Conference Spotlights Families, Parenting
A conference for parents or anyone working with children and families will be held April 24 at the Double Tree Hotel in Ventura.
“Expanding Family Resources: Parenting Into the 21st Century” is sponsored by the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Ventura County, Interface Children Family Services and the California Assn. of Marriage and Family Therapists.
The conference, to be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will include talks by Dennis Laurents, a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the development and administration of residential and community-based mental health and child welfare programs.
Barbara Fitzgerald, director of Public Social Services for Ventura County, will discuss welfare reform and its impacts on child abuse. And there will be six sessions on topics ranging from parenting teens and parenting hard-to-care-for infants to working with children and families of divorce.
The hotel is at 2055 Harbor Blvd. The fee is $50 for each prepaid registrant or $70 at the door. The price includes conferences, refreshments and lunch.
For more information, call Sandra Gutierrez of Interface at 485-6114, Ext. 676.
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