References

Keynote presentations:

Virginia School Counselor Association Conference (Richmond, VA)

Western Regional Early Childhood Conference (Asheville, NC)

Jack Canfield's Facilitation Skills Seminar (Santa Barbara, CA)

W. I. C. State conference (Durham, NC)

Willow Tree Institute (Morris Plains, NJ)

Conference sessions:

American School Counselor Association Conference (Seattle, WA)

American Counseling Association Conference (New Orleans, LA)

North Carolina School Counselor Association Conferences (12)

Maryland School Counselor Association Conference

North Carolina Counselor Association Conferences (5)

Michigan School Counselor Association Conference (Grand Rapids, MI)

Virginia School Counselor Association Conference (Richmond, VA)

North Carolina Parent Teacher Association Conferences (2)

Safe Schools Conference (Raleigh, NC)

NC Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference (2)

County-Wide trainings for the following school systems:

Buncombe County Public Schools

Cabarrus County Schools

Catawba County Schools

Gates County Schools

Pender County Schools

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Program Topics

"Fun Ways To Use Data"
--Helps counselors learn simple and effective ways to use data to maximize efficiency & effectiveness.
--Provides free reproducuble "Progress Books" to all participants to use with students' goal-setting.
--With ASCA's emphasis on data, this popular keynote gives specific ways to keep it fun and useful.

Playshops!
--Experience creative and cooperative exercises that promote communication, trust and rapport.
--Build teacher-parent-student relationships through finding that we are more alike than different.
--Promotes more effective parent-teacher conferences and academic achivement.

Parent-Child Retreats
--Facilitate interactive partner activites and conversations designed to strengthen their relationships.
--Create powerful opportunities for parents and children to talk about important topics in a safe place.
--Begin action plans to solve problems with homework routines, morning and bedtime routines to
improve school achievement and attendance.

The Ultimate Bullying Program
--Help victims identify and heal their Sore Spots to be less likely to be targets in the first place.
--Empower bystanders with specific ways to protect and extricate victims without becoming one.
--Train bullies with healthy ways to attain their needs for attention and power.