Parent Leadership Conference 2007, January 30, Hilton Sacramento Arden West

Workshops

Morning Workshops 10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Parents as Stakeholders
(Part 1 of 2)
Fernando Sirvian, Pacific Institution for Community Organization
Participants will learn how to create a state of readiness and an environment for parents and professionals to take action.

Parent and Shared Leadership
(Repeated in the Afternoon Session)
Meryl Levine and Sheri Rosen, Parents Anonymous, Inc.
Pamela Maxwell and Hermelinda Ortiz, California Parent Leadership Team
If you are interested in creating meaningful parent participation in your workplace and moving beyond the traditional and limited roles of parents, this is the workshop for you.  Presenters will share vital elements from the Shared Leadership in Action program for planning, implementing, and supporting effective Shared Leadership strategies.  Participants will learn ways to overcome barriers so that parents can have active roles and stronger voices to allow full engagement in leadership activities.

Affirming Diversity Among Communities
(Repeated in the Afternoon Session)
Mary Ann Soden and Daniel Soto, Orangewood Children’s Foundation
Attend this workshop to learn the importance of diversity and how to improve the connection between families, communities and organizations.  Specific topics to be discussed include what it takes to incorporate diverse communities in your centers, what has been done with CAC development and FaCT FRCs, and the results to date.

Pathways to Parent Leadership:  Steps to Success
Elaine Zimmerman, Connecticut Commission on Children
Our keynote speaker will deliver this workshop.  Participants will learn how to identify the milestones along the pathway of building parent leadership and understand what creates change within self, family and community.

County Staff and Their Parent Partners
Liz Crudo, San Francisco Human Services Agency
Martha Hass, Sacramento County
Beverly Morgan Lewis, Humboldt County Social Services Branch
Presenters will identify strategies for building successful partnering relationships between parents and agency staff with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of our programs.

Afternoon Workshops 1:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Parents as Stakeholders:  Creating Alliances: 
(Part 2 of 2)
Fernando Sirvian, Pacific Institution for Community Organization
Parents and public/private agencies will learn how to form alliances and increase partnership activities.

Parent and Shared Leadership
(Repeat of the Morning Session)
Meryl Levine and Sheri Rosen, Parents Anonymous, Inc.
Pamela Maxwell and Hermelinda Ortiz, California Parent Leadership Team
If you are interested in creating meaningful parent participation in your workplace and moving beyond the traditional and limited roles of parents, this is the workshop for you.  Presenters will share vital elements from the Shared Leadership in Action program for planning, implementing, and supporting effective Shared Leadership strategies.  Participants will learn ways to overcome barriers so that parents can have active roles and stronger voices to allow full engagement in leadership activities.

Call to Action
Constance Burgess, C. Burgess Consulting & Associates
This workshop presentation will address the various steps and components needed to develop a successful parent/professional partnership among human service agencies at the local and state level.  This interactive session will cover the nuts and bolts of all the various components needed to empower parents and family members to promote better ways of caring for and meeting the needs of children with emotional disturbances while partnering with professionals to achieve better quality of life.

Affirming Diversity Among Communities
(Repeat of the Morning Session)
Mary Ann Soden and Daniel Soto, Orangewood Children’s Foundation
Attend this workshop to learn the importance of diversity and how to improve the connection between families, communities and organizations.  Specific topics to be discussed include what it takes to incorporate diverse communities in your centers, what has been done with CAC development and FaCT FRCs, and the results to date.

County Models
Neely McElroy, Contra Costa County
Other Panel Members To Be Determined
This workshop will be a panel presentation comprised of professionals and their parent partners.  Steps on how to create successful models will be provided as well as working examples.