Raising Ethical Children Speakers
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Raising Ethical Children speakers have included:
Catherine Steiner-Adair
Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant and author who has devoted her professional life to helping parents and children thrive. Her passion for helping parents and educators raise strong, savvy and resilient children extends to boys and girls from pre-school through college, and she lectures on a wide range of topics that integrate personal and family life issues. Steiner-Adair is the director of Eating Disorders Education and Prevention at the Klarman Eating Disorders Center at McLean Hospital.
Ron Taffel
Hailed as "a Spock for our time" (New Woman) and "a genius addressing all the issues of family life" (Child), Taffel is considered one of the most charismatic and practical child-rearing experts in the country. Dr. Taffel's four books, Parenting by Heart, When Parents Disagree, Nurturing Good Children Now, and The Second Family have become part of the national discourse on child rearing. Taffel earned a doctorate in clinical psychology at New York University. In 1976, he became the first psychologist to become the Director of Treatment at the Child and Adolescent Treatment Division of Downstate Medical Center, where he remained until 1979, when he established a private practice in Manhattan. Taffel founded the Family Therapy Division at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City and in 1999 was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute. Taffel's appearances have included The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dateline, 20/20, Primetime Live and The Larry King Show.
Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson, Ph.D. is a consultant, author and psychologist specializing in children and families. He is the clinical consultant to The Belmont Hill School and has worked in more than two hundred fifty schools across the United States, as well as in international schools in Central America, Europe and Asia. He and his co-author, Dan Kindlon, wrote the New York Times best-selling book, Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys (1999). He is the author of Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons (2000) and co-author of Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Worlds of Children (2001) and Mom, They're Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems (2002). The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Achieve Success in School and in Life (2004) was written to help parents understand the complex journey of children through school. Thompson's latest book, It's a Boy!, was published in March, 2008.
Rosalind Wiseman
Rosalind Wiseman founded the Empower Program, a national violence-prevention program, in 1992. Since then, she has gone on to work with tens of thousands of students, educators, parents, counselors, coaches, and administrators to create communities based on the belief that each person has a responsibility to treat themselves and others with dignity.
She is the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence published by Crown in May 2002. Twice a New York Times Bestseller, Queen Bees & Wannabes was the basis for the 2004 movie Mean Girls. Other recent publications include contributions to Parade Magazine and Town and Country. Her most recent book Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads was released in 2006 and she is a monthly columnist for Family Circle Magazine.
Facing History and Ourselves Staff Resources
A sampling of Facing History and Ourselves facilitators includes:
Jennifer Jones-Clark
Jennifer Jones-Clark joined the Facing History and Ourselves staff in 1993, after teaching at a Boston Public High School. She helps facilitate Facing History workshops, institutes, and other professional development programs for teachers in the Boston area and provides follow-up consultations for individual teachers and schools. Jones-Clark is currently designing and facilitating workshops and institutes for Facing History's international work in South Africa. Jones-Clark has a B.A. in special education with a minor in Fine Arts, an M.A. in school administration and certification in Comparative Education Studies. She has taught at the middle, high school and university levels both in the United States and Japan. She has also designed curricula and been a school-based and central-office administrator.
Karen Murphy
As the Director of International Programs, Karen Murphy coordinates the international fellows program and the work in countries outside of the United States. She is also actively involved in Facing History's research and development. Currently she is working on our transitional justice materials. Prior to her work outside the U.S., Murphy worked in the New York office for six years. Karen has a doctorate from the University of Minnesota where she also taught for six years.
Peter Nelson
Peter Nelson has a B.A. in Psychology from S.U.N.Y at Binghamton and an M.A. in Philosophy, C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center. As Director of the New York Office of Facing History and Ourselves, Nelson oversees an office of fifteen employees. He also creates and facilitates weeklong seminars and one and two-day workshops for educators. Prior to coming to Facing History, for fifteen years Nelson served as a teacher in New York City schools, including five years at Satellite Academy, a multi-sited transfer school for students who have not been successful in a traditional high school setting. At Satellite, Peter was involved in the on-going creative process and implementation of interdisciplinary team-teaching.
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