"Expect Respect in Your Relationships"
Based on SafePlace's "Expect Respect" school program, this presentation will address the promotion of safe and healthy relationships for all girls. A strong girl speaks her mind in a relationship, refuses to do things that make her uncomfortable, and expects people to treat her with respect - even when others might be angry or disappointed. The program's focus will be on helping girls communicate their feelings, increasing girls' sense of personal safety and building healthy coping skills. The SafePlace School-based education and training team will facilitate this discussion.

Speaker Bio

Randy Randolph is the School-Based Prevention Coordinator at SafePlace. Ms. Randolph has worked with SafePlace for over five years creating and providing educational programs on dating and sexual violence prevention and youth leadership. She has worked with thousands of youth and adults on promoting safe and healthy relationships through workshops and trainings. Two of these initiatives, SafeTeens and Heroes, are youth leadership training and service-learning programs which have been successful in engaging Austin youth as leaders in preventing dating and sexual violence. SafeTeens has received national recognition and funding from the National Center for Victims of Crime for its efforts in developing youth leaders. The SafeTeens Youth Leadership Program is an integral part of SafePlace’s comprehensive approach to preventing dating and sexual violence. Ms. Randolph earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.

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Mother/Daughter: Hot Flashes and Personality Clashes.
Mothers and daughters learn how to use realistic approaches and practical strategies to communicate effectively and build loving and lifelong connections with each other.

Speakers Bio Julia Cuba GENaustin new Executive Director as of October 16th, 2006. Prior to working for GENaustin Julia worked at the Girl Scouts - Lone Star Council for nine years to facilitating multi-agency programs to serve girls deemed "high risk" in various settings. She is perhaps best known for her work with a program she developed called Enterprising Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, or Troop 1500. Julia led this collaborative partnership to provide counseling, mentorship, case management, peer-support and education to these girls whose mothers are in prison. This innovative and highly successful program was featured in an award-winning documentary called Troop 1500 which broadcast on PBS nationally to over 800,000 viewers in March 2006.

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Straight Talk from Teen Parents
Straight Talk from Teen Parents is a peer education program in which teen parents encourage middle and high school students to delay becoming parents until later in life. The No Kidding Peer Educators are a team of young mothers who travel to schools telling their stories and leading their peers in highly interactive activities designed to make visible the legal issues and other realities surrounding young unmarried parenting. This presentation is provided through a unique collaboration between GENaustin and Youth Launch.

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Mean Girls: Survival Strategies for Bullying, Gossip, and Other Hazards of Being a Middle School Girl.
Girl fighting is often a painful part of middle school. Girls may express their aggression and insecurities through hurtful words, gossip and bullying. An experienced counselor will lead a panel discussion with a group of young college women as they talk about how they made it through middle school, and how to keep friendships strong, honest and healthy.

Speaker Bio Suzanne Marie Fanger has a bachelor's degree in psychology and anthropology from Stanford University. She is currently pursuing graduate studies in Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. She has studied conflict resolution, gender and peer relationships extensively but currently focuses on relational aggression amongst girls. While teaching preschool in California, she developed and implemented an extensive social and emotional curriculum for addressing this alternative type of aggression in preschoolers. At present, she educates parents and teachers about preventing both the usage of relational aggression and victimization from it. Back to Top

Yoga for Girls
Come get a taste of how yoga can help your mind, body and spirit. Learn basic yoga moves and how to incorporate relaxation techniques into your daily life. Understand your body in a way completely different from what fashion magazines tell you, and find out how to let go of stress at home and at school.

Speaker Bio
		Dawn Larned is currently a Prenatal and Kundalini Yoga teacher who received her KRI International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Certification through YogaYoga and her prenatal certification trough OmMama.  She is also studying hatha yoga in the Anusara Yoga style. Dawn's exploration of Yoga, Alexander Technique, Dance, NIA, and Physical Theatre has deepened her resolve to help others discover an ease and grace in their own bodies. A mother of twin girls, Dawn has dedicated heartfelt time to the study of women’s health issues and the use of yoga to inspire and uplift women through all stages of life.  In her classes she emphasizes the energy of Acceptance, Living with an Open Heart and Surrender: Acceptance of your body and where it is in each moment, Opening your heart so that abundance may flow into your life and Surrendering to what the Universe gives you, which may not always be what you want but instead is what you need.

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One is the Loneliest Number
This discussion teaches girls how to be more supportive of each other and how to get support from friends. Girls will act out scenarios and identify reasons why support from family, friends and females is so important.

The Roller Coaster Ride of Middle School Years: Coping with Stress and Success.
School, friends, hormones, dances, sports, parents, drugs, popularity, being thin. Yikes! How much pressure can young teens carry before it begins to affect their grades, their relationships and their futures? A counselor will facilitate this session to help parents and girls understand and manage the stresses in girls' lives.

Speaker Bio
		Having trained as a Journalist in Leeds University, England, Clare Nicholson used her time as a BBC broadcast Journalist to write about current and topical issues effecting teenagers in Britain. In 2003 she received an Honors degree in Psychology at the Open University in London where she went on to teach teenage girls in crisis regarding self-management and avoidance of anti-social behavior. During this time she also worked as an alcohol and drug counselor for the homeless in South England. Clare is currently receiving her Masters in Forensic Psychology from Argosy University in San Francisco and is working in collaboration with The University of Reno, Nevada on a psycho-educational program to educate and support parents and siblings of incarcerated youth.Clare is also currently involved in a new program, Family Connections, run by NAMI Austin, to help educate family members about Borderline Personality Disorder. From the beginning of her journalism and psychology career Clare has been a researcher and advocate for the education of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome to young girls and their mothers and the community as a whole. Tuesday, Novemeber 27 at 2:30 - 3:30 PM at Paragon Prep Back to Top