Annual April Meeting Agenda

Place:   Alpert Jewish Community Center, Senior Room

              3801 E. Willow St
              Long Beach, CA 90815
              (free parking)
              Click to see a map

Please note: 1st Thursday of month/extended program for Child Abuse Prevention Month

~  Co-Sponsors  ~

Family Service of Long Beach

Jewish Family & Children’s Services

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

Miller Children’s Abuse & Violence Intervention Center

Note:  Registration Fee required

~   Includes   ~

Program

Free Parking

Refreshments

CEUs available for

MFTs, LCSWs & Psychologists

(additional $5 fee, payable at event)

Council Member Pre-Registration

Postmarked by 4/1/06

$5

Non-Member Pre-Registration

Postmarked by 4/1/06

$10

(Students, $5)

At the Door

$15

For Pre-Registration:

Please return the registration slip

 Postmarked no later than April 1, 2006

 to End Abuse Long Beach

P.O. Box 1548

Long Beach, CA 90801-1548

This course meets the qualifications for 1 1/2 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #2243.

~  Speaker  ~

John Ackerman, MFT

“The Socialization of Children”

John Ackerman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice and is the Clinical Supervisor of Laura’s House, a non profit agency in South Orange County dedicated to the prevention and treatment of family violence. 

John’s presentation will focus on how the family, gender roles and peer culture contribute to emotional problems in children and what we can do as a society to address and help change the status quo.

John began as a counselor with at-risk teens and their families in a Juvenile Diversion Program with CSP and created several teen/parent programs for Orange County’s first Family Resource Center.  He also worked as a therapist for the Child Guidance Center in Santa Ana where he primarily worked with victims of child abuse and did family counseling. 

John teaches workshops in schools, community organizations and in the court system on parenting, behavior of boys, conflict resolution and healthy teen dating relationships. 

He lives with his wife Malia and his son Luke in Oceanside and is a drummer in a band that seldom ventures out of the garage.  

End Abuse Long Beach

April 2006

John Ackerman: The Socialization of Children

REFERENCES

Beecher, W. & M.,  Beyond Success and Failure, Devross Pub., New York, 1967.

Dickinson, A., Bad Boys Rule, Time , January 31^st, 2000.

Durby, D., Lifetime Incidents of Mental Disorders Presentation, ABIP Inc., Fullerton, 2001.

Goleman, D., Emotional Intelligence, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987.

Hanscom, H.,  The Orange County Register, California Focus: Woe to Kids Without Father Figures, February 25^th, 2006

Keen, S., Fire In the Belly: On Becoming a Man, Harcourt, San Francisco, 1988.

Kindlon, D. & Thompson, M., Raising Cain, Protecting the Emotional Lives of Boys, Ballantine Books, New York, 1999.

Pollack, W., Real Boys, Random House, New York, 1998.

Simmons, R., Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression In Girls, Harcourt, New York, 2003.

Tyre, P., The Trouble With Boys, Newsweek, January 30^th, 2006

Opinions expressed are those of the speaker and not necessarily those of the Council and its membership.
For more information, please log onto www.EndAbuseLB.org or contact Program Chair:
Maren Founds at (949) 433-3849 or email MarenFounds@yahoo.com

I would like to pre-register (postmarked by April 1, 2006) for the

End Abuse Long Beach, Child Abuse & Domestic Violence Prevention Council's workshop on Thursday, April 6, 2006.

? I am a paid Council member for 2006.

?  I am not a paid Council member for 2006.

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