9/25/06Impact Team Centra Meeting 1 Family Resiliency Impact Team Update Centra-symposium Meetings Sept. 19, 25, & Oct. 12, 2006 Presented by: Debbie Richardson & Lani Vasconcellos

Impact Team Centra Meeting2 9/25/06 Today’s Objectives… Review program development progress ICPS Training Refresher Prepare for ICPS Program implementation Provide/develop committee updates, plans & assignments Review timelines Provide/develop team member “to do” list & assignments Preparation for Plans of Work State in-service meetings

Impact Team Centra Meeting3 9/25/06 Accomplishments since last meetings… Supplementary Materials List Purchased Resources Social marketing plan draft Outline for counselor/teacher in-service

Impact Team Centra Meeting4 9/25/06 More… OK Ag. Experiment Station (OAES) project Raising a Thinking Child for parents Pictures from manuals are being colored Parenting Journey & Guiding Children Successfully (Ark.) TIP grant, impact team budget, Ambassadors

9/25/06Impact Team Centra Meeting 5 I Can Problem Solve Refresher

6 9/25/06 Jog your memory Let’s review: ICPS Goal & Focus Key Components Benefits for children Dialoguing

Impact Team Centra Meeting7 9/25/06 Goal of ICPS To teach children thinking skills that can be used to help resolve or prevent “people” problems.

Impact Team Centra Meeting8 9/25/06 Focus of ICPS Teaches children how to think, not what to think Guides children in thinking for themselves Teaches children how to evaluate their own ideas Encourages children to come up with solutions to problems on their own

Impact Team Centra Meeting9 9/25/06 Key Components of ICPS Vocabulary Words Feelings—most important question in dialoguing: “How do you feel when…?” Alternatives—coming up with solutions: “Can you think of something different to do when…?” Consequences—develop empathy through awareness of other’s feelings: “What might happen if…?”, “Is _____ a good idea or not a good idea?”

Impact Team Centra Meeting10 9/25/06 Benefits for Children Builds self-confidence and listening skills Encourages thinking about new and different solutions to problems Encourages positive social interaction ability to wait ability to cope with frustration impulsivity social withdrawal

Impact Team Centra Meeting11 9/25/06 What is dialoguing? parent/teacher guides the child in applying ICPS concepts to solve a real- life problem. helps children try again if their first attempt to solve a problem fails helps children learn to cope with frustration when they don’t get what they want immediately Dialoguing is a communication skill

Impact Team Centra Meeting12 9/25/06 Basic Principles of ICPS Dialoguing 1. Child and parent/teacher must identify the real problem. 2. Each must understand and deal with the problem. 3. Once the real problem is identified, the parent/teacher must not alter it to meet his/her own needs. 4. The child, not the parent/ teacher, must solve the problem. The focus is on how the child thinks, not what he/she thinks.

Impact Team Centra Meeting13 9/25/06 We want to help children, parents and teachers “move up the ladder”

Impact Team Centra Meeting14 9/25/06 The ICPS Dialogue Ladder

Impact Team Centra Meeting15 9/25/06 Practice Makes Perfect Review: Vocabulary words Dialogue ladder April in-service notes Practice: Dialogue, Dialogue Coming Soon: Practice activities

Impact Team Centra Meeting16 9/25/06 Video clip  Myrna Shure on Oprah show

Impact Team Centra Meeting17 9/25/06 ICPS Training Refresher April 2006 in-service Notes (ICPS trainer- Marybeth Willis) Practicing skills Get fully acquainted with materials Area training groups What else might be needed?

Impact Team Centra Meeting18 9/25/06 Check out these websites  Remember to also view video “Let’s Talk… Discipline” – Part I at k/Materials.html k/Materials.html Oprah website – Myrna Shure’s appearances jhtml Myrna Shure’s website

Impact Team Centra Meeting19 9/25/06 ICPS Program Implementation First year focus Target audiences/age groups Plans for working with partner teachers Teacher training agenda/scheduling Guidelines, outline, procedures Ideas/steps for trying out or piloting

Impact Team Centra Meeting20 9/25/06 ICPS Teaching Tool Kit Tool workgroups Resource materials needed Make & takes Final contents, instructions, written guidelines Sample letters, articles, parent pieces, schools (team committees or specialist?)

Impact Team Centra Meeting21 9/25/06 Committee Updates & Assignments Update on team members Advisory & Resource Development  Nov. 9 State Advisory meeting  Identify resource needs and potential development plan Curriculum & Evaluation  Meet on Nov. 3 (tentative)  Final preparations for Teaching Tool Kit and other business

Impact Team Centra Meeting22 9/25/06 Committee Updates & Assignments In-service  ICPS training - make-up or for new educators  ICPS skill building - Area training groups  Planning for scheduled in-service meetings Marketing  Social marketing plan  Team program name, logo, initial materials

Impact Team Centra Meeting23 9/25/06 Committee responsibilities… Regroup and refocus as the need arises Meet routinely to assess work that needs to be done Keep team facilitators “in the loop” for information & meeting dates Plan for routine reporting to the team

Impact Team Centra Meeting24 9/25/06 Committee Input… Provide input from your committees: Brainstorm things each committee needs to accomplish over the next 6 to 12 months. Identify resources that may be needed to accomplish projected tasks

Impact Team Centra Meeting25 9/25/06 Timelines… October-December

Impact Team Centra Meeting26 9/25/06 Current Team Member To-Do List… Contacts with teacher/school for target audience Practice ICPS skills Teaching tool kit prep Committee work Consider other supplementary programs for comprehensive impact program POW

Impact Team Centra Meeting27 9/25/06 Plans of Work Remember logic model & comprehensive impact program umbrella Federal POW and data Individual POW

Impact Team Centra Meeting28 9/25/06 Moving Forward Remember, we need to… Move solidly into the Norming stage (average to good performance) Every team member and committee needs to do their work Communicate and communicate some more

Impact Team Centra Meeting29 9/25/06 Statewide FCS/4-H In-service November 29 - December 1 Impact team will meet  November 29, 1-5 p.m.  November 30, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.  December 1, 8:30 a.m. to noon

Impact Team Centra Meeting30 9/25/06 State In-service Impact Meeting Agenda  Business updates and committee work  ICPS teaching toolkit & “make ‘n take workshop  ICPS implementation plans and procedures  ICPS skill building & prep for teacher coaching  Marketing program  Supplementary programs, activities, resources  Evaluation

Impact Team Centra Meeting31 9/25/ Impact Team In-service Dates (tentative) April 11 Cont’d program progress & implementation issues Oct Parenting Journey Nov/Dec. FCS/4-H State in-service

Impact Team Centra Meeting32 9/25/06 Other business, announcements questions… ?

Impact Team Centra Meeting33 9/25/06 Think about it… Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; can’ts into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don’t just think about it – ink it. -Anonymous It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglas