Local Workshops in ACT Communities Year Round

Parents Raising Safe Kids, the APA early violence prevention program designed for families, is being implemented across the country at multiple sites by professionals and organizations.

In order to be prepared and certified to implement the program in their community, professionals need to attend a workshop offered at one of the various sites all over the country.

At the workshops professionals receive high quality materials and learn how to disseminate basic information on child development and about the risk factors for violence and its health and psychological consequences. The workshop content also includes review of the protective factors and hands-on training on prevention skills such as anger management, social problem solving, positive discipline, and media literacy.

If you are interested in being trained to take the program to your community and join a network or hundreds of professionals nationwide, please check the information below about workshops being offered at a location convenient to you:

WORKSHOPS

ACT West Coast Regional Center 2010 Schedule
Pleasant Hill, CA

Location: John F. Kennedy University, 100 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Dates:
May 7-8, 2010 and November 5-6, 2010

Fee: $235 + $60 materials fee

Deadline to Register: Day before the program begins

Registration Details: Renee Hijiki (925) 969-3520 or www.jfku.edu/act

ACT Southeastern Regional Center 2009 Schedule
Miami, FL

The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment in Miami, FL

Location:

Baptist Hospital
8900 N. Kendall Drive
Miami , FL 33176

Dates:
Feb. 18-19, 2010
July 28-29, 2010
Aug. 12-13, 2010

Location:
South Miami Hospital
6200 SW 73 Street
Miami , FL 33143

Dates:
Nov. 17-18, 2009
Mar. 24-25, 2010
Jun. 28-29, 2010
Sept. 29-30, 2010
Oct. 28-29, 2010

Fee: $100 – Includes all materials, breakfast & lunch for both days

Deadline to Register: One week before the program begins

For more information please contact Trish Ramsay, M.A. at (786) 662-5210 or visit our website at www.melissainstitute.org.

ACT Northeastern Regional Center
Waltham, MA

Location: Lemberg Children’s Center at Brandeis University, Hassenfeld Conference Center

Dates:
Dec. 4-5, 2010

Fee: $140 per person (Includes APA ACT Kit (valued at $115), 2 Breakfasts, and 2 Lunches) Scholarships Maybe Available

Registration Details: Contact Sylvia Peña at (781) 736-2200 or via e-mail. For more information visit our site at www.lembergcc.org or www.brandeis.edu/lemberg/

ACT Midwest II Regional Center Schedule
Medina, OH

Location: Western Reserve Masonic Community, 4931 Nettleton Road, Medina, Ohio 44256

Dates:
November 23rd & 24th, 2009

Fee: $60.00 (Includes the ACT/Parents Raising Safe Kids Facilitator Kit)

Deadline to Register: November 6th, 2009

Registration Details: Mail registrations to:
Donna Dickman
The Partnership for Violence Free Families
659 W. Market St., Lima, OH 45801
419-228-8664
e-mail

*This workshop is for employees and community members from Medina County. There may possibly one or two slots open to meet the 20 person limit..