Welcome to the Homepage of the IFTA Training & Education Division. This is where we will post useful information about the activities of the Training Division.

Mission Statement The objective of the Training & Education Division is to support family therapy training worldwide.    Through participating in the exchange of training resources, we can all help to strengthen a systemic perspective in the helping professions worldwide and increase the availability of systemic therapy to families.           Benefits of Membership ·        Listing in the worldwide directory of member training programs and trainers, hard copy and on IFTA’s website. ·        Annual meetings at IFTA Congresses for the exchange of information, problem areas and solutions. ·        Training Materials clearinghouse through which members may access used training materials for a nominal fee. ·        Access to the Faculty Resource Program, which offers travel stipends to volunteer faculty to help member programs in need of trainers. ·        Participation in the ‘wish list’ in the Division’s column “Training Matters” in The International Connection.     History The Training & Education Division began as The International Consortium of Family Therapy Training Programs, a freestanding organization that met each year at IFTA Congresses starting in 1997.  The mission of the Consortium was to promote family therapy training worldwide.  When IFTA made the decision to develop divisions, the Consortium approached the IFTA Board to become IFTA’s Training & Education Division.  It was formally granted that status in 2000 and became IFTA’s first Division.

Training & Education Division Information Training Materials Clearinghouse. Clearinghouse materials are available to all Training Division Members for a cost of  $1 US per item plus postage.  Materials also may be accessed at the Training & Education Division table at IFTA Congresses. For more information, click here. Traveling Trainers. See a list of family therapy trainers who are willing to provide, without an honorarium, training to family therapy programs in countries in need of assistance in developing family therapy programs. Faculty Resource Program. The goal of this program is to increase the availability of faculty to Training & Education Division member programs in areas of the world in which family therapy training is hampered by lack of resources. For more information, click here.  Training & Education Division Forms Member Directory. The current Member's Directory of the Training & Education Division. Training & Education Division Board of Directors. Here is the current list of the T&E Board. Resources for Developing Family Therapy Competence.   Core competneies are the minimal requirements necessary for becoming a family therapist.  IFTA now has the established core competneices of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the European Family Therapy Association in the Training Division Section. Sample Curricula.This section of the Education and Training Division webpage is created to make available a variety of curricula  on which people can draw in developing family therapy training programs.  They are simply a selection of curricula the Division has become aware of and are not endorsed by IFTA.   Contact the Training Division Write to Phoebe Prosky, Secretariat, 143 Flying Point Road, Freeport, ME 04032 USA   Call: +207-865-3396 Fax:  +207-865-1213 E-mail: pprosky@suscom-maine.net