This workshop will review the stages of addiction as well as indicators and symptoms of addictive use.

(D-2) "Self Esteem"
Joy Laney, CPC, Coordinator Prevention Resource Center, Region II

Our self-image has direct effect on our choices and decisions in life. How we feel about ourselves also determines how we deal with others. It also effects how we talk to our children and a great many times what we say to a child determines how that child sees himself or herself. Workshop objectives: To define self-esteem, to explore self-esteem in children and adults, to practice positive reinforcement and to improve parent-child communication.

(D-3) "Bridging the Gap: How to Work Effectively With Adolescent Parents"
Katherine Donald, MELD –Minneapolis, Minnesota

This workshop will explore how pregnancy and parenting affects the natural course of adolescent development and experiences. We will also explore how the MELD support group program for teen parents operates.

(D-4) "Choosing A Parent Curriculum"
Sharon Long, M.S., Inter-Agency Parenting Coordinator, Centers for Youth & Families, The Parent Center

This workshop will overview several parenting programs, (e.g., Active Parenting, Systematic Training for Effective Parenting; Common Sense Parenting; Nurturing Program; Strengthening Multi-Ethnic Families); matching programs to participants, program evaluation, outcome measures, and trouble shooting, potential problems in implementing parenting groups.

(D-5) "Negotiating the Maze", Parenting Children with Special Health Needs
Rodney Farley, Children’s Medical Services

This workshop will explore the various support systems needed and available to parents whose children have chronic medical conditions or disabilities.

(D-6) "0-3 Brain Research: Implications for Child Development"
Sue Martin, Ph.D., Professor, University of Arkansas

This workshop will explore group dynamics. Participants will understand group development model and a variety of other tools that assist groups in working productively.

(E-2) "Welfare Reform & Its Impact on Arkansas’ Children"
Richard Huddleston, Research Director AR Advocates for Children & Families

This workshop will review the many ways that welfare reform can impact children, Arkansas’ current strategies for monitoring impacts on children, and methods for using reform to encourage and promote positive impacts for children.

This workshop will explore grief/loss issues as they impact children’s lives more frequently than expected and go far beyond the death of loved ones. Participants will explore delivering tools to parents so that they can address grief/loss issues comfortably and confidently with their own children.