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Engaging Fathers:
Strengthening Families

January 13-15, 2010
Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN


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In 2010, the Strong Foundations Conference and the Minnesota Fathers & Families Network Minnesota Fatherhood Summit are joining together to provide one conference that promotes the importance of building strong families to support children in their earliest years.


Keynote Presenters

  • Dr. James McHale, Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of South Florida and author of Charting the Bumpy Road of Coparenthood
  • Dr. Kyle Pruett, Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and author of Fatherneed
  • Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement

Purpose

The purpose of this conference is to strengthen the knowledge, skills, strategies, and alliances of those who work with expectant families, infants, toddlers, parents and communities to build a strong foundation for healthy development.


Theme

The 2010 conference theme, Engaging Fathers: Strengthening Families, reflects the integral role that fathers play in the healthy development of young children.


Audience

The joint conference is designed for professionals in public health, health care, social work/mental health, child care, early childhood education, ECFE, ECSE, School Readiness, Early Head Start, child abuse prevention, home visiting, parenting education, family law, and child support, and those who work with refugee and immigrant communities, the field of fatherhood, and other helping professions.


Objectives

The conference aims to highlight sessions that offer new information, advanced knowledge, practice, and skills development with opportunities to collaborate, build awareness of existing services and resources, and forge new professional relationships.


Questions?

Contact Sara Zettervall, CEED Events Specialist, at 612-625-2252 or sarazet@umn.edu.

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Past Conferences

2009 Strong Foundations Conference: January 15-17, 2009

View photos from the 2009 Conference

Read about the 2008 Strong Foundations Conference


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