The Parenting Project: Healthy Children, Families, & Communities holds annual in-service events at Cornell University for parent educators and others who work with parents and children across New York State.

The in-service is a two-day event with networking opportunities, professional development workshops, and various academic presentations by Cornell faculty.

Upcoming In-service Events

The 2018 Parent Education In-service Event will be held on September 13th and 14th, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn Ithaca. The agenda and registration form are below:

2018 Parent Education In-Service Agenda
2018 Parent Education In-Service Registration Form

In the past, presentation topics have included maternal employment and child well-being, using news and social media to promote your county association, using a two generational approach to parent education, changing family forms in the U.S., and engaging low-income fathers.

Past In-service Events:

Parent Education In-Service, September 2018

Full Agenda: Parent Education In-Service Agenda, Day 1 & 2

Presentations:

• Adolescent Development (Valerie Reyna)
• Risk & Resilience in Adolescence (Julia Chapman)
• Project 2Gen Update / Community Café: Community Responses to the Opioid Epidemic (Anna Steinkraus, Laura Tach, & Elizabeth Day)
  • Handout: The Opioid Epidemic and Child Well-Being
  • Handout: A Two-Generation Approach to the Opioid Epidemic: State Policy Perspectives
• Strengths Based Communication (Janis Whitlock)
  • Handout: Family Strengths Activities
• Workshop: Group Facilitation Skills (Jutta Dotterweich)
• Opioid Epidemic & Rural School Districts  (John Sipple)
• Panel Discussion: ACEs and Parenting Education: Trauma Informed Practice  (Jackie Spencer, Julika von Stackelberg, & DeAnna Croteau)

Parent Education In-service, September 2015

Full Agenda: Parent Education In-Service Agenda, Day 1 & 2

Presentations:

• Parenting in the Digital Age: Strategies & Recommendations for Promoting Healthy Technology and Media Use (Eliza Lathrop Cook & Kimberly Kopko)
• Custodial Grandparent Families: Research, Implications, and Intervention (Rachel Dunifon)
• The Toddler Talk Project: Facilitating Cognitive Development in Social Context (Michael Goldstein & Eliza Lathrop Cook)
• Workshop: Positive Discipline Strategies (Melissa Enns)
• Adolescent Well-being amidst Family Instability: Demographic Trends and Family Processes (Laura Tach)

News about this event

Parent Educators and Faculty Review Latest Parenting Research

Parent Education In-service, September 2014

Full Agenda: Parent Education In-Service Agenda, Day 1 & 2

Presentations:

• What's Normal and What's Not: Adolescents and Anger (Jo Hariton) Presentation Handout: Parenting Books

• Using News and Social Media to Promote Your County Association (Ted Boscia & Mark Vorreuter)

News about this event: Fifty parent educators attend the 2013 Parenting in Context In-Service event

Parent Education In-service, January 2014

Full Agenda: Parent Education In-Service Agenda- Day 1 and 2

Presentations:

• Innovative Adolescent Sexual Health Initiatives in New York State, Jane Powers & Jutta Dotterweich
• Early Childhood Education and Beyond, Lisa McCabe
• Professional Development Forum: Communications, John McKain
• Community Networking and Partnership, Donna Horton
• CCE Suffolk County Social Media Initiative, Nancy Olsen-Harbich
• Engaging Low-Income Fathers, Maureen Waller
• Issues Related to Modern Families - "Boomerang Children," Denyse Variano & Suzan Sussmann
  • Presentation Handout
  • Managing vs Mentoring Handout
  • Excel Handout
  • Bibliography

News about this event: Parenting educators, researchers share wisdom

Parent Education In-service, 2013

Full Agenda: Parent Education In-Service Agenda-Day 1 and 2

Presentations:

• Innovative Parent Education Programs for Teens, Nancy Hart
• Maternal Employment and Child Well-Being, Rachel Dunifon
• Changing Family Forms in the U.S., Kelly Musick

News about this event: http://www.bctr.cornell.edu/50-parent-educators-attend-the-2013-parenting-in-context-in-service-event/

Parent Education In-service, 2012

Full Agenda: Parent Education In-Service Agenda-Day 1 and 2

Presentations:

• Tools and Tough Questions for Translational Research (Jennifer Tiffany)
• Child Neglect and Maltreatment, Shaken Baby Syndrome ( Sandra Ledyard)
• Strengthening Families: Overview and Parent Educator Experiences with SF Program ( Kimberly Kopko and Suzan Sussman)
• The Key Role of Parents in Adolescent Mental Health ( Janis Whitlock)
• Faculty Presentation: Early Care and Education: Latest Research and Implications for Practice ( Maria Fitzpatrick)

News about this event:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/HEparenting.html

http://www.bctr.cornell.edu/parenting-in-context-annual-in-service-conference/