ACT Against Violence: Parents Raising Safe Kids Program
October 26 & 27, 2007
Presenters: Michele Knox, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Toledo College of Medicine; Director, ACT Regional Center
Donna Dickman, Director, Partnership for Violence Free Families
Deirdre Washington, M.Ed., Bridges Out of Poverty Project Manager
Description/Content: Participants in this workshop will learn to train others and conduct an eight-session parent training program designed to prevent child maltreatment, build parents’ positive, nonviolent discipline techniques, and mobilize communities and families to protect children from violence. Once trained, participants will be part of a network of over 2000 ACT Against Violence trained professionals across the nation, and will benefit from technical and networking support from the American Psychological Association’s ACT Against Violence Program. For more information about ACT, visit our website at www.actagainstviolence.org.
Workshop Dates/Times: Friday: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Topics: Understanding Children’s Behavior
Lunch: On your own Working with Young Parents
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM How Children Learn Violence
Resolving Conflicts in a Positive Way
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Positive Discipline
Lunch: On your own Spanking & Teaching Alternatives to Corporal Punishment
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Media Violence and Children
Review of Adults’ Role in Raising Safe Kids
Cultural Issues in Parent Training
Who Should Attend: Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Child and Family Advocates, Prevention Specialists, Health Service Providers, Early Childhood Professionals, Family Educators, Marriage and Family Therapists
Objectives: By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
? Conduct the eight-session ACT PRSK parent training program
? Train others in how to implement the ACT PRSK program
? Use effective methods of training adult learners
Sponsored By: ACT Against Violence Regional Center at the University of Toledo; Co-sponsored by the UT Department of Education and School Psychology and the UT Department of Social Work. The State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board has approved this activity for 12 credits of Continuing Professional Education for Social Workers, Provider No. RCX050601 and 12 credits of Continuing Professional Education for Counselors, Provider No. RSX100301. CE Credits for Psychologists will be provided by the American Psychological Association.
Registration: $175.00 – Includes 2-Day Workshop, Continental Breakfast, ACT Parent Program Facilitator Manual, Violence Prevention for Families of Young Children Booklet, & Understanding Child Development as a Violence Prevention Tool Booklet.
Send registration and payment to:
Jacki McBee, ACT Program Coordinator
The University of Toledo Health Science Campus
Kobacker Center, Mail Stop 1161
3130 Glendale Ave, Toledo OH 43614
Phone: 419-383-5495
Fax: 419-383-3098
Email: [email protected]
MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM METLIFE FOUNDATION
Parents Raising Safe Kids Workshop, October 26 & 27, 2007 at The University of Toledo Health Science Campus.
See attached flyer.
Press Release Contact Name: mary jo swartzberg
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: 419-383-5495
Organization Name: University of Toledo Health Science Campus Department of Psychiatry
Organization Address: 3120 Glendale Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614