Buffalo’s First Annual Parenting Conference “WNY Families 411: Great Parents, Great Kids”
Western New York's first even conference dedicated to parenting will be held May 15, 2010.
Buffalo, NY, April 04, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The first parenting conference of its kind held in the Western New York region will take place on May 15, 2010 from 8:00am to 1:00pm at Hearthstone Manor, 333 Dick Road, Depew, New York. This gathering of educators and parents is sponsored by ParentTeach (www.parentteach.net) and Western New York Mom.com (wnymoms.ning.com).
“This is a first for the region”, commented author and presenter Dayle Lynn Pomerantz. “It is exciting for us to bring these resources to parents and bring parents together to network. This conference will increase parental awareness of how they can benefit from an understanding that how they parent, or their parenting style, provides a basis for many healthy developmental outcomes during adolescence. Understanding the different parenting styles and their impact on the parent-teen relationship may help parents—and their teens—navigate adolescence more smoothly.
Exhibits include: A Bookstore featuring books from SGP Press - Secrets of Great Parents and Secrets of Great Grandparents; Organize Now! and the children’s bookstore, Monkey See, Monkey Do, as well as The Buffalo Museum and Science Center and The Buffalo Zoo.
Major speakers at the conference:
Jennifer Ford Berry (keynote speaker) is an organizational expert, entrepreneur, speaker and author. Jennifer is the author of the bestselling book Organize Now! which is now sold worldwide. She has also written numerous articles and e-books including Weekly Organizing Tips. Jennifer is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. She is also the co-owner of Mothertime Marketplace, a semi-annual event geared toward children and moms, which is currently held four times per year in Western New York.
John Craig, Ph.D. is the director of WNED’s Education & Outreach Department. For over 50 years, WNED has been providing community rich and educational based programming for WNY and southern Ontario. Dr. Craig has a doctorate in education from SUNY at Buffalo and has over 20 years experience training educators and the community.
Marsh Dumka is the Executive Director of Rochester Childfirst Network, an early education and care facility in Rochester NY. RCN was established in 1857 and is the 3rd oldest early childhood facility in the county. Marsha came to RCN in 1994 as Director of Special Education. She has 30 years experience as a special education teacher, preschool teacher and administrator. She is co-author of Get Smart with Art: A Teachers Guide and Including All Children in Your Early Childhood Program: A Guide to Successful Inclusion. A Rochester native, Marsha has lived in various locations in both the US and Asia. She has two children, Alexandra and Adam, and two grandchildren, Henry and Madeline.
Susan M. Gugliuzza, RNC, MS is a graduate of D’Youville College School of Nursing in Buffalo, New York. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, a Master of Science Degree in Health Systems Administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and is specialty certified in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing.
Sherry Miso is a local artist who loves to have fun with art. She is currently partnering with the children’s bookstore, Monkey See, Monkey Do to create fun and creative art classes that include children’s literature. Sherry is an experienced artist and specializes in custom artwork such as children’s murals.
Mary Louise Musler, Director of the Early Educators’ Network has worked in the Rochester community for over twenty years in a variety of roles as parent educator, early childhood administrator, community college instructor, and active volunteer with the state and local Association for the Education of Young Children. She is a frequent presenter at state and local conferences on topics including brain development, emotional intelligence, positive guidance, and literacy.
Dayle Lynn Pomerantz has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College in Boston, Mass. She has taught child care at the University of Florida and St. John Fisher College where she has held the position of head teacher and child care director, respectively. She has presented workshops for parents and professionals at local, state and national conferences.
She authored, “Secrets of Great Parents”, developed as a synthesis of her training, education and raising her own children. The concepts delivered in the book help develop the necessary foundation for confident, effective parents. In her second book, “Secrets of Great Grandparents”, she extends this premise to grandparents, important members of today's families that offer their grandchildren a unique and special kind of love. Through her business, ParentTeach, she consults as a parent skills coach.
Tiffany Vanderwerf has been the Curator of Education at the Buffalo Zoo for 12 years and has worked in the Education Department for 14 years teaching people of all ages about the natural world. She is the proud parent of two girls, ages 5 and 8.
For More Information:
Dayle Lynn Pomerantz
716.207.9470
dalep@verizon.net
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“This is a first for the region”, commented author and presenter Dayle Lynn Pomerantz. “It is exciting for us to bring these resources to parents and bring parents together to network. This conference will increase parental awareness of how they can benefit from an understanding that how they parent, or their parenting style, provides a basis for many healthy developmental outcomes during adolescence. Understanding the different parenting styles and their impact on the parent-teen relationship may help parents—and their teens—navigate adolescence more smoothly.
Exhibits include: A Bookstore featuring books from SGP Press - Secrets of Great Parents and Secrets of Great Grandparents; Organize Now! and the children’s bookstore, Monkey See, Monkey Do, as well as The Buffalo Museum and Science Center and The Buffalo Zoo.
Major speakers at the conference:
Jennifer Ford Berry (keynote speaker) is an organizational expert, entrepreneur, speaker and author. Jennifer is the author of the bestselling book Organize Now! which is now sold worldwide. She has also written numerous articles and e-books including Weekly Organizing Tips. Jennifer is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. She is also the co-owner of Mothertime Marketplace, a semi-annual event geared toward children and moms, which is currently held four times per year in Western New York.
John Craig, Ph.D. is the director of WNED’s Education & Outreach Department. For over 50 years, WNED has been providing community rich and educational based programming for WNY and southern Ontario. Dr. Craig has a doctorate in education from SUNY at Buffalo and has over 20 years experience training educators and the community.
Marsh Dumka is the Executive Director of Rochester Childfirst Network, an early education and care facility in Rochester NY. RCN was established in 1857 and is the 3rd oldest early childhood facility in the county. Marsha came to RCN in 1994 as Director of Special Education. She has 30 years experience as a special education teacher, preschool teacher and administrator. She is co-author of Get Smart with Art: A Teachers Guide and Including All Children in Your Early Childhood Program: A Guide to Successful Inclusion. A Rochester native, Marsha has lived in various locations in both the US and Asia. She has two children, Alexandra and Adam, and two grandchildren, Henry and Madeline.
Susan M. Gugliuzza, RNC, MS is a graduate of D’Youville College School of Nursing in Buffalo, New York. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, a Master of Science Degree in Health Systems Administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and is specialty certified in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing.
Sherry Miso is a local artist who loves to have fun with art. She is currently partnering with the children’s bookstore, Monkey See, Monkey Do to create fun and creative art classes that include children’s literature. Sherry is an experienced artist and specializes in custom artwork such as children’s murals.
Mary Louise Musler, Director of the Early Educators’ Network has worked in the Rochester community for over twenty years in a variety of roles as parent educator, early childhood administrator, community college instructor, and active volunteer with the state and local Association for the Education of Young Children. She is a frequent presenter at state and local conferences on topics including brain development, emotional intelligence, positive guidance, and literacy.
Dayle Lynn Pomerantz has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College in Boston, Mass. She has taught child care at the University of Florida and St. John Fisher College where she has held the position of head teacher and child care director, respectively. She has presented workshops for parents and professionals at local, state and national conferences.
She authored, “Secrets of Great Parents”, developed as a synthesis of her training, education and raising her own children. The concepts delivered in the book help develop the necessary foundation for confident, effective parents. In her second book, “Secrets of Great Grandparents”, she extends this premise to grandparents, important members of today's families that offer their grandchildren a unique and special kind of love. Through her business, ParentTeach, she consults as a parent skills coach.
Tiffany Vanderwerf has been the Curator of Education at the Buffalo Zoo for 12 years and has worked in the Education Department for 14 years teaching people of all ages about the natural world. She is the proud parent of two girls, ages 5 and 8.
For More Information:
Dayle Lynn Pomerantz
716.207.9470
dalep@verizon.net
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