Family Nurturing Center

3-Day Nurture Hope Facilitator Training
2025-05-27 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-28 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-29 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FNC Dorchester, 200 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester, MA, 02122, United States
This training provides an introduction to Nurturing Parenting® philosophy and empowers professionals to implement the Nurture Hope Program with families with children with special needs and health challenges.

3-Day Nurturing Fathers' Program™ Facilitator Training
2025-09-09 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-10 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-11 09:00 - 16:00 | FNC Dorchester, 200 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester, MA, 02122, United States
Registration for this event has closed.
Our interactive 3-day Nurturing Fathers’ Facilitator Training teaches the values, philosophy, & constructs of the Nurturing Fathers’ Program™. Ideal for new parent educators as well as those with experience who are new to Mark Perlman’s Nurturing Fathers’ curriculum. Specific topics include: behavior management, personal power, effective communication, family support principles, and the building of a positive self-concept. The training also addresses Nurturing Fathers’ Program implementation and the whys and hows of father engagement.
This training is intended for Massachusetts DCF, Community Connections, and FRC Staff. Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.
Location: FNC Dorchester

3-Day Nurturing Families® Facilitator Training
2025-09-23 09:00 - 16:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/3-day-nurturing-families-facilitator-training-2/2025-09-23/
Registration is closed for this event.
This interactive training teaches the values, philosophy, and constructs of the Nurturing Families® Programs. Ideal for new parent educators, as well as those with experience who are new to Dr. Stephen Bavolek’s Nurturing Parenting® Programs. Specific topics include: behavior management, personal power, effective communication, family support principles, and the building of a positive self-concept. The training also addresses Nurturing Parenting® Program implementation and the whys and hows of family engagement.
This training is intended for Massachusetts DCF, Community Connections, and FRC Staff. Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.

3-Day Nurturing Families® Facilitator Training
2025-09-24 09:00 - 16:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/3-day-nurturing-families-facilitator-training-2/2025-09-24/

3-Day Nurturing Families® Facilitator Training
2025-09-25 09:00 - 16:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/3-day-nurturing-families-facilitator-training-2/2025-09-25/

Planning for Success in Evidence-Based Parenting Education
2025-10-03 09:00 - 16:00
This day-long training is intended for staff who work at Massachusetts Family Resource Centers (FRCs). Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.
Location: Holyoke

Implementing the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory with Families (Part 1)
2025-10-10 09:30 - 15:30
This day-long training is intended for staff who work at Massachusetts Family Resource Centers (FRCs). Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.
Location: Holyoke, MA
Language: English

Effective Group Facilitation
2025-10-17 09:00 - 16:00

3-Day Nurturing Fathers' Program™ Facilitator Training
2025-10-20 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-21 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-22 09:00 - 16:00
Register today at bit.ly/FNC3DayFathersOct!
Our interactive 3-day Nurturing Fathers’ Facilitator Training teaches the values, philosophy, & constructs of the Nurturing Fathers’ Program™. Ideal for new parent educators as well as those with experience who are new to Mark Perlman’s Nurturing Fathers’ curriculum. Specific topics include: behavior management, personal power, effective communication, family support principles, and the building of a positive self-concept. The training also addresses Nurturing Fathers’ Program implementation and the whys and hows of father engagement.
This training is intended for Massachusetts DCF, Community Connections, and FRC Staff. Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.
Location: DCF Springfield Area Office

Nurturing Network Meeting
2025-10-30
This FREE annual conference and networking event is a chance to connect with other providers, refresh your professional skills, and nurture yourself and your community. All those who are currently offering Family, Fathers’, and other Nurturing Programs, as well as those who are interested in learning more about these programs, are invited to join us.
This year’s Nurturing Network Meeting will be held again in-person at the Publick House Historic Inn & Country Lodge in Sturbridge: On the Common/Route 131, 277 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA 01566.
This year’s theme will be “Safety and Wellness,” with a keynote from Jeanine Fitzgerald, author of Moving Beyond Survival to Wellness, and a workshop presentation from Ana Maria Ramos of The Children’s Trust.
Learn more and register at bit.ly/FNCNNM2025!

Planning for Success in Evidence-Based Parenting Education
2025-11-07 09:00 - 16:00
This day-long training is intended for staff who work at Massachusetts Family Resource Centers (FRCs). Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.
Location: Framingham
Language: English

Implementing the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory with Families (Part 1)
2025-11-13 09:30 - 15:30
This day-long training is intended for staff who work at Massachusetts Family Resource Centers (FRCs). Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.
Location: Framingham, MA
Language: English

Statewide FELT Meeting
2025-11-14 10:00 - 12:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/statewide-felt-meeting/2025-11-14/
This virtual gathering of the statewide Fatherhood Engagement Leadership Team is open to Fatherhood professionals from throughout Massachusetts. Please contact John O’Neil for more details: joneil@familynurturing.org.

Taller de 3 días sombre cómo Apoyando la Esperanza (3-Day Nurture Hope Training in Spanish)
2025-11-18 09:00 - 16:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/3-dias-apoyanda-la-esperanza-3-day-nurture-hope-training-in-spanish/2025-11-18/
Esta capacitación brindará una introducción a la filosofía del Programa de Crianza Familiar® del Dr. Stephen Bavolek y busca mejorar el bienestar de los niños con necesidades especiales y problemas de salud (SNHC) y sus familias, capacitando a los profesionales para implementar el Apoyando La Esperanza y/o talleres comunitarios del SNHC. El objetivo es apoyar a los facilitadores en el uso de la Guía Familiar sobre el TEA y en la inclusión de las familias con niños con necesidades especiales y problemas de salud en todos los programas.
La tarifa de capacitación es $450 incluye todos los materiales de capacitación y libros para facilitadores. Debes comprometerte a completar los tres días de capacitación.
Esta instancia, es específicamente para hispanohablantes (esta capacitación no será en inglés). Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre esta capacitación, comuníquese con Paul N. Toruño Melville (Director de Capacitación de FNC): pmelville@familynurturing.org.
Register Today! bit.ly/ApoyandoLaEsperanza

Taller de 3 días sombre cómo Apoyando la Esperanza (3-Day Nurture Hope Training in Spanish)
2025-11-19 09:00 - 16:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/3-dias-apoyanda-la-esperanza-3-day-nurture-hope-training-in-spanish/2025-11-19/

Taller de 3 días sombre cómo Apoyando la Esperanza (3-Day Nurture Hope Training in Spanish)
2025-11-20 09:00 - 16:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/3-dias-apoyanda-la-esperanza-3-day-nurture-hope-training-in-spanish/2025-11-20/

Effective Group Facilitation
2025-11-21 09:00 - 16:00

3-Day Nurturing Fathers' Program™ Facilitator Training
2026-02-03 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-04 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-05 09:00 - 16:00
Location: Plymouth Family Resource Center, 430 Court Street, Plymouth, MA 02360
Our interactive 3-day Nurturing Fathers’ Facilitator Training teaches the values, philosophy, & constructs of the Nurturing Fathers’ Program™. Ideal for new parent educators as well as those with experience who are new to Mark Perlman’s Nurturing Fathers’ curriculum. Specific topics include: behavior management, personal power, effective communication, family support principles, and the building of a positive self-concept. The training also addresses Nurturing Fathers’ Program implementation and the whys and hows of father engagement.
This training is intended for Massachusetts DCF, Community Connections, and FRC Staff. Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.

Statewide FELT Meeting
2026-02-13 10:00 - 12:00 | https://familynurturing.org/calendar-event/statewide-felt-meeting/2026-02-13/

3-Day Nurture Hope Facilitator Training
2026-02-24 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-25 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-26 09:00 - 16:00
Location: Child Welfare Institute and Development Center (CWI), 225 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772
Language: English
This training will provide an introduction to Dr. Stephen Bavolek’s Nurturing Parenting® Program philosophy and seeks to enhance the well-being of children with special needs and health challenges (SNHC) and their families by empowering professionals to implement the Nurture Hope Program, and/or SNHC community based workshops. to support facilitators in using the Family’s Guide to ASD and in being inclusive of families with children with special needs and health challenges in all programming.
This training is intended for Massachusetts DCF, Community Connections, and FRC Staff. Please email Paul N. Toruño Melville, FNC’s Director of Training, with any questions: pmelville@familynurturing.org.
