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Past Leadership Forums
Past Events - 2006 - 2008:
October 9, 2006 - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Harold Hodgkinson, Ed.D.
Institute for Educational Leadership
“The Same Client: Insights on the Demographics of Education and Service Delivery Systems in Oklahoma”
October 21, 2006 - 8:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Brenda Bird
“Love and Logic Power Tools for Teachers (8:45 - 10:15)
“Valuing Parents as Partners in Education (10:30 - 12:00)
October 27, 2006 - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Teen Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
Featuring Bill Albert, Deputy Director, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and Suzan D. Boyd, DrPH, Executive Director, South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
January 26, 2007
“Adverse Childhood Experiences”
Vincent Felitti, MD
Dr. Felitti is Co-Principal Investigator of the “Adverse Childhood Experiences Study” (ACE), ongoing collaborative research between Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control. A graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School (1962), Dr. Felitti founded the Department of Preventive Medicine for Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California in 1975, where he served as Chief of Preventive Medicine until March 2001. He is also Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Diego, a Fellow of The American College of Physicians, and founder of the California Institutes of Preventive Medicine. He will discuss the new and enthralling findings from the ACE Study, a look at whether and how childhood experiences affect adult health decades later.
NEW! Materials from Dr. Felitti’s presentation are available for research and download at JumpStart Tulsa’s website, http://www.jumpstarttulsa.com/ACE_Study.htm
April 19, 2007
Dr. Samuel Meisels - Accountability In Early Childhood - No Easy Answers
A day filled with discussions on high-stakes testing in early childhood programs, a panel discussion of issues regarding proposed 3-year-old universal pre-k programs, and information about the LINK project.
May 1 & 2, 2007
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. and the Touchpoints Institute
May 1 - Public/Family Event - OSU-Tulsa Conference Center
“Stresses and Supports for Today’s Families”
May 2 - Professional Development Day
“Building Communities Around Families”
Partner Sponsors: Tulsa Healthy Start, Child Care Resource Center, TulsaKids Magazine, Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor
September 11 & 12, 2007 - Featuring Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., MD - “Enhancing Early Experiences for At Risk Children” OSU-Tulsa, 700 N. Greenwood. Partner Sponsors: Oklahoma Association for Infant Mental Health, Associated Centers for Therapy
October 4 & 5, 2007 - Zarrow Mental Health Symposium - Learning Differences and Mental Health: Implications that Can Impact a Lifetime, featuring Dr. Mel Levine and Vernellia Randall. Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills, 1902 E. 71st St.
October 13, 2007 - “Hearing Families in Every Language”, 3rd Annual Tulsa Early Childhood Fall Conference, Featuring Holly Elissa Bruno, Wheelock College. Tulsa Community College West Campus, 7505 W. 41st St., Tulsa.
October 23, 2007 - “Quality Early Education in Oklahoma: A Competitive Necessity in a Global Economy”, Bill Millet, MA, Executive Director, Scope View Strategic Advantage. OSU-Tulsa, 700 N. Greenwood, Room 118. Partner: Tulsa Metro Chamber.
April 3, 2008 - “Promising Interventions for Traumatized Children”
Karyn Purvis, Ph.D., Director of the Institute of Child Development, Texas Christian University.
Friday September 18, 2008 - “Census Information Data Conference”
Tulsa Community College Northeast Campus
3727 East Apache, Tulsa
9:00AM Beginning Users, 1:00Pm Advanced Users
Presented by the Oklahoma Department of Commerece, in partnership with the Cencus Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma, Tulsa Community College Department of Science, Math and Engineering
Register at: www.okcommerece.gov/censusregisration
October 4, 2008 - “Tulsa’s Early Childhood Conference: Finding Your Smile Again: Taking care of Yourself While Taking Care of Children”
Crown Plaza Hotel
100 E 2nd Street, Tulsa
Keynote Speaker: Jeff A. Johnson, Author and Family Child Care Provider
Too many early childhood teachers nd providers spend so much time focusing on the needs of others that they fail to take care of themselves, which oftens leads to stress, and burnout. This conference will look at how burnout impacts providers and ways to deal with that impact. The keynote speech and workshops are based on Jeff’s Redleaf Press Book, Finding Your Smile Again: A Child Care Professionals guide to Reducing Stres and Avoiding Burnout.
Partners: Child Care Resource Center, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa Technology Center, University of Oklahoma Tulsa Schusterman Center
Register at www.ccrctulsa.org
Interview with Dr. Velasquez now available for download - click on the file format to listen. (MP3) (WAV)
“Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change and Healthy Behaviors”
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Presenting: Mary Marden Velasquez, Ph.D.
Dr. Velasquez is Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Director of the Center for Social Work Research, and Director of the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas-Austin. Her area of specialty is the development and implementation of interventions using the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change (Stages of Change) and Motivational Interviewing. Dr. Velasquez’ work includes development of interventions in the areas of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, alcohol and other drug abuse, prenatal health, HIV prevention and smoking cessation. A recent emphasis of her work has been on developing curriculum for medical students and residents to use brief motivational interventions in medical settings. Dr. Velasquez has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters and is currently principal investigator on several NIH or CDC funded studies using these approaches. She is an internationally recognized trainer in both Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change models.
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