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Let's Talk Activities
The Let's Talk activities have been used successfully as part of community education strategies since 1994. Let's Talk activities provide a way for parents and guardians to assess their own children's knowledge, attitudes and behaviors-focusing on young people's experience with bullying, violence, substance abuse and injury.
About Let's Talk Trainers
Let's Talk Trainers offer parents, guardians and other adult family members the resources needed to talk with young people about today's tough topics. Topics range from bullying to drug use to Internet safety. Let's Talk Trainers also encourage parents to get involved at school and in the community to support student safety and health.
Bring Let's Talk to Your School, Neighborhood, Faith-based organization, Workplace or Home
Let's Talk Trainers recruit parents to attend workshops and to use the Let's Talk activities. Think about places that you visit or belong where other parents might be interested in learning how to talk to their children about health and safety. All types of people can become a Let's Talk Trainer. We seek people who care about kids and want to help other parents talk about health and safety. Let's Talk Trainers are guides for parents. Trainers lead workshops for parents in the workplace, schools and in the community.
Our Goal
Let's Talk helps parents and other community-minded residents keep every child healthy and safe. Let's Talk teaches parents new ways to talk with their children and helps to build a community where all youth can thrive.
Let's Talk provides face-to-face workshops for parents and guardians of students in grades 4-8. Let's Talk has an activity book and the web-based "family talks" where starting those important talks is easy and fun. Let's Talk workshops can be facilitated in schools, workplaces, and the community.
Let's Talk Needs You!
Learn to lead Let's Talk Parent Workshops by becoming a Let's Talk Trainer. Trainers will offer workshops in the schools, workplace and community. We are seeking adults who want to help families thrive. Our trainers:
- Believe in the power of family communication.
- Make connections with parents and guardians.
- Enjoy leading groups.
- Are comfortable discussing the topics of violence, substance abuse and injury.
- Promote a youth-friendly environment in homes, schools and the community through community mobilization around health and safety issues.
The Training of Trainers, where trainers learn how to facilitate parent workshops, is free of charge. Trainers facilitate at workshops for a minimum of 20 parents/guardians over three months.
Trainers are expected to:
- Find places to sponsor workshops for parents/guardians of 4th-8th graders.
- Help recruit parents to attend their workshops.
- Complete the six hour, face-to-face Let's Talk Training of Trainers
- Complete the online Trainers' course that provides an overview of the e-course for parents.
- Facilitate workshops for parents.
- Serve as a community resource to participants after the workshops.
About the Web-Based Course
Trainers are able to enroll in the seven-lesson course "Let's Talk Youth Safety" and explore each lesson online. The course provides trainers with the information and skills needed to promote and facilitate the parent workshops. The course also provides trainers with an overview of youth injury and violence.
To learn more about Let's Talk and to become a Let's Talk Trainer or to bring a workshop to your site, please contact Let's Talk Coordinator at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
