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2008 Workshops
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Thursday, March 13 (9:45-11:45 am)
- The Child Connection: Seeing the World Through Children’s Eyes! - Ann Corwin
- Healthy Habits: Developing and Maintaining Good Mental and Emotional Health for
Parents - Nancy Buck
- Experiential Evaluation for Parenting and Family Education - Drew Betz
Evaluation can be fun and engaging. Involving participants in their own learning assessment can extend both the
learning and enable parents to articulate the gems of your program. This workshop will be highly experiential and
use the book ReflectiveLearning as a resource.
- Designing Effective Behavior Plans for Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders -
Kirsten Jann
There are many types of behavior plans; however designing an effective plan requires forethought and skill.
Parent need education regarding the dynamics underlying behavior problems and help identifying the key components
of an effective plan. Additional effective strategies will also be discussed.
- Is This a Phase? Helping parents develop reasonable expectations - Helen Nevelle
This workshop will present ways to help parents better understand and accept the pace of normal development from birth
to 6 years—uneven and slow at it seems at times. Milestones will be distinguished from red flags, and effects of both
gender and temperament will be demonstrated.
- Infant Toddler Mental Health - Vickie Lunghofer
What is Infant Toddler Mental Health and why is it important? Learn some of the basic concepts of ITMH and explore how
you can incorporate these ideas into your work with families and very young children. Examine the importance of addressing
the needs of our youngest population.
- Building Family Strengths: A Distance Based Professional Development Model - Donald Wagner
This workshop will examine the elements of a professional development training program for building family strengths.
The program emphasizes protective factors, social emotional development and social marketing strategies to increase parent
involvement. Also, the delivery system for distance education with pre-school providers and parent will be reviewed.
- Children Making Sense of their Own Bodies: What Parents and Professionals Need to Know - Mike Wilmington
Beliefs about sexuality and body image are formed as children grow. Many behaviors, myths, distortions, and cultural practices
place children at risk of developing unhealthy or distortional thinking about their body and sexuality. After gaining insight
into the topic, participants will examine solutions to thie complex issue, role-play common situations, and address the issues of
body neutrality, normality, and responsibility.
Thursday, March 13 (1:45-3:15 pm)
- Parenting Challenges Following Multiple Births - Kirsten Jann
Parents of multiples face a range of challenges as their children grow from infancy to school age. These parents will likely
benefit from help with hands on care, practical problem solving ideas, and extra social supports. In addition, further child
development information about multiples and family dynamics is beneficial.
- Levels of support: Building independence and responsibility as children grow - Elizabeth Crary
Parents often send conflicting messages about independence and responsibility to children. They tell the child to be
responsible, but give advice or offer choices that keep the child dependent on their wisdom. The four levels of support
offer a process that helps parents turn responsibility over to children gradually.
- Parent Problem Solving as a part of a Parenting Class - Jodie McVittie
Learning a new behavior requires more than just “knowing” what to do. This problem solving process which can be used
in any parenting class give parents practice using the tools they have learned.
- Young careers: working with young people who are caring for a parent with disability or metal
illness - Louise Monahan
What does it mean when a young person cares for a parent with disability or mental illness? What impact does this have on a
young person’s life? What strategies could be helpful? What challenges could workers face? Through this workshop these
questions will be explored in an interesting interactive workshop.
- Implementing Parenting Education in Rural Area: Strengths and Challenges - Denise Rennekamp
This workshop will present the findings from a cluster evaluation that assessed the first two years of a funded parenting
education program. The community capacity building activities revealed common indicators for those sites whose programs were
exemplary and those who faced challenges in launching their programs.
- Keeping Your Children Safe Online - Robyn Henning
With most children, particularly teenagers being more internet savvy then their parents, families today need clear and concise
information as to how to keep their kids safe from the rest of the world that has access to them via the internet. Blogging,
Myspace, Facebook and IM’s are part of our children’s world. As parents we need to become aware of what they are exposed to and
the best way to help them be safe online.
Thursday, March 13 (3:30-5:00 pm)
- Strengthening Families: Lessons From the Ground - Helen Jones
Presentation of experience with Strengthen Families through Early Care and Education (SFECE) from the pilot site(s), including
process and learning from the self assessment, and practices they have/are implementing. Facilitated discussion of other
practices/ideas that are likely to enhance the protective factors as delineated in the SFECE Initiative.
- Working With Latino Families - Anita Morales
Latinos make up 15% of the US population, up from 13% in the 2000 census. In this workshop we will examine the realities
behind the stereotypes, and look at specific strategies to engage and empower Latino families in school settings, parent
training, and community involvement.
- Aging Parents: Family Care and Parenting - Sandy Osborne
More and more adult children have responsibilities of caring for aging parents or other family members. As this care is
provided, dynamics within the family shift including the parenting of children. Join Sandra for a discussion of the
ecological effects of this phenomenon.
- Are you Raising a Praise Junkie? - Judith Minton
Is the way you praise your child really building self-esteem or just ensuring that your child will spend a great deal of time
seeking approval from others. Learn an effective tool that will help your child build a body of evidence to reinforce their
self worth.
- Creative, Cost-effective Promotion for Parent Education Programs - Linda Carlson
What promotional tools should you use for your parent education program? Who will create these tools? How can you
afford them? This practical, informal session will give you dozens of ideas, including how to reach recent immigrants,
single parents, low-income families and those with impaired vision or hearing.
- Grandparents, Parents, and Children: Generation gaps and childrearing - Harriet Shaklee
The past 30 years have brought many changes to family life. Compared with their parent’s generation, today’s parents face a
new landscape of work, marriage and child rearing, with implications for family life. This workshop explores these trends,
what they mean for families, and for the professionals who serve them
Thursday, March 13 (1:45-4:45 pm)
- Overindulgence Is Not Good for Children’s Health - Jean Illsley Clarke
Overindulging children can contribute to obesity, poor health habits, poor self-image, and problems in adult life. The
Overindulgence Research Studies identify three ways in which overindulgence occurs with their respective risk factors.
The Test of Four helps parents identify overindulgence. Learn what to do instead.
Friday, March 14 (9:45-11:45 am)
- Practice Repair Moves for Family Harmony - Susie Weller
Happy families give each other at least five positive remarks for very negative comment. Recognize the three basic
needs of children and the five core traumas that fuel negative interactions. Discover the five faces of feat and transform
downward spirals into positive verbal and non-verbal repair moves.
- Managing Work and Family - Holly Hunts
Managing both work and family, particularly when family includes children, can be a daunting task. This presentation will
briefly look at theoretical ideas of maximizing happiness (beyond just maximizing wealth – the happiness literature explores
ideas of maximizing overall well-being). Additionally, practical day-to-day strategies will also be discussed.
- Living, parenting, and educating with Asperger’s Syndrome - Michelle Fattig
The workshop will address specific information on working with parents, educators, and students with executive functioning
disorders and ‘spectrum-ie’ people. Behavioral techniques, understanding behaviors, emotional and behavior overload, reducing
and redirecting, positive behavioral supports that are most effective with people on our team and more. ‘As well as
accommodations and modifications, why should we?’ and ‘You can not discipline away, a disability.
- Teening Up: Helping Adults and Youth Navigate Adolescent Transitional Challenges - Stephanie Toelle
This workshop provides FCS/4-H Extension faculty with research-based tools and information to educate families and community
volunteers about positive youth development and effective parenting during the teen years. Extension educators are uniquely
situated to help prevent risk behaviors and support youth development by building assets and understanding in family
relationships.
- Friends, Family, and Neighbor Child Care - Paula Steinke
Most infants and toddlers are cared for by grandparents, aunts and uncles, close family friends, and older siblings. These
extended family caregivers can have a dramatic impact on children’s growth, development and early learning. Learn from local
and national programs how to include them as you support parents in becoming children’s first teachers.
Friday, March 14 (9:45 am-12:15 pm)
- Curriculum and Initiatives - Corina McEntire, Vickie Lunghofer, Pat Davenport
This workshop examines curriculum and initiatives that have been successfully integrated into the community. Presenters will
spend 30-40 minutes discussing their experience with a community based project including issues related to resources,
implementation, collaborations, and barriers to success followed by an open discussion with participants.
- Teaching Children Discipline Using Peaceful Parenting - Nancy Buck
Most adults approach discipline with the mistaken belief that they can make children behave appropriately through external
manipulation. This lively presentation will illuminate behavior and misbehavior from a new, more effective perspective. Join
the fun and develop more effective strategies to deal with challenging behaviors that are immediately applicable.
- Fostering healthy relationships at every age! - Amy Dunne, Lee Roberts
This interactive session will explore a critical issue: Establishing and maintaining healthy relationships throughout
development! Amy will examine today’s definition of “friendship” among and will provide insight into methods of education,
and intervention. A “how-to” in educating/empowering children to achieve greatness socially, emotionally and academically.
Amy will share best practices from her award winning work as a counselor.
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