An Institute for Science and Human Values Workshop on raising ethical, happy children in our society.

Program

Friday and Saturday; May 20-21, 2011

Our sessions have been planned specifically for each of three audiences: educators, parents and young people. For educators, the focus will be on presenting specific methods and practices that can be implemented in schools to help students develop healthy values and morals, AND which will be acceptable to school authorities and school boards of education. Each workshop will deal with the following:

• Why has values education been a failure or no-show in public schools historically?

• What needs to be done to overcome the identified problems and obstacles?

• How can specific methods not only achieve our desired objectives, but also result in higher learning levels as well?

For parents, the focus will be on widening understanding and increasing skill levels in this challenging area. The key parts of these workshops will include:

• The DO’s and Don’t’s of effective parenting for healthy values development.

• The importance of modeling good values

• The uniqueness of the secular household and its role in values development; both the upside AND downside.

For the young people in attendance, a major road to values development is through their decision making. This workshop will include some of the following:

• How good a decision-maker are you?

• When are you good and when are you not?

• How do values and morals affect decision-making?

• What do you value?

• Do your decisions and behavior reflect your values?

• A healthy decision-making process will be presented.

Each of the above workshops will feature a question & answer segment so that everyone’s concerns can be addressed. It is the primary objective that each participant will take from this conference valuable ideas and methods that will make them far more confident and effective in stimulating young people to develop healthy morals and values.

Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront

333 1st Street South

St. Petersburg, FL  33701

www.stpetersburg.hilton.com

Room Rate $99 from Single to family of four per night

Ask for The Institute for Science and Human Values conference rate. If rooms are available, rate is good three days before and three days after conference.

Free in room internet, free parking.