on their well-being than first families. Mastering the Mysteries of Stepfamilies is a one-stop shopping place for skills and guidelines that will support stepfamily couples in building and maintaining a strong, loving marriage and successful step-relationships.
First marriage failures are high, but second and subsequent marriages have an even higher failure rate largely due to the added complexity of issues that need to be successfully resolved in a stepfamily. Without good communication and problem solving skills as well as realistic expectations and guidelines regarding stepfamily life, there is little hope for a happy marriage or well-adjusted children. Mastering the Mysteries of Stepfamilies delivers instruction in the use of research validated communication and conflict resolution skills as well as education about recommended guidelines for navigating the complexity of stepfamily dynamics. Its 20 hours of class time includes a variety of teaching methods, exercises, games and practices that keep couples engaged in the learning process.
The lead author, Nancy Landrum, brings to the curriculum and the training her personal experience with the power of learning new skills to heal a broken marriage. In addition, she and her late husband Jim had to discover the guidelines for a workable stepfamily through their own painful mistakes.
From the first few minutes of training you will be learning how to create a safe environment for couples who often come to class highly stressed and defensive. As with the class experience, the training uses a variety of learning modalities to make preparing to teach interesting, fun and simple.
Who should attend:
- 1. MML or Love’s Cradle leaders
- 2. Therapists who work with stepfamilies
- 3. Counselors, Mentors, and others who work with Stepfamilies.
Stepfamily Mysteries That Will be Covered:
- How do we build a strong and loving marriage?
- How do I help my child feel secure?
- How do I build a good relationship with my step-child?
- How do we create safe and comfortable stepfamily boundaries?
- How do we discipline effectively?
- How do I manage a workable relationship with my “Ex”?
- How do I support my child’s relationship with the other bio-parent?
- How do we choose between our different traditions?
- How do we maintain and protect our strong, loving marriage and stepfamily?
- How do we know if we need more help? And where do we go to get it?
How will I Learn to Teach This Program?
- By seeing the information modeled.
- By practice teaching in triads.
- By becoming familiar with using the Leader’s Guide.
- By seeing how the new stepfamily information and the familiar MML skills program are integrated.
- By enjoying the easy methods by which the stepfamily guidelines are delivered.
- By participating in group discussions.
- By volunteering to assist, coach and/or co-lead at the next MMS class in your area.