RRMS Administration, Teachers and your PTO work closely each year to identify topics for parent education that support the current needs of our community. In addition, we survey parents to find out what topics are important to them.
Information about each Parent Education topic will be posted to this page for future reference.
January 21st, 2010 at 6:30 PM (past)
Howard Hiton, MS, LPC presents:
What About Boys?
Nationally and locally boys make up two-thirds of those in special ed classes, they represent 70% of middle school and high school discipline referrals, and their dropping rates of graduation and college attendance are cause for concern. We know that relationships hold the key to improving boys’ health and academic performance. But how do we establish and maintain connections with boys?
This workshop examines current data on boys in schools and their communities. Participants will learn about boys’ unique developmental issues and explore ways to enhance communication with boys.
Howard Hiton is a Licensed Professional Counselor. He has been providing individual, family, and chemical dependency counseling services since 1987 in settings such as residential treatment for adjudicated boys, middle schools and high schools. He was the recipient of the Oregon Pediatric Society’s 1999 Award for Service to Children and the 2005 Oregon Peacemaker Award of Excellence for his support of youth.
Howard has been in private practice with a passion for boy’s issues since 1995. He has conducted focus groups with boys, facilitated young men’s support groups, led boys’ nights out and spoken to parent and professional audiences across the region on how to best nurture boys. He is the author of Building on Strengths, a report published by Portland Public Schools on improving boys’ school performance and a co-author of BAM! Boys Advocacy and Mentoring: Helping Boys Connect Through Physical Challenge and Strategic Storytelling, a Guidebook for Leading Boys Groups. Howard’s presentation style is consistently evaluated as being warm, engaging, and thought provoking.
Mr. Hiton is the father of two school aged boys.
Register by going to: http://hhitonpresentation.eventbrite.com
To learn more about Howard, please go to: http://www.hitonassociates.net/site/
If you missed the presentation, here are the handouts that were available:
Resources For Parents Regarding Boys
December 8th, 2009 (past)
Face Book Facts and MySpace Myths, Joe Bruzzese, M.A.
Joe is a professor at UC Santa Barbara, an Author of ”The Parent’s Guide to the Middle School Years”. In addition he has taught both elementary and middle school curriculum. He has been educating parents for more than 20 years. His website is a wonderful tool listing a variety topics and top notch advice for parents. WWW.thinking-forward.com
We are always looking for information to help keep our kids safe. In addition to providing parent education by looking for qualified speakers, we may also provide links to websites we find helpful.
The following websites have been recommended for information about safe internet and social media use:
The following site has been recommended for information about how to talk with your teen about “tough issues”
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/index.htm