Schedule for Saturday, March 12

8:15 -9:00   Registration
9:00 - 10:30   PCPO Welcome and Keynote Speaker Jeannette French
10:45 - 12:15   Morning Workshops
12:15 -1:30   Lunch/Vendor Displays
1:30 -3:00   Afternoon Workshops
Vendors remain open until 3:30

General Information

PCPO Group Fee
A PCPO member school group fee may have been paid allowing your school’s members to attend the conference at the lowest rate. Your PCPO Rep or Treasurer will know if your school has chosen to prepay the group fee.
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships for full or discounted fees are available upon written request. Scholarships will be awarded on a first come, first served basis with priority given to PCPO members.
Refunds
We regret we are unable to issue refunds.
Check-In
When you arrive, please check in at the registration desk. You may pick up your agenda, workshop assignments and a map at that time.
Child Care Division Credits
Certificates for CCD credits needed by child care workers will be available at the end of the day.
Displays & Vendors
Displays and vendors will be available before, during and after the conference workshops. Some offer merchandise to purchase. Major credit cards may not be accepted by all, but personal checks are gladly accepted. PCPO does not endorse any vendor or displayer.
Host
If you would like to help at the conference, you may host a session for which you are enrolled. Hosts pass out materials, collect evaluations and facilitate the workshop. If you are the first to volunteer to host a workshop, your enrollment in that workshop is guaranteed. Please check the appropriate box on your registration form.
Questions
For referrals to co-ops in your area, call PCPO at 503-293-6161 or email us at: 

Registration Information

Workshop Enrollment
Workshop enrollments are limited by room and instructor capacity. It is recommended that you register early in order to ensure your first workshop choices. Registration is processed according to postmarked date.
Workshop Selections
If your first choice is already full, we will use one of your two alternate choices.
Please Note...
So that everyone may hear and learn from the speakers, please do not bring infants or children to the conference.
Registration Form
Please only one registration per form. You are welcome to copy the form or provide the needed information on another sheet of paper. Click here to download a printable version of the Information and Registration Form.
Walk-In Registration
Mail-in registration must be postmarked by March 4th. Although walk-in registration is welcomed and is available at the conference at 8:15 AM, specific workshops may be full.
Lunches
Catered box lunches are available for $6.50 each, paid with advance purchase only. Please make your selection on the registration form. You are also welcome to bring your own lunch.

Morning Workshops

A  “Burn-out” Low; “Enthusiasm” High — You will make it to Retirement!
Jeannette French, Preschool Director and Loving Guidance Associate
Conscious Discipline® creates safe, connected classrooms that meet the social, emotional and academic needs of all children. This session will give specific strategies for creating a positive school climate that increases achievement and decreases disruptions.
B  Helping Busy Moms Get Organized and “Reclaim Their Life”
Vicki Norris, Restoring Order®
If you need to bring order to your home and life, this workshop is for you! Busy moms who are drowning in responsibilities, paper piles, incoming mail, and children’s artwork will learn that to create sustainable organizing systems, an ongoing discovery process is necessary. Attendees will be inspired with the purpose and payoff of organizing, and will put their use of time into perspective.
C  Choosing and Using Good Books to Help Children with Everyday Issues and Tough Challenges
Cheryl Coon, Author
Are you searching for an effective way to talk to children about making friends, sharing toys, teasing and bullies? Reading together can help children learn to handle challenges, overcome fears, appreciate differences, handle feelings, and acquire problem-solving skills.
D  Maximizing Mindfulness: Real-World Ways to Get Calm, Clear and Creative
Maya Talisman Frost, Mind Masseuse
Looking for a way to gain more control of yourself as well as your little ones? Join this workshop for an informative and entertaining workshop full of tips to help you become the calm, clear and creative mentor you've always wanted to be.
E  Supporting a Child’s Building Blocks to Self-Esteem
Karen Bissonette, M.A. 12 years experience in Taking Charge classes
How do you help your child grow toward that strong, caring, confident adult you hope they will become? Come learn how to support your child as they climb the staircase towards high self-esteem.
F  Raising Girls Today
Lisa Sloan, Executive Director of Full Esteem Ahead
Understand and diffuse the toxic culture that influences our girls and learn specific strategies to help our girls thrive.
G  Exploring the Emotions of Preschoolers
Lynn Collins, Ph.D, Lead Parent Educator, Paige Beard, MA, CDS, Child and Family Therapist in Private Practice, Parent Educator
Discover the exciting and sometimes exhausting emotional world of preschoolers. We will explore emotional development during these ages, skills young children need to navigate their social-emotional worlds, and tools parents can use to support children’s emotional growth
H  Parenting Styles
Glenda Montgomery, Certified Positive Discipline instructor
Ever wonder why the parenting you grew up with is not working on kids of today? What IS effective? We will explore various parenting styles and the characteristics they tend to nurture in our children, making your own parenting style choices more confident, informed and effective.
I  Siblings: What to Say and Do to Restore the Peace
Sharon Silver, Center for Conscious Parenting
Have the words “Because I asked you!” ever been your best response? Do the words, “Do it or time out” sound familiar? Come discover ways to empower your children to act the first time you make a request, all without yelling. You’ll hear a new way to phrase things that creates cooperation and what to do if the child doesn’t respond.
J  Managing the Monster—Understanding & Confronting Media
Michael Morrow, M.A., Certified OSATS; OCCET, NAEYC Validator,
Uses & misuses of media — television and videos — with children. Examines the “myths” of TV, changes in TV content; effects of TV — especially violence—on children’s behavior; Superhero TV and play. Practical information on how to work with children to lessen TV’s effects.
K  The Creative Child
Lucy Chaille, Director and Kindergarten Teacher, Creative Children’s Center, Beaverton
Children who are able to tap into their creative spirit can find inspiration in everyday life. This enthusiasm to “create” in turn influences a child’s own image, confidence and love to learn. From the written word to clay play, art, science and literature interconnect!

Afternoon Workshops

A  There is Life with Kids!
Jeannette French, Preschool Director Loving Guidance Associate
Conscious Discipline® skills that help handle the fits, tantrums and emotional upsets in everyday living. This session will give you ways to teach children how to be helpful, contributing, responsible members of the family.
B  Helping Busy Moms Get Organized and “Reclaim Their Life”
Vicki Norris, Restoring Order®
If you need to bring order to your home and life, this workshop is for you! Busy moms who are drowning in responsibilities, paper piles, incoming mail, and children’s artwork will learn that to create sustainable organizing systems, an ongoing discovery process is necessary. Attendees will be inspired with the purpose and payoff of organizing, and will put their use of time into perspective.
C  Mindfulness - You ’re Soaking in It!
Maya Talisman Frost, Mind Masseuse
Finding it hard to find time for mindfulness? Relax-you're soaking in it! This class offers eyes-wide-open ways to get your mind-and your body to work FOR you instead of against you. And here's the surprising part—it's easy, fun, and unforgettable.
D  Avoiding Power Struggles
Karen Bissonette, M.A. 12 years experience in Taking Charge classes
Based on the book “Taking Charge: Caring Discipline that Works at Home and at School,” by Joanne Nordling. Come find out the ways you might be sabotaging your best efforts at positive discipline and how to break the frustrating cycle of power struggles with your child.
E  Attachment and Separations: Implications in the Classroom
Paige Beard, MA, CDS, Child and Family Therapist in Private Practice, Parent Educator
In this workshop for preschool teachers we will explore theories of attachment and learn how different attachment styles show up in children’s behavior. We will discuss how to foster secure attachments between children and their parents, and between children and teachers.
F  Preschoolers and Younger Siblings: Coping with Common Challenges
Lynn Collins, Ph.D, Lead Parent Educator, Willamette Falls Hospital
We will explore challenges such as parenting children in different developmental stages and the concept of fairness with siblings. Includes discussion of factors in building a positivie relationship between siblings.
G  What About Boys
Lisa Sloan, Executive Director of Child Full Esteem Ahead
Explore the world of boys—active, curious and sometimes emotionally inexpressive. Learn some specific strategies for listening to and communicating with our sons.
H  Discipline: What to Say and Do to Set a Limit or Expectation Any Time
Sharon Silver, Center for Conscious Parenting
Do you think twice before going somewhere because you’re concerned about misbehavior? We can’t stay home every day because our sweet ones have decided they don’t want to behave. And we can’t allow defiance, confrontations and misbehavior to control the family. If any of this sounds familiar then come learn how to set boundaries and limits regardless of where you are or what’s going on.
I  Working with Challenging Children (ADD/ADHD/ODD Focus)
Michael Morrow, M.A., Certified OSATS; OCCET, NAEYC Validator
Provides theoretical perspective on “active” and “aggressive” children. Considers current research on brain development, including how early environment can promote ADD/ADHD. Practical information on creating peaceful classrooms through understanding the special needs of challenging, especially ADD/ADHD and ODD, children. (Teachers, parents, care providers!)
J  Understanding the development of Self-Esteem and Its Lifelong Impact — Both Positive and Negative
Marilyn J. Sorenson, Ph.D., Founder and Director of The Self Esteem Institute
Self-esteem greatly affects ambition, behavior, motivation, creativity, learning, emotional stability, relationships and much more. Based on two of Dr. Sorensen’s books, this workshop thoroughly exposes the positive and negative effects of self-esteem and guides parents in how to instill healthy self-esteem in their children.
K  The Creative Child
Lucy Chaille, Director and Kindergarten Teacher, Creative Children’s Center, Beaverton
Children who are able to tap into their creative spirit can find inspiration in everyday life. This enthusiasm to “create” in turn influences a child’s own image, confidence and love to learn. From the written word to clay play, art, science and literature interconnect!

Directions

Athey Creek Middle School
2900 SW Borland Road
West Linn, Oregon

• Take I-205 to Stafford Road, Exit 3
• Go north on Stafford Road.
• At the intersection with Borland Road, a four way stop, take a left.
• Take a right at the Athey Creek Middle School sign.

Click here for a map and directions to Athey Creek Middle School.

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