EXTENDED FAMILY FOR KIDS WORKSHOP
WHAT Extended Family for Kids program leader training workshop
WHEN Saturday, March 31, 2012
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE Gardendale First Baptist Church, South Campus
940 Main Street, Gardendale, AL 35071
WHY To train Extended Family for Kids program leaders for age-appropriate small groups at the 2012 Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference
REGISTER Registration for this free workshop is required – by March 26! To register, e-mail your name, address, phone, and number attending to: Extended Family, extendedfamily@tds.net, or call 256-927-7997.
Extended Family for Kids program leader training workshop
Laure Clemons, founder of Extended Family for Kids, will present an all-day workshop designed to train program leaders how to lead an Extended Family for Kids program group at the Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference, July 27-28, 2012 (www.alabamafpc.org). This free workshop is limited to the first 50 people who pre-register by March 26.
What is the Extended Family for Kids program and workshop?
Extended Family for Kids is a program designed specifically for children with an incarcerated family member. The program offers nine unique, solution-based sessions, designed to build self-esteem, ease feelings of shame and isolation, decrease stress, address anger issues, and strengthen communication skills. To date, the Extended Family for Kids program manual has been distributed in 12 states, and Laure Clemons has taught program workshops at local, state, and national conferences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only curriculum of its kind in the country today.
In an Extended Family for Kids workshop, detailed instruction is given in all nine sessions of the program. Participants take part in the session activities, providing a hands-on training experience. Ways to implement the program in various types of organizations are discussed. Instruction is given in communicating to others in the community the need for such a program. Laure Clemons draws on her years of leading Extended Family for Kids programs to share real-life experiences in each of the nine sessions, addresses potential challenges that program leaders may face, and provides solutions drawn from the many groups she has already led.
Workshop will be taught by Extended Family for Kids founder and author, Laure Clemons. In 2007, Laure created and then led the Extended Family for Kids model program at Summerville Middle School, Summerville, Ga. She has since led multiple Extended Family for Kids programs, taking children as young as eight years old through the nine sessions, and witnessed first-hand the effects of this life-changing curriculum. She has been a guest on radio and television programs, gone into prisons to speak to inmates, and been a featured speaker at professional conferences. Laure is currently writing a book to guide other families through the prison experience, and continues to teach Extended Family for Kids workshops at state and national levels.
Who should attend an Extended Family for Kids workshop?
Anyone interested in leading an Extended Family for Kids group at the AFPC, who can commit to attending and leading these groups on July 27-28 at Gardendale First Baptist Church, should attend this workshop. The program leaders must have this training before they will be allowed to be in charge of an Extended Family for Kids group.
Anyone who is interested in being an assistant to the program leader can attend as well, and would get a lot out of the training. While assistants will not be required to have the training, they will be a lot more effective in their supportive role if they have gone through the workshop.
To what age group is an Extended Family for Kids program geared?
At the 2012 Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference, the Extended Family for Kids program will be offered to children ages 6 – 15. They children will be divided into age appropriate groups, and taught the material on their learning level. Every effort will be made to pair trained program leaders with the child’s age group they are most comfortable working with.
Is Extended Family for Kids community-based or faith-based?
Extended Family for Kids is community-based. The model program was developed in a Chattooga County, Georgia middle school in 2007, where it is still being taught today. Both community-based and faith-based organizations have since incorporated Extended Family for Kids into their programs for children of the incarcerated. The Extended Family for Kids program is flexible, allowing program leaders to tailor the program to best serve their organization’s scheduling and clientele.
For more information
To learn more about Extended Family, a support system for families of prisoners and Extended Family for Kids:
Extended Family
P.O. Box 26
Centre, AL 35960
Laure Clemons, executive director
256-927-7997
extendedfamily@tds.net
www.extendefamilysupport.org
To learn more about the Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference:
Alabama Families of Prisoners Conference
P.O. Box 912
Gardendale, AL 35071
alabamafpc@gmail.com
www.alabamafpc.org
Sharon Denham, AFPC Planning Committee Chair
205-902-8437
