FRIDAY, February 29, 2008

7:30 a.m. Registration and Hosted Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Adlerian Psychology: Theory to Practice
Goal: Participants will examine six basic Adlerian concepts of social embeddedness, self-determination and creativity, goal directness, subjectivity, holism, and social interest as these ideas pertain to our roles as care givers, counselors and educators.

10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:15 a.m. Understanding Discouraged Children
Goal: Participants will investigate factors contributing to the discouragement of children and the goals of behavior of the discouraged children.

12:00 Noon HOSTED LUNCH

1:00 p.m. Counseling Demonstration
Goal: Participants will identify three parental leader-ship styles and five Adlerian components of living and learning with children through observation of a counseling demonstration with a parent or parents of young children.

2:30 BREAK

2:45 p.m.
Goal: Participants will identify four components of positive relationships with children, learn the differences between praise and encouragement and practice the language of encouragement.

3:30 p.m. 1 Hour ETHICS: Ethics from the Inside Out
Wes Wingett, PhD - Conference Presenter

4:30pm Dismissal

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.:2 Hours Ethics in Practice
Ethics in Practice
Wes Wingett, PhD - Conference Presenter

SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008

7:30 a.m.: Registration and Hosted Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.: Understanding the Life Style of the Discouraged Adolescents
Goal: Participants will study five methods of understanding adolescents and adults as developed by Alfred Adler and the development of discouragement in adolescents.

10:00p.m. BREAK

10:15 a.m.: Counseling Demonstration
Goal: Participants will examine five challenges of living through the experience of adolescence.

12:00 Noon Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m.: Encouraging the Discouraged Adolescent and Adult
Goal: Participants will study various strategies to encourage adolescents and adults including identifying assets and strengths, establishing meaningful and relevant goals and managing perfection.

3:00p.m. BREAK

3:15 p.m.: Self and Therapeutic Encouragement
Goal: Participants will establish means to encourage themselves and others through the examination of the components of therapeutic encouragement.

4:30p.m. Dismissal