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Stacey DeWitt
CEO of Connect with Kids and advocate for education change
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Stacey DeWitt
Biography
In 1998, Stacey founded Atlanta-based Connect with Kids to support her passion for helping children. Stacey is a former child advocate with the juvenile justice system, an attorney, and a television journalist. Parents tell us her talks are encouraging, compelling and right on target. Connect with Kids produces news, television programs and parenting DVDs focused on the issues children face every day. The programs have won Emmys and Parents' Choice Awards, and have been featured on the Dr. Phil Show, Good Morning America, CNN and more. The DVDs are also used in thousands of schools across the country.
During each inspiring workshop, Stacey provides a viewing of one of Connect with Kids' award-winning half-hour DVDs -- programs that feature real children sharing the true challenges they've faced and the dreams they've achieved with advice and solutions from the country's top experts. Stacey has been the executive producer of more than 100 Connect with Kids DVDs -- giving parents a glimpse into the lives of children and what they can do to help their kids make good decisions.
Whatever your youth topic, Stacey can address it with experience, compassion, real solutions and a common sense approach to parenting. After all, Stacey and her husband, Sam, are also the parents of a pre-teen son and a teenager daughter. Stacey not only talks about the important roles parents play, she tries to live it each day!
Stacey DeWitt
Featured Keynote Programs
Parent Engagement and Management
a) Communications Strategies for Parents
b) Developing and Delivering Your Message for Parents – Focusing on Differentiation, Effectiveness, Style and Substance
c) Dealing with Over-involved or Difficult Parents (Parent Management)
d) How to Effectively Involve Parents
e) Planning and Executing Parent Events
f) Involving Local Media Outlets in your Parenting Events
g) Involving Corporate and Community Sponsors in Parenting Events
h) Follow-up after your Parenting Events (suggested methods and materials)
Education Professional Development on Specific Topics
CWK Network will design training and educational programs around topics specific to your school or school district, such as attendance/truancy, parent engagement, obesity, bullying, and more. Training includes research-based strategies for effectively engaging students and parents. Participants also receive a copy of an on-topic half-hour program with Resource Guide and implementation plan. Choose from one or a combination of the following topics for educator, parents, and/or student audiences:
o Bullying
o Technology
o Drop-out Prevention/Truancy
o Drinking and Driving
o Underage Drinking
o Competition and Stress
o Affluence – the high cost of having it all
o Sexuality
o Media Literacy
o The Power of Expectations – creating a culture of character and achievement among administrators, teachers, and parents
Creating a Foundation for Happiness by building Self-Reliance
This high energy workshop can be conducted with both youth and adults. It takes a fascinating look at what makes people happy. Surprisingly, it may not be what you think! Participants actively engage in self-reflection, peer-to-peer discussion and activities such as taking inventory of one’s values, behaviors and level of happiness. Participants will leave the session with a heightened awareness of the “happiness factors” and the tools to refresh their own internal value system.
Developing Resilient Children with Character in a Complex World
This session, designed for teachers, counselors, parent outreach staff and parents themselves, provides critical information and strategies to facilitate the development of resilience and character among youth. Students show up for school with many risk factors that impact their chances for life long success. This important workshop will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to further students’ ability to succeed in the classroom and beyond, and to do that with a strong sense of character.
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