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 Name (please print)____________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________ Telephone Number_____________________________________________________ E-mail_______________________________________________________________ Please check one of the following: MCC Student______ MCC Faculty/Staff_____ Agency or other educational institution______________________________________ Please check one of the following: I will be attending the free continental breakfast: yes___ no___ I will be participating in the noontime refreshments: yes___ no___ Session One: 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Please indicate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for each session. 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. Please indicate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for each session. 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. Please indicate your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for each session. 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. 8:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Noon Noon-1:00 p.m. 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Sign-in and continental breakfast Welcome and introductions Keynote speakers: Phil Yawman, Director, Threshold Center for Youth Carmen Wiriyagale, Director, Prevention Services, Threshold Directions for Workshops First series of morning workshops Repeat first series of morning workshops Light luncheon Career Round Table sessions and Agency tables 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.