Participants in this training will receive an overview of Arizona’s Children’s Behavioral Health System, including the Arizona Vision and 12 Principles, which are the organizing framework that drives all service delivery in the Arizona public behavioral health system.  A primary component of the system is the Child Family team process, which is a strength-based, family driven, and youth-guided approach to meeting the needs of enrolled families.

A major attribute of system transformation is Family/Youth involvement, which gives families the opportunity to be involved in every aspect of their youth's care.  It is the ability to speak and be heard, to actively participate in the designing and shaping of their child’s plan, and to have voice and choice in when and how services are to be delivered.  

Taught by a parent who is a certified trainer, this court-approved parenting class is offered over a 13-week session for three hours each session.  This is a strength-based, prevention/intervention program that utilizes a cultural framework to assist parents in raising children to lead violence-free, healthy lifestyles as well as to promote and improve parent-child relations.  For parents who are court-ordered to parenting classes, this offers families voice and choice in the type of parenting classes they attend.