A Symposium on Youth and Career Fair

A Symposium on Youth and Career Fair

Saturday, April 24, 2004

Monroe Community College

Damon City Campus

228 East Main Street

Rochester, NY 14604

8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Registration Form

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Session One: 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

1)  “Grief and Loss – Creating a Responsive School Culture”; Bonnie Rubenstein, Director of Guidance and Counseling, Rochester City Schools.

2)  “Youth Gangs and Violence: Awareness, Intervention, and Prevention”; Officer Moses Robinson, School Resource Officer, Rochester Police Department.

3)  “The Thing about Adolescent Drug Use”; Gary Burdett, CSW, Clinical Supervisor, Hillside Children’s Center Halpern Day Treatment Program.

4)  “Poisoning Our Children”; Glenny Williams and Ralph Spezio, Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Rochester/Monroe County by 2010.

5)  “Black and Latino Males in Educational Systems”; Terrance Barnes, Former Director EOP, State University College at Brockport.

6)  “Formal and Informal Supports for Youth and Families in the Mental Health System: A Holistic Approach”; Sara R. Hughes, Youth Services Coordinator, Compeer, Inc., Lisa Kinney, Family Liaison; Advocate for Compeer and Better Days Ahead, Dana Frame, Vice President/Director, Compeer, Inc.

7)  “Identifying Learning and Behavioral Disorders in Children”; Wanda Willard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Monroe Community College.

8)  “Monroe County Fire Bureau Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program”; Fred Rion, Monroe County Fire Bureau.

Session Two: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

1) “Grief and Loss – Creating a Responsive School Culture”; Bonnie Rubenstein, Director of Guidance and Counseling, Rochester City Schools.

2) “Youth Gangs and Violence: Awareness, Intervention, and Prevention”; Officer Moses Robinson, School Resource Officer, Rochester Police Department.

3) “The Thing about Adolescent Drug Use”; Gary Burdett, CSW, Clinical Supervisor, Hillside Children’s Center Halpern Day Treatment Program.

4) “Poisoning Our Children”; Glenny Williams and Ralph Spezio, Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning in Rochester/Monroe County by 2010.

5) “Black and Latino Males in Educational Systems”; Terrance Barnes, Former Director EOP, State University College at Brockport.

6) “Formal and Informal Supports for Youth and Families in the Mental Health System: A Holistic Approach”; Sara R. Hughes, Youth Services Coordinator, Compeer, Inc., Lisa Kinney, Family Liaison; Advocate for Compeer and Better Days Ahead, Dana Frame, Vice President/Director, Compeer, Inc.

7)  “Identifying Learning and Behavioral Disorders in Children”; Wanda Willard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Monroe Community College.

8)  “Monroe County Fire Bureau Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program”; Fred Rion, Monroe County Fire Bureau.

Session Three: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

1) “Assets: What are They?”; Joan H. Bickweat, Coordinator for the Asset Initiative in Monroe County and Runaway Youth Services, Coordinator for the Rochester Monroe County Youth Bureau.

2) “Bullying: Putting a Stop to Cruelty”; Elizabeth Meeker, Psy.D., Program Manager, Youth Emergency Services (YES) and The Consortium on Trauma, Illness & Grief in Schools (TIG), will discuss how bullying is far more than a childhood rite of passage. Bullying is violence.

3) “Integration of Human Service Students into your Agency’s Programs”; Anthony Caiazza, Department Chair Human Services, Monroe Community College. (Appropriate for human service agency personnel).

4)  “Welcome to the Damon City Campus”; Deb Scott, Career Counselor, Student Services, Damon City Campus. Learn how current students chose their majors and decided on careers in the fields of Human Service, Criminal Justice and Education. Learn about the advantages and benefits of starting your college career at Monroe Community College.

Symposium Schedule

8:15 a.m. Sign-in and continental breakfast

8:45 a.m. Welcome and introductions

9:00 a.m. Keynote speakers:

Phil Yawman, Director, Threshold Center for Youth

Carmen Wiriyagale, Director, Prevention Services, Threshold

9:30 a.m. Directions for Workshops

9:45 a.m. First series of morning workshops

11:00 a.m. Repeat first series of morning workshops

Noon Light luncheon

Noon-1:00 p.m. Career Round Table sessions and Agency tables

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Afternoon series workshops

Career Round Table Sessions and Agency Information Tables

Career and Roundtable Session participants will have the opportunity to talk with professors about careers in Human Service, Counseling, Social Work, Early Childhood, Chemical Dependency Counseling, Criminal Justice and Education.

Some of the agencies that will be represented include:

Action for a Better Community

Americorps

Baden Street

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Boys and Girls Club

Center for Youth Services

Compeer Inc.

Girl Scouts of America

Hillside Family of Agencies

PRYD- Puerto Rican Youth Development

St. Joseph’s Villa

Threshold Center for Youth

Urban League

Registration Procedure

Please fax this form to Paula M. Fahy at (585) 262-1636 or mail to:

Paula M. Fahy

Human Service Department

Damon City Campus

228 East Main Street

Rochester, NY 14604

Please return before April 16, 2004. After that date please call to see if there are spaces still available. For more information please call: 262-1633.

There is no fee for this symposium.