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.