(B-6) "America the Violent"

Interactive Training — Introductory
Hayse "Q" Miller, Director of Prevention
Family Service Agency

This educational session will review how the media (movies and television), parent behavior, and society have impacted youth negatively in America. During the session, participants will identify community, school, peer and family risk factors that contribute to violence and drug use throughout the nation. To assist communities and parents in violence prevention, this session will teach participants methods of violence and drug prevention and how to enhance youth protective factors. This session should particularly benefit those who are parents, teachers, social service workers and professionals that work with youth.

Training of Trainers — Advanced
Sharen Crockett, MS, CFCS
Professor of Family & Consumer Sciences
Harding University

This session will present an overview of the developmental milestones of infant development, including physical, cognitive, and psychological aspects. There will be a discussion of the importance of attachment, temperament, stimulation and optimal caregiving techniques. There will also be a discussion of parenting styles and the style that is best for infants. This session should particularly benefit those who are working with teenaged mothers and new parents.

Case Studies/Model Programs — Introductory
Dee Ann Newell, MA
Program Manager, Centers for Youth and Families

Family Matters is a model program of a continuum of services to support children whose parents are incarcerated and are now living with grandparents or relative-headed households. This session will provide information regarding the special needs of these families. The theoretical constructs of "enduring trauma" will help participants recognize these children and better serve the whole family. Special training issues will be defined, including curriculum topics. The outcomes studies of this two and one-half year nationally recognized model will particularly benefit those who are in contact with these families, through direct services to the children, e.g. school counselors, parent educators, DHS, and DCFS workers, caring volunteers, addiction counselors, prevention specialists and faith-based organizations.

Case Studies/Model Programs — Introductory
Irene Lee, Ph.D.
Extension Family and Child Development Specialist
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Project Taking Charge is a comprehensive curriculum designed to help youth take charge of their lives by developing high self-esteem and decision making skills that prevent the casualties of adolescence. The workshop introduces participants to materials for teaching community and school-based programs. This session should particularly benefit those who are interested in helping youth develop the skills for becoming productive citizens.

Interactive Training — Introductory
Sheryll A. Harbaugh, LCSW
Coordinator of Therapeutic Foster Care, Ozark Guidance

Come to share, listen and learn more about the dynamics, intra-familial relationships, unspoken expectations and stages of growth for stepfamilies. This session should particularly benefit those who want to learn more about their role within a stepfamily as well as increase their basic understanding of this unique family unit.

Morning Session III: 9:00 - 10:45 am

Interactive Training — Introductory
Carolyn Prince, BA, Coordinator of School Services
Arkansas Educational Television Network

More homes have televisions than telephones. Schools have more computers than teachers. Children know more about the hardware involved in telecommunication technologies than their own parents. What are some "best practices" for adults to use to teach the discipline and management of these new wonders? How are computer banners designed for televised delivery? Why do commersials seem more frequent than ever (they are!)? How does the camera fool the eye and mind? How have some visual effects impacted viewers physically and economically? Whether you know how to set the clock on your VCR, re-program your satellite dish or telnet to the newest website to download a JPEG file, you can feel confident in parenting children using technology with many guides and activities offered in this session. This session should particularly benefit those who are responsible for providing resources to parents or for teaching some skills to non-technical parents or childcare providers.

Interactive Training — Advanced
Marti Genge, Educational Outreach Specialist
Center of Effective Parenting, Springdale

Repeat (See description B-2)

Interactive Training — Part 1 Advanced
Mark Edwards, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UAMS
Center for Effective Parenting
Arkansas Children’s Hospital

The didactic content of this workshop will focus on the different types of parent involvement within schools, the barriers to parent involvement and best ideas related to increasing parent involvement. The workshop format will include didactic presentation and interactive discussion. This session should particularly benefit those who are involved in parent education within a school-based parent center.

(C-4) "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren"

Interactive Training — Introductory
Suzann Dahl Hernandez, Warmline Coordinator
Center for Effective Parenting, Springdale

More than 4 million children in the US live with their grandparents. As a professional who works with children and their care givers on a daily basis, you are aware of the special needs of these grandparents and the impact of these needs on the children they care for. This workshop will provide practical and useful resources to assist parent educators. Participants will explore key issues, research findings and information available to assist professionals as they address the needs of grandparents raising grandchildren. This workshop will particularly benefit those who work with grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Theoretical Model — Advanced
Carrie E. Oliver, LAC, Counselor
Nancy K. Schmer Hoffmann, RN, LPC, Counselor
PeopleCARE Clinic, Center for Marriage & Family Studies, John Brown University

This workshop will help educators, counselors and parents of adolescents understand anger, how developmental changes are interwoven in the life of most adolescents and will help identify the different styles of anger that the adolescent may be using to express his or her emotions. We will investigate and share how anger influences the adolescent’s view of themselves and others and how it can be used to damage or empower an adolescent’s self-esteem. This workshop will include helpful information for the understanding of the developmental tasks that the adolescent is trying to accomplish and recent research concerning their needs. This session will particularly benefit those who are educators, counselors and parents of adolescents who struggle with anger.

Interactive Training — Introductory
Judith R. Urich, Ph.D., CFP
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension

Researchers report poor money management behaviors cut work productivity by 20% or more. Learn how to effectively manage limited financial resources to get the "biggest bang" from your bucks. This session should particularly benefit parent educators to more knowledgeably reach staff and parents at teachable moments.

Case Studies/Model Programs — Introductory
Dina C. Williams, MSW, MS, LCSW
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Northwest Arkansas Community College

This workshop focuses on the deeper causes of violence in our culture and our schools today. It will help school systems and parents assess the levels of danger in particular children and youth. Reference will be made to other programs being tried nationwide. This session should particularly benefit those who are involved in helping design better warning systems and strategies for preventing violence in the schools.

Case Studies/Model Programs - Introductory
Paul Castillo, MA, Licensed Associate Counselor
Center for Stress Reduction

This session will explore the factors needed when working with the Latino population in your service area. Discussion will include programs that have worked locally and specifically why programs fail in reaching the Latino population. This session should particularly benefit those interested in expanding their services to the Latino population in their area.

Interactive Training — Introductory
E. Scott Sutton, Ed.S., LPC, LMFT
Clinical & Community Psychology & Counseling

This session will explore different parenting styles and their effects on children. Additionally, we will look at our parent’s style of parenting and how their style has affected our own style of parenting. This session should particularly benefit those who are curious about the spectrum of parenting styles, the form and roles inherent in families and the effects both positive and negative on children.

Interactive Training — Introductory
Ruthanne R. Hill, Executive Director
Northwest Arkansas Crisis Intervention Center

The emotional health of a teen can often turn on a dime! What may seem almost trivial to an adult can slip a teen into depression, cause them to turn to alcohol or drugs and even become suicidal. Take a look at the signs that might mean trouble ahead and even help you prevent a suicide. This session should be particularly beneficial to parents of teens and those who work closely with youth 13 - 14 years of age.

Interactive Training — Advanced
Naomi Haines Griffith, Red Clay and Vinegar

This workshop is a celebration of families and the privileged role of the home visitor. It examines the characteristics that we all recognize as basic to healthy family functioning, focus on what the home visitor can practically do to promote these characteristics, and rejoice in the possibilities. This workshop should particularly benefit home visitation program staff, social workers, volunteers and other professionals involved in home-based services.