| Starts: | Wednesday January 13, 2010 at 8:00am |
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| Ends: | Friday January 15, 2010 at 5:00pm |
| Event Type: | Conference |
| Region: | St. Cloud, Minnesota Area |
| Location: |
Arrowwood Resort 2100 Arrowwood Lane NW Alexandria, MN 56308 US |
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| Website: | http://www.regonline.com/strongfoundations2010 |
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| Keywords: | Fathers, Mothers, Children, Health, Relationships, Minnesota, Child Support, Family, Education, School, Social Services |
| Intended For: | social workers, educators, policy makers, professionals, and parents |
| Organization: | Minnesota Fathers & Families Network |
The conference theme will focus on the healthy engagement of fathers. The conference aims to strengthen the knowledge, skills, strategies and alliances of those who help expectant families, infants, toddlers, mothers, fathers, other caregivers, and all communities to build a strong foundation for healthy development. The conference will offer the opportunity for in-depth, research-based, practical training as well as exposure to a wider variety of topics from different fields.
Keynote presenters: Dr. James McHale, Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida and author of Charting the Bumpy Road of Coparenthood Dr. Kyle Pruett, Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and author of Fatherneed *Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement