Events
National Children's Study Speaker Series
When: December 2, 2009 3:00pm -4:00pm
Where: Wilder Center
451 Lexington Parkway North
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
The National Children's Study Speaker Series presents Fatherhood in the 21st Centry: From Pregnancy Planning to Parenting, with Robert "Clarence" Jones, MA; Community Outreach Director, Southside Community Health Services/QHealth Connections.
This is a FREE event, but registration is requested. Please contact Laurie Ukestad to register.
This event is sponsored by the National Children's Study and the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health at the University of Minnesota.
Lessons from the Field Series: Race, Culture and Children's Mental Health
When: December 4, 2009 9:00a.m. - 12:30p.m.
Where: Metro location: Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus
Greater Minnesota Host Sites: This workshop will be broadcast live to various host sites. Check registration website for additional information.
Register Here: http://www.cmh.umn.edu
The Center for Excellence in Children's Mental Health in partnership with the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and the Harris Programs at the University of Minnesota is excited to announce the first workshop in the 2009-2010 Lessons from the Field Seris: "Race Culture and Children's Mental Health" on December 4.
The first workshop: "Historical Trauma, Microaggressions, and Identity: A Framework for Culturally-based Practice" will be presented by Karina Walters, Ph.D., University of Washington, Indigenous Wellness Research Institute and West Coast Poverty Center.
Dr. Walters, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, founded and directs the university-wide, Interdisciplinary Indigenous Wellness Research Institute at the University of Washington and is an affiliate faculty of the West Coast Poverty Center. Her research focuses on historical, social, and cultural determinants of physical and mental health among Native American individuals, families and communities as well as cultures of poverty and two-spiritedness.
Registration will be available at the end of September. Questions? Contact cmhdata@umn.edu
This event is co-sponsored by MN ADOPT and the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health and the Office for Equity and Diversity at the Univeristy of Minnesota.
The National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health conference
The National Federation of Fmailies for Children's Mental Health Conference:Children's Mental Health Matters
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Strong Foundations Conference & MN Fatherhood Summit
The seventh annual Minnesota Fatherhood Summit and the 5th annual Strong Foundations Conference will be offered collaboratively as one joint conference in January 2010.
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.
View the joint conference website here.
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
This publication is produced with support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (grant number T76 MC00005-55)
