the International Conference on Parent Education and Parenting will be held on February 10 - 11th, 2011 at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX.

Conference Objectives:

*  to provide training in core knowledge and skills for parent educators

*  to present a spectrum of program models, curriculum, strategies, and knowledge related to parenting, parent education, parent involvement, and parent/family support

*  to present primary research and research reviews related to parenting, parent education, parent involvement, and parent/family support

*  to provide knowledge in specialized areas related to family life

*  to provide training in parent education and family support curriculum and methods

*  to provide international perspectives and cross-national research on parent education and parenting

*  to promote interaction and exchange of ideas among conference participants

*  to provide a resource and book fair

*  to recognize best practices in parent education, parent involvement, and family support

Conference Highlights include Keynote Speaker:  Pauline Boss, Ph.D.

Pauline Boss, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota; Fellow in the American Psychological Association, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; former president, National Council on Family Relations; and family therapist in private.  With her groundbreaking work as a scientist--Dr. Boss is the principal theorist in the study of ambiguous loss, a term she coined in the 1970s.  Since then, she has researched various types of ambiguous loss, summarizing her work in the widely acclaimed book, Ambiguous Loss:  Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief (Harvard University Press, 1999).  Dr. Boss's most recent book, Loss, Trauma, and Resilience (Norton, 2006), presents six therapeutic guidelines for treatment when loss is complicated by ambiguity. 

For more information and registration, please visit http://www.coe.unt.edu/cpe/conferences