Date: May 8th , 2013
Time: 9:30-4:30
Midwest
Fee: $75

This workshop will focus on the development of an inclusive culture and respectful school climate by exploring a variety of topics related to diversity including gender roles, socioeconomic status, race and culture, religion, and diverse family structures.

The day will include an interactive Cost of Poverty Experience facilitated by ThinkTank of Clark County. The Cost of Poverty Experience is an event that offers participants an interactive exploration into the lives of low-income individuals and families. It is a glimpse into the obstacles that are faced, the decisions that are made, and the consequences that impact these families every day. The activity was co-designed with low income individuals who shared their story so that participants could gain greater understanding. COPE has been used to help many organizations and communities across the nation work more effectively with low income families and understand and address the issues of poverty more comprehensively.

This workshop training is appropriate for pre-K through 12th grade school communities – educators, administrators, and families. The information and experience is also applicable to professionals in youth-serving organizations and individuals in education related professionals. Resources will be available for further exploration of topics.

Presenter: Jim Boland, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Wilmington College.
Founder, ProjectTrust

Date: May 8th , 2013
Midwest
Fee: $75
Time: 9:30-4:30pm
Location: Antioch University

Project TRUST is an anti-bullying character education program that teaches respect, understanding, and student teamwork to middle and high school students in 4-hour and 3-day retreat program formats. This pre-conference workshop will engage participants in a number of retreat activities, consider the developmental assets which are developed and, provide programmatic details. Dress casually and prepare to connect with other educators.

Time: 9:30-4:30pm Location: Antioch University

Presenter: Kim John Payne M.Ed., Center for Social Sustainability
Date: May 8^th, 2013    Time: 1-4:30 (half day)   Location: Antioch College
Fee: $50

This half-day workshop will present practical strategies of ways for parents, educators, and caregivers to address the issue of
social exclusion and the overwhelming influence of social networking/social media and today’s fever pitched lifestyle. Participants will also explore the differing gender based effects this has on boys and girls.

• Helping our boys know where healthy assertion ends and aggression begin;
• Boys and work. Helping boys ?make their mark?;
• What boys need in their environment as they grow;
• Fathers and boys. Rethinking traditional roles are they role models or real models?;
•  The myth of quality time;
• Helping boys respect girls and women;
• Honoring boy’s feelings as well as actions;
• Helping boys talk about problems;
• The Warrior phases – what are they and how to meet them?

FREE Evening Presentation: Simplicity Parenting
Presenter: Kim John Payne, Center for Social Sustainability
Date: May 8^th , 2013       Time: 7-9pm     Location: Antioch University Midwest

In this evening presentation Kim John Payne explains why less is more and presents four simplicity pathways you can take to help your child feel calmer, happier and more secure. This is the work and which provided the inspiration for Kim’s book by the same name (published in August 2009). It presents not only four simple steps, but provides examples of how to bring “the power of less” into your home on a daily basis.

So much of modern life seems to be about more. Very few presentations you will attend will suggest that you do less, but this is one of them. It quietly presents ‘do-able’ daily ways in which we can simplify our families lives and by doing so build resiliency within our children.