Empact Parenting of Teens and Young Adults Facilitator Certification

Facilitator Certification

Empact Parenting is a world-recognized comprehensive outcomes-based parenting program for families that have children with special needs and medical conditions.

This course includes the certification testing for the Empact Parenting of Teens and Young Adults. It should be completed once the facilitator training and certification of the Empact Parenting Core has been successfully completed.

Once certified, a facilitator will receive access to the other materials that they will need to host their own Empact Parenting of Teens and Young Adults program.


Your Instructors


Danna Merritt, MSW
Danna Merritt, MSW

Danna is a licensed clinical social worker with over four decades of experience working with families that have children with serious medical conditions and special needs. She founded the original Empact Parenting program over twenty years ago and launched the Energizing & Empowering Minds non-profit in 2016 to continue to ensure that parents have access to the support that they need. Danna retired from Children’s Hospital of Michigan and lives in Noblesville, Indiana. She is a mother of two daughters with six grandchildren. She enjoys spending her spare time with her family creating experiences and memories.


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
Who should take this course?
This course has been uniquely designed for parent-peers or professionals (e.g. social workers, behavioral therapists, nurses, physicians, educators, etc.) that want to host and facilitate parenting programs. Parent-peer scholarships are available. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! However, since this both online content and hard-copy training materials that will be shipped to the participant prior to the start of the program, there will be no refunds.

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