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Family Matters Conference 

Conference brochure

Friday, April 22, 2005  -  8am - 4:45pm

Tulsa Community College, West Campus
7505 West 41st Street  -  Tulsa, OK 74107
918/595-8039
 
Cost:
$20 for full time students with student ID
$30 for Oklahoma Family Resource Coalition members
$60 for non-members
Special offer: join OFRC and attend the conference for $55.
 
Registration rates increase after April 11. Lunch is on your own.
 
To receive a brochure or for more information, call OFRC at 405/810-0631
 
Keynote Speaker: Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, M.A. is the best-selling author of Raising Your Spirited Child. She is a nationally and internationally noted family educator providing training for parents and the professionals who serve them, small group discussions and private consultations. Mary will present a morning keynote and an afternoon plenary session at the conference. The workshop titles are “Spirited Children: Fostering Families Where Spirit Thrives” and “Sleepless in America: Exposing the Real Culprit Behind Misbehavior.”  www.parentchildhelp.com

A FREE Pre-Conference session will be held on Thursday, April 21, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., "Challenging Behaviors - Helping All Children Be Successful".  Child care available by reservation.  Call 585-5551 for reservations.   

 
SPONSORED BY:
Child Care Resource Center—Tulsa
Oklahoma Family Resource Coalition
The Oklahoma State Department of Health
The Oklahoma State Department of Education
Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma
Tulsa Community College Child Development Program
Tulsa Head Start/Community Action Program
Tulsa Parent Education Network
 
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 11am - 12Noon
What Do You Do When Ethics Meets the Road? 
Interaction and Information: Language Stimulation
Growing Up With A Sibling With A Disability
What are They Telling Us? Non Verbal Cues
Shaken Baby Syndrome: Recognition and Prevention
Taming the Tube: Effects of TV on Children
Best of the Internet for Parent Educators
Upside Down Frowns: Encouraging Healthy Social Development
There’s No Place Like Home: Home Visitation
 
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3:30-4:45
Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals
All You Ever Really Wanted to Know ABout Birth Order
The Attachment Process
Baby Sign Language
The Process of Healing - facilitating Constructive Family behavior
Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition - Childhood Obesity
The Five Love Languages In The Classroom
Emotional Availability and Beginning Rhythms
Johanna Perkins, MSW, Partners in Parenting Education
 
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Approval for conference CEU’s has been requested for LPC/LMFT,
Psychologists and Certified Parent Educators through OFRC.