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Linda and Richard Eyre Escaping the Entitlement Trap for Our Children

Children who think they should have whatever they want, and whatever their friends have--and that they should have it NOW, and without having to work for it--are getting caught in an Entitlement Trap that destroys their initiative and motivation, undermines their respect, and ill prepares them for adulthood.  Authors, parenting consultants and parents of nine children Linda and Richard Eyre will discuss this modern day phenomena and how a sense of entitlement is the polar opposite of a sense of responsibility.  They will then discuss how families can escape the Entitlement Trap, creating a road-map to family responsibility. 

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  Workshops 

Registration Deadline Approaching! Register by September 30, 2011!! 

Tricia Downing, Author and Athlete, Redefining Able, Inc. Redefining Able: Tools for Working with Students with Physical Impairments

In this workshop, former teacher, paraplegic athlete and author Trish Downing will draw from her experience as a teacher, director of a camp for women in wheelchairs, as well as her personal experience to help participants work with students with a range of abilities and challenges. She will discuss how to engage students with physical impairments, create environments that are universally designed, and encourage student problem-solving.

Linda and Richard Eyre Creating an Escape from the Entitlement Trap

Building on the premise from their keynote session, Richard and Linda Eyre will discuss the Entitlement Trap - how families have become trapped in a destructive cycle of overindulging children. The antidote is a "family economy" where kids choose, earn, save, and budget, and where they begin to feel the pride of real ownership of their spending money, their toys, their clothes, their electronic gadgets....and where this same perception of ownership and responsibility can spread to their grades, their choices, their goals, and their values.

Clinton Faupel, Executive Director, Remedy.fm and Sarah Lawrence, Volunteer Coordinator, Remedy.fm Connecting with Teens through Social Media

In a world where social networking, text messaging and online connectivity is the norm, how do people who want to communicate with teens stay relevant? In this workshop you will hear how a local web organization, RemedyLIVE, uses the internet to stay connected with a generation of young people to make sure their voice is being heard.  Those in attendance will learn how to maximize honest teen responses via social media as well as get incredible feedback on how to improve their service to this generation. The internet is here to stay... are you fully using it to help teens who are immersed in social networking?

Velma LaPoint, PhD, Professor of Child Development in the Department of Human Development and Psychoeducational Studies, Howard University, Washington, DC Keeping our Kids Great: Countering the Commercialization of Childhood

Paul LeBuffe, M; Co-Director, The Devereux Center for Resilient Children Promoting Resilience in At-Risk Children and Youth

Our children and youth are likely to experience risk factors nearly every day. Whether it is community issues like poverty and violence, family issues such as unemployment and military parents being deployed oversees, or witnessing stressful events on the news such as the tsunami in Japan or the shootings in Tucson and Norway, our youth are bombarded with risk. Yet the majority of our youth do fine, exhibiting resilience in the face of risk. Mr. LeBuffe will help us understand the nature of resilience and what we can do to promote resilience in all of our youth and ourselves. This workshop will present an overview of resilience theory and research including: core concepts of risk and protective factors, applications of resilience theory in promoting competence in children and youth and the limitations of resilience theories.

H. Clay Roberts, MS Founder and President, Roberts and Associates Going Deeper: Asset Building in Action

This session will provide practical strategies and activities that each individual can use to build specific assets with young people. Participants will develop skills that can be used to reach youth from all social circles.

Maureen Underwood, LCSW, CGP; Clinical Director, Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide Teen Suicide: Warning Signs and Early Intervention

Drawing from thirty plus years of experience, expert in teen suicide Maureen Underwood will discuss preventing youth suicide. Participants will understand risk factors associated with teen suicide, how to identify suicidal ideation in teens, and will provide tips on when and how to intervene when a caring adult suspects that a teen may be contemplating suicide.

Steven Van Bockern, Ed.D,Director, Augustana Institute for Reclaiming Students and Professor of Education, Augustana College Reclaiming Youth at Risk

All workshops are repeated in the morning and afternoon sessions.  When completing registration forms, participants should choose one speaker for their morning session and a second speaker for their afternoon session.

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