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Pre-Conference Workshops
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Developmental Parenting Highway
Jean Illsley Clarke
The Developmental Parenting Highway is a new way of teaching child development and parenting skills
simultaneously. It is based on the Nurture/Structure Highway, from the Growing Up Again parenting
model.
The Developmental Parenting Highway grew out of parents’ responses to the How Much Is Enough?
Book about overindulgence, which Clarke coauthored with Connie Dawson and David Bredehoft. Clarke
is part of the research team for the six Overindulgence Studies headed by Dr. David Bredehoft of
Concordia University, St. Paul, MN.
In this highly interactive workshop the participants will experience activities from the new
How Much Is Enough Leader Guide, evaluate those activities, and adapt them for their
own particular work sites.
Participants will:
- Receive a handout on the parts of the Parenting Highway.
- Identify the twelve positions on the Parenting Highway by walking the Highway on the floor and
noticing which ones are examples of good parenting practices and which hinder children’s growth.
- Receive handouts of the highway adapted for each developmental stage.
- Experience the methods of teaching about the Highway as presented in the new How Much Is Enough
Leader Guide.
- Receive copies of other activities from the Leader Guide.
- Hear about the research and testing behind the model.
- Share responses to the activities.
- Share ways they might use and/or adapt the Developmental Parenting Highway for use in their particular
venue or with a specific family to address a specific problem.
Jean Illsley Clarke, CFLE, holds a M.S. in Human Development from St. Mary’s College and Honorary
Ph.D.s from Concordia University, MN, and Sierra University, CA. She is the author or co-author
of many parenting books including: Self-Esteem: A Family Affair; Self-Esteem: A Family Affair
Leader Guide; Who, Me Lead A Group?; Growing Up Again, Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children;
Growing Up Again, Helping Ourselves, Helping Our Children Leader Guide (newly revised); Time-In: When
Time-Out Doesn’t Work; How Much is Enough? Everything You Need to Know to Steer Clear of
Overindulgence and Raise Likeable, Responsible, and Respectful Children; and How Much Is Enough
Leader Guide.
Jean Illsley Clarke is a long-time parent educator and has developed teaching models and presented
them across the U.S. and in other countries including Canada, Mexico, Iceland, Singapore, Japan,
Australia, New Zealand, and several European countries.
Parents and Babies: Early Attachment Relationships Influence Individuals Across the Life Span
Christy Kimpo
Explore your knowledge of infant behavior and the field of infant mental health. Explore the
significance of early relationships for infant development including development of the infant’s
brain and later academic success. Early attachment relationships with parents often reflect the
early relationships parents had with their own parents and may predict romantic relationships later
in life. Discover how relationship-based therapy is used to support parents, promote early
relationships, and optimize infant development.
Christy Kimpo, PhD, CMHS, Infant Mental Health Specialist, is a parent of three and grandparent of
eight. She has taught college level psychology courses for the last eight years. Beginning in 2003,
Dr. Kimpo began working clinically with families with young infants. She currently teaches and does
clinical work at Highline West Seattle Mental Health where they are developing an infant mental health
program and serving Medicaid clients as young as two months old.
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