The Dibble Institute

WEBINAR: Up Your Game! Strengthen Your PREP Adult Preparation Topics Using Proven, Adaptable Materials
2014-03-12 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online Webinar, United States
Now that you have figured out how to deliver excellent, evidence based pregnancy prevention instruction, how about your adult preparation topics? Join PREP Pregnancy Prevention Grant sub-awardees to learn how they are using Dibble evidence based materials to successfully teach the Adult Preparation topics.
Learn how to:

select the program that best engages your audience and
adapt the material to meet your needs for time and topic.

Presenters Panel:

Felicia Tuggle, LMSW, PREP Director, Georgia Department of Human Services, Atlanta
Dr. Ted Curtis, PH.D. CFLE, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens
Lisa Smith, RN, MSN, IBCLC, University of Utah Adolescent Services, Clinical Nurse at Teen Mom/Teen Health Clinic
Robyn McLymont, Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Senior Program Manager, OIC of South Florida
Delano Grant, PREP Educator, OIC of South Florida

Resources:

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WEBINAR: I'm In Love! Understanding and Handling Fabulous Love Chemicals
2014-02-12 08:00 - 17:00
Many of us remember our first crush. Our feet barely touched the ground and we couldn’t get that special someone out of our minds. The feelings of romantic attraction are incredible! Thanks to modern science we now know that most of our “in love” sensations are due to various chemicals naturally coursing through our brains. Join Marlene Pearson, author of Love Notes and Relationship Smarts PLUS, to learn about the brain chemistry behind falling in love and how it affects us. She’ll also explore how to help youth

understand what they are feeling,
appreciate the positives of the early stages of attraction, and
make good relationship and sexual decisions.

Presenter: Marline Pearson, Author of Love Notes, v.2.0 and Relationships Smarts PLUS v.3.0.

Resources: February 2014 Webinar PPT

WEBINAR: Building Relationship Skills with Young Adults in Community-Based Programs
2014-01-08 13:00 - 14:00
Learn the effectiveness of teaching relationship skills along with job preparation skills. Hear what works in creating an environment for students to comfortably engage in meaningful discussion—essential for facilitating successful relationship skills education. Through the use of The Dibble Institute curricula they will show how students can self-assess the healthiness of their relationships, learn skills to strengthen them, and set goals for the future.
Presenters: Jo Anne Eason, Building Brighter Future Program Director, Dibble Institute and Vice President, Communications and Marketing, Public Strategies and Briana Levin, Health Program Coordinator of CCEO YouthBuild

WEBINAR: Impacting Future Generations: Implementing Relationship Education in the Community Setting
2013-11-13 13:00 - 14:00
Who can change the world? You can! We can! Together we can change the world by providing relationship education to communities to impact communities in positive ways.
Join our presenter as she shares how implementing healthy relationship education can strengthen families, stop the cycle of abuse and empower individuals to be productive citizens.
She will examine the research regarding child abuse, family violence, and juvenile delinquency prevention. She will also highlight implementation models of relationship education in re-entry, Head Start, Workforce Development, and financial literacy programs.
Presenter: Irene Varley, Director of Education, The Dibble Institute

WEBINAR: The Power of the Love Story: Empowering Teens Through Literature
2013-10-09 13:00 - 14:00
Director of Outreach and former literature teacher of 15 years, Dixie Zittlow, shares “The Power of the Love Story.” Hear how the literature based anthology, The Art of Loving Well, serves as an excellent tool for teaching healthy relationship education in a creative and powerful manner.
The Art of Loving Well: A Character Education Curriculum for Today’s Teenagers is a nationally acclaimed, relationship skills curriculum from Boston University that teaches healthy relationship skills to youth. From short stories, poems, essays, folk tales, and myths, teachers empower students to connect ideas in literature to choices in real life and build the skills necessary to achieve healthy relationships. You will find it fits into any “teaching” environment!
Presenter: Dixie Zittlow l Director of Outreach, The Dibble Institute

WEBINAR: Essential Lessons Learned in Dating: Teaching the Stages of Relationships
2013-09-11 13:00 - 14:00
Teens often move too quickly in romance. Breaking romantic development down into 4 specific stages can help teens see the path that leads to healthy partnership choices and understand concerns regarding the choice to “Hook-Up”.
Each step in this progression has it’s own important tasks. Moving too quickly through stages or skipping stages puts the individual at risk and at a disadvantage. Making these stages, and the accompanying tasks, clear can help young adults slow down, stay curious, identify obstacles, and avoid potential emotional, mental, and physical injury
Guest Presenter: Elsbeth Martindale, PsyD, Creator of the card set and activity book: “Things to Know Before You Say Go.”

WEBINAR: Managing Conflict: Addressing the Four Communication Danger Signs
2013-08-14 08:00 - 17:00
Research has shown that how people communicate and handle their conflicts over time will matter greatly to the health and happiness of their relationships. Communication skills transfer to all types of relationships – work, school, peers, family and parent-child. This webinar will identify negative patterns acquired in every day life experiences – the Four Communication Danger Signs. An effective relationship skills program includes the identifying and resolution of these four danger signs.
Guest presenters: Irene Varley, Director of Education and Dixie Zittlow, Director of Outreach, The Dibble Institute
