Serving families, individuals, parents, couples, and professionals, Building Strong Families National Seminars facilitates powerful educational conferences, seminars, parenting webinars, and offers family-related products with topics geared toward strengthening, empowering, and enhancing the family, schools, and the community.
In response to the rise in school bullying/violence,Building Strong Families National Seminarsis presenting a school bullying prevention conference entitled the'Standing Up To Bullying' Conference. Introducing the latest international research on school (k-12) bullying and violence, the 'Standing Up To Bullying' conference is designed to empower and equip school administrators, educators, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and others who work with children with skills and tools designed to recognize, minimize or eradicate school bullying and violence. The strategies, techniques, and interventions cited in this conference equally spans elementary thru high school students. This conference will be held four times at the Sundance Mountain Lodge, 1865 Woodmoor Drive, Monument, CO 80132: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
9:00am to 12:00pm and 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
9:00am to 12:00pm and 5:00pm to 8:00pm The cost to attend this conference is $35.00. School discounts are available. School purchase orders are also accepted. The presenter isMark Lakewood, CEO and founder ofBuilding Strong Families National Seminars, a distinguished bullying prevention expert, researcher, author, and speaker with over 20 years of clinical experience as a mental health therapist. Seating is limited. Those interested are asked to pre-register by visiting http://www.StandingUpToBullyingConference.com.
As the holidays approach and the new year is just a stones throw away, I
would like to make you aware of a couple of services that we expanded.
During the new year, we will continue to schedule the 'Standing Up To Bullying'
Conference in various states other than Arizona. This research-based
conference empowers educators with tools and strategies to reduce or minimize
school bullying and violence. Currently, we have our eyes set on Colorado in
early February. If you would like this conference presented at your location,
please let us know.
Additionally, we expanded the Sudden Compliance Program
by offering it as live webinar series. This program is extremely affordable and
is designed to empower parents with tools and strategies to better manage the
behavior of their strong-willed children, especially those with ADHD.
If you or someone you know could benefit from either of these two programs,
please feel free to refer them our way!
In the meantime, from our families to yours, we wish you a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year! We also would like to extend our thoughts and
prayers to all the victims and families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School
shooting. We cannot possibly imagine the loss they feel during this holiday
season.
In response to the rise in school bullying/violence,Building Strong Families National Seminarsis presenting a school bullying prevention conference entitled the'Standing Up To Bullying' Conference. Introducing the latest international research on school (k-12) bullying and violence, the 'Standing Up To Bullying' conference is designed to empower and equip school administrators, educators, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and others who work with children with skills and tools designed to recognize, minimize or eradicate school bullying and violence. The strategies, techniques, and interventions cited in this conference equally spans elementary thru high school students.
This conference will be held twice at each of the following Arizona locations: Quality Inn & Suites
271 S. Lake Havasu Ave.
Lake Havasu City, AZ, 86403
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
9:00am to 12:00pm (MT)
5:00m to 8:00pm (MT)
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
1601 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
9:00am to 12:00pm (MT)
5:00m to 8:00pm (MT)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Phoenix-Avondale
11450 West Hilton Way
Avondale, Arizona, 85323
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
9:00am to 12:00pm (MT)
5:00m to 8:00pm (MT)
Residence Inn by Marriott
7350 N. Zanjero Boulevard
Glendale, Arizona 85305
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
9:00am to 12:00pm (MT)
5:00m to 8:00pm (MT) The cost to attend this conference is $35.00. School discounts are available. School purchase orders are also accepted. The presenter isMark Lakewood, CEO and founder ofBuilding Strong Families National Seminars, a distinguished bullying prevention expert, researcher, author, and speaker with over 20 years of clinical experience as a mental health therapist. Seating is limited. Those interested are asked to pre-register by visitinghttp://www.StandingUpToBullyingConference.com.
In response to the rise in school bullying/violence,Building Strong Families National Seminarsis presenting a school bullying prevention conference entitled the'Standing Up To Bullying' Conference. Introducing the latest international research on school (k-12) bullying and violence, the 'Standing Up To Bullying' conference is designed to empower and equip school administrators, educators, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and others who work with children with skills and tools designed to recognize, minimize or eradicate school bullying and violence. The strategies, techniques, and interventions cited in this conference equally spans elementary thru high school students.
This conference will be held twice at each of the following California locations:
Country Inns & Suites by Carlson 298 S Chestnut St Ventura, CA 93001 Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 9:00am to 12:00pm (PT) 5:00pm to 8:00pm (PT)
Best Western Plus West Covina Inn 3275 E. Garvey Ave. N West Covina, CA 91791 Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 9:00am to 12:00pm (PT) 5:00pm to 8:00pm (PT)
Hilton Garden Inn San Bernardino 1755 South Waterman Ave. San Bernardino, CA 9240 Thursday, November 15th, 2012 9:00am to 12:00pm (PT) 5:00pm to 8:00pm (PT)
The cost to attend this conference is $35.00. School discounts are available. School purchase orders are also accepted.
The presenter isMark Lakewood, CEO and founder ofBuilding Strong Families National Seminars, a distinguished bullying prevention expert, researcher, author, and speaker with over 20 years of clinical experience as a mental health therapist.
This powerful one-hour live webinar offers parents highly
effective strategies and techniques to combat homework battles, reduce stress
and anxiety, heighten self-esteem, and ultimately improve grades and school
performance.
Homework time is perhaps the most important opportunity for
your child to learn and exercise what he or she has learned at school. Without
this opportunity, your child has little chance of succeeding at school. That is
why it is vitally important to make sure your child is able to adequately and
accurately complete his or her homework on a daily basis. This webinar
explores:
Quick
and easy methods and strategies to help your child complete his or her
homework accurately and correctly,
Incentives
to encourage homework compliance, and
Techniques
and strategies to reduce anxiety and stress while increasing self esteem.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is extremely beneficial to parents (especially
of strong-willed children), educators, and anyone else who works with children.
Dates and times
Thursday, November 1st, 2012 (5 to 6:00pm MST)
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 (9 to 10:00am MST)
Monday, November 5th, 2012 (1 to 2:00pm MST)
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 (8 to 9am MST)
About the Presenter
Mark Lakewood is the CEO of Building Strong Families
National Seminars, a parenting expert, author, and speaker with over 20 years
of clinical experience as a mental health therapist.
Wouldn't it be
great if there was a bullying prevention program that could be implemented in
schools that could significantly reduce bullying behavior among students? The fact of the matter is that there is no
bullying prevention program that could tackle such an issue at a significant
extent. According to recent research,
the efficacy of bullying prevention programs is anywhere from 17 to 23%. One of the primary reasons why bullying
prevention programs fail in our schools is because they're designed around a
one size fits all policy. Even the Department
of Education recommends that schools resist prefab curriculums to reduce
bullying behavior.
Research regarding
the issue of school bullying and violence continues to be in its infancy
stages. Since the Columbine high school
incident several years ago, it appears that much of the research is problem
rather than intervention focused. Much
of the research focuses on how many kids are affected and how they are affected
by bullying rather than how to effectively intervene to prevent bullying from
occurring in the first place.
In spite of this
fact, there is a large body of research based interventions and strategies that
can be easily implemented within schools that does not require the need for a
curriculum based bullying prevention program.
As bullying prevention programs typically cost school districts
thousands of dollars to implement, there are plenty of strategies that can be
used that literally cost nothing. I have
found that schools often fail to
implement these strategies either because they lack awareness of these
strategies, the strategies do not comply with their current policies, or they
simply choose not to implement these strategies.
Did you know that
according to recent research, school bullying is reduced significantly when
teachers begin each school day with a class discussion about bullying and its
definition? One of the reasons why this
technique reduces bullying behavior is because it brings awareness to the
problem. Additionally, students feel
that their teacher is invested in stopping the bullying behavior.
Did you know that
when teachers encourage their students to create classroom rules and
consequences, misbehavior significantly reduces? Oftentimes teachers make the mistake of
starting the school year by introducing his or her own if set of rules and
consequences. When students feel that
they have a say in the behavior management program of their classroom, their
behavior automatically improves.
Did you know that
when teachers encourage their students to research bullying behavior in
literature and report on these incidences during class discussions, this
technique significantly reduces bullying behavior? This strategy is very effective as it
combines academics with bullying prevention.
Did you know that
recent research reports that organized recess significantly reduces bullying
behavior? This research suggests that
working with the students in terms of developing organized play and activities
during recess is more effective in curbing bullying behavior than just
encouraging them to come up with activities on their own.
Did you know that
token economy systems are a very effective tool to reduce bullying
behavior? Naturally, there is a right
and a wrong way to implement such a system.
Once implemented correctly, a token economy system could drastically
change behaviors during structured and unstructured arenas.
Did you also know
that it is important for every school to have their own support group
specifically for victims of bullying?
Such a group would provide victims a safe environment to vent their
thoughts and feelings as well as teach them bullying prevention, social, and
anger management skills.
During this
article, I only touched on a few research based bullying prevention strategies
and techniques that should be implemented in every school. Hopefully, this article offers some insight
into some very easy, cost effective, and reliable techniques and strategies
they could be implemented within the school environment to reduce bullying and
violence behavior. I plan to continue to
write additional articles regarding this topic to bring more insight and
awareness on effective research based bullying prevention strategies and
techniques.
About the Author
Mark Lakewood, CEO is a distinguished bullying prevention expert, author, and speaker with over 20 years of clinical experience as a mental health therapist. He created an effective bullying prevention game for children. For more information on research-based bullying prevention techniques, register to attend the 'Standing Up To Bullying' conference that Mr. Lakewood presents nationwide.
In an effort to help educators become more proficient in dealing with incidents of school bullying and violence, I am touring the country with a powerful 3-hour research-based school bullying and violence prevention conference entitled the 'Standing Up To Bullying' conference, http://www.StandingUpToBullyingConference.com. Originally offered onsite, we are excited to announce that this conference is now offered as a live webinar! Additionally, for the first time ever, we are providing you the option to schedule this webinar at a day and time most convenient for your staff to attend!
This conference is intended to empower and equip school administrators, educators, social workers, counselors, psychologists, and any other professionals who work with children with skills and tools designed to recognize, minimize or eradicate school bullying and violence. Participants will learn:
The latest international research on school bullying and violence
The causes of youth aggression and misbehavior
The characteristics of bullies and their victims
The psychology of bullying
Potential outcomes of bullying
Warning signs of youth emotional problems, suicide, and homicide
How to empower victims of bullying
School bullying and violence prevention strategies
Non-physical de-escalation techniques, and
Self-defense techniques
To learn more about this conference, please feel free to view our conference video.
Webinars can be more beneficial and practical than attending onsite conferences as the fee is more affordable, participants can conveniently attend webinars from their home, office, or any location, and you have the opportunity to schedule this webinar at a day and time most convenient for you and your staff! Additionally, the quality of this webinar is superb as participants can view me, my slide presentation, video clips, and polls during the presentation while they listen through their computer speakers. No downloads, equipment, or software are required as this webinar is entirely browser-based. Furthermore, participants can easily interact with me and other participants anytime during the presentation by chatting in the chat room, participate in our quiz/polls, and by phoning me at our toll free phone number.
Along with the Certificate of Completion, participants will receive as our gift a copy of our 'Standing Up To Bullying' game and our Power of Thoughts E-book (several printable worksheets for k12 students empowering them to change their behavior by changing the way they think). Each participant will also receive a copy of our slide presentation and can signup to receive via email the latest international research on school bullying and violence as it happens.
The cost to attend this webinar is $25.00 per participant. As a group discount, schools or districts that preregister 15+ educators will receive a $5.00 discount from the $25.00 conference fee. Additionally, we will provide without charge our 'Standing Up To Bullying' game to every educator and student at your school or district!
As CEO and founder of Building Strong Families National Seminars, I have over 20 years of clinical experience as a mental health therapist. I also provided clinical and consultation services to numerous school administrators, educators, students, and families on issues of bullying and behavior management. For a complete biography, please click.
If you would like to learn more about this conference, please feel free to visit us at http://www.StandingUpToBullyingConference.com. If you have any questions regarding the conference or would like to discuss your specific needs with me, please feel free to email me at Mark@StrongFamilies.us or phone me toll free at (866) 544-4075.
It would be an honor to present this webinar to your staff! If you would like to schedule this webinar, please feel free to complete this form. Thank you for your consideration in allowing me the opportunity to serve you and your staff.
Sincerely, Mark Lakewood Bullying Prevention Expert
Building Strong Families National Seminars strongfamilies.us
