Families Alive

Workshop Schedule

WORKSHOP TRACKS

Track 1: Education (multiple grades) and Educators

Track 2: Interventions and Advocacy

Track 3: Parents and Family

 

Workshop Session 2
Friday, September 26, 2008	2:15 – 3:15 p.m.

Name of Presenter	Title	Track #
Shondell Knowlton, Ph.D., LMFT, Marriage and Family Therapist, Private Practice	A Marriage and Family Therapists' Top Ten Tips for Newlyweds	3
Brent Blaisdell, Ph.D., LMFT, EAP Coordinator Intermountain Healthcare	The Three C’s of Hardiness	2
Jack L. Rasmussen, Ph.D., Dean, Jerry and Vickie Moyes College of Education, Weber State University	Kids and Academic Success: What Parents Can Do	1
Claudia Eliason, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Teacher Education and Director Master of Education	Open Doors to Learning: Open Books	1
Michael Olpin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Health Promotion and Human Performance, Weber State University	Stress Management	2

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Workshop Session 3
Saturday, September 27, 2008	9:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Name of Presenter	Title	Track #
Daniel Turner, Coordinator Wilderness Recreation Center, Weber State University	Get Your Family "High” on the Rocks	2
Crystal Knippers Child Care Resource and Referral Northern Region, Training Specialist Leslie Trottier M.S. Child Care Resource and Referral Northern Region, Coordinator	Quality Child Care: Good for Children and Communities	3
Ann L. Ellis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Teacher Education, Weber State University	Families and the Art of Storytelling	1
Ryan Calder, M.S., LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Private Practice	Internet and Gaming Addictions	2
Mark S. Adams, Ph.D., LMFT, Counseling and Psychological Services Center, Weber State University, Adjunct Professor, Private Practice	Rounding Up the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Predicting and Preventing Divorce	3

 

Workshop Session 4
Saturday, September 27, 2008	11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Name of Presenter	Title	Track #
Julie G. Smith, M.S., Adjunct Faculty, Child and Family Studies, Weber State University, Chief of Juvenile Probation (retired)	Weapons of Mass Distraction for Families	3
Geri Conlin, MEd., Instructor & & Temo Carboni, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Promotion and Human Performance, Weber State University	The Art of Kids' Play	1
Jack Mayhew, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair & Fran Butler, EdD, Associate Professor, Teacher Education, Weber State University	You Can't Make Me: Handling the Defiant Child	1
Volkan Sahin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Child and Family Studies, Weber State University	Advertising Obesity: Food Advertisements, Children’s Health and the Policy	2
Jim Bird, Ph.D., Professor, Child and Family Studies, Weber State University	Strategies to Increase Attention in Distractible Children	1

 

Workshop Session 5
Saturday September 27, 2008	12:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Name of Presenter	Title	Track #
Sherrie West, Supervising Teacher, Lehner Children’s School, Child and Family Studies, Weber State University Amy Cox, Kindergarten Teacher, Riverdale Elementary	Planning for Play - The Vehicle to Learning	1
Loretta Niebur Walker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, Weber State University	Music: Enriching Families and Learning Across the Lifespan	1
Wei Qiu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Child and Family Studies, Weber State University	Increasing Children’s Physical Activity: An Ecological Perspective	2
Joyce Buck, M.S., CFLE, Child and Family Studies, Weber State University	Communication--Family Style	3
Alda Jones, M.A. The Children's Center	Mindsets and Strategies for Positive Guidance	2