The Certification Course is designed by Rev. Leanne Hadleyusing the skills and techniques used at First Steps with hurting children andteens. We hope you will plan to join us this fall!

PLEASE NOTE: First Steps has been offering this class for the past 10 years and it has morphed and changed over the years! If you took the class over 4 years ago, you might want to take it again and learn the new and improved information!

Topics Covered are:

     Holy Listening: The key to a Child and Teen Spirituality

     Understanding and developing the Spiritual Life of Children and Teens

      Helping Children and Teens Connect to Holy Scripture

      Helping Children and teens During Times of Grief, Divorce, and Crisis

        Working With Special Needs Kids

        Taking Our Learnings Into The World

The course is perfect for Christian Educators, pastors,teachers, nurses, chaplains, parents and grand parents.

Cost of the program is $250.00 and includes all materialsneeded. Each participant will be awarded a certificate of completion.

If you would like to be part of an upcoming course, please contact us at 719/520-9024 or through our web site at: 1ststeps.net

For those of you coming from out of town, we will be happyto assist you with recommendations for hotels in the downtown area.