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Pat Davenport, CEO of Families and Schools Together, Inc. and Advanced Certified FAST Trainer, will present on behalf of Families and Schools Together, Inc. at Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Social Services Family Strengthening and Fatherhood Initiative Conference September 28-29, 2010 in Richmond, Virginia.

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Pat will present on Tuesday, September 28^th
10:00 – 11:30 am

"Engaging Parents: A Path to Children’s Well-Being"

This workshop introduces participants to FAST, a multi-family model prevention program.  FAST is designed to empower parents to be the primary prevention agents in their child’s life.  Participants will learn hands-on strategies designed to engage even hard to reach parent and empower parents to be in charge of their children’s life and health.   

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Pat Davenport, CEO of Families and Schools Together, Inc. and Advanced Certified FAST Trainer, will present on behalf of Families and Schools Together, Inc. at the 2010 Healthy Teen Network Conference A Time of Opportunity: Engaging Communities in Supporting Healthy Youth and Young Families October 26-29, 2010 in Austin, Texas.

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Pat will present on Wednesday, October 27^th
2:00 – 3:30 pm

"Baby FAST: Building Social Support for Teen Parents"

High stress levels are associated with dysfunctional parenting behavior and negative interactions between parents and their child.  Teenage parents, in particular, face high levels of stress.  One way to reduce high levels of stress is by increasing social support for teen parents.  Workshop participants will learn how a program can build social support.  The program activities are based on a focus on building social support, reducing family conflict, and improving parent-child interactions.  Participants will receive hands-on practice with research-based program activities and learn how to adapt programs for different populations without jeopardizing program fidelity. 

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Pat Davenport, CEO of Families and Schools Together, Inc. and Advanced Certified FAST Trainer, will present on behalf of Families and Schools Together, Inc. at the National Middle School Association 37^th Annual Conference and Exhibit November 4-6, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland

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Pat will present on Thursday, November 4^th, 2010
8:30 – 9:45 am

"Engaging Middle School Youth and their Parents in Education"

This session demonstrates how a model program can engage parents and improve the parent-youth relationship.  Families and Schools Together (FAST) is a multi-family group intervention designed to build protective factors for youth.  FAST developed recruitment strategies that have been shown to work even with the most hard to reach parents.  Participants will learn recruitment strategies and communication techniques used to recruit and retain parents in a school-based program. 

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Pat Davenport, CEO of Families and Schools Together, Inc. and Advanced Certified FAST Trainer, will present on behalf of Families and Schools Together, Inc. at the 138^th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting November 6-10, 2010 in Denver, Colorado

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Pat will present on Tuesday, November 9th
12:30 pm

"Families and Schools Together: Engaging Parents and Community in AODA Prevention"

Middle School FAST is a multi-family prevention strategy for building protective factors around youth as they grow up.  Middle School FAST is an adaptation of the SAMHSA model program Families and Schools Together (FAST) for middle school youth.  The purpose of Middle School FAST is to help families build social capital, increase parental self-efficacy, and empower parents to be the primary prevention agent in their youth’s lives. 

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