It was wonderful to see so many of you at our 10th mentor meeting celebration. I appreciate all the building tips that you all contributed and wish I could have been in every one of the four rooms every day. I know others of you have shared similar feelings but I believe smaller break out discussions in one program area are more meaningful. My apologies to those of you I didn’t manage to talk with in any depth - my biggest regret is not having time to talk with everyone about your work and personal lives. But don't forget I am only a Skype call away and am happy to hear from you.  - Carolyn

Presentations from Ireland & New Zealand

Sean McDonnell from Ireland presented their very promising research studies.

 

 

And Lesley Stanely from New Zealand described their incredible roll out of the teacher classroom management program there.

Jamila from Seattle concluded the presentations with our research regarding the enhanced fidelity of group leaders delivery of the program when provided with consultation and video reviews.

Special Thanks...

to all those "builders" who were well prepared with their DVDs and shared their building vulnerabilities as well as their strengths. Also thanks to the "gardeners" who did an outstanding job nurturing builders and keeping everyone growing in productive ways.

Special Building Awards

Willy-Tore Mørch was acknowledged for his special award from Norway – The Åse Gruda Skards award for popularizing psychological knowledge.

Judy Hutching received the OBE award for Services to Special Education Needs. 

Caroline White received the Certificate of Recognition from the City of Manchester for Making a Difference
through Service Excellence.

While we thought she
was a builder we
discovered she is
a Madonna singer. 

 

 

Mentors Completed Certification/Accreditation 

This year 7 mentors successfully completed their accreditation and we are very excited about their ongoing building efforts: 

Parenting Program Mentors

Ole and Barbara from Denmark (Barbara not shown)	Elena from Russia
Monica from Norway	Maria and Trish from Canada
Teacher Classroom Dina & Teacher Program Mentors
Sue from Wales Teacher Classroom Dina Program Mentor	Lesley Stanley from New Zealand Teacher Program Mentor
This year there were 6 new mentors, all from the USA
Dean Coffey from Los Angeles in Parent Program	Pattie Meyer-Lee from Buffalo in Classroom Dina Program
Julie Steffen from Colorado in Classroom Dina Program	Ceth Ashen from Los Angeles in Parent Program
Desiree Murray from North Carolina in the Teacher Classroom Management Program	Shannon Brown from Ohio in the Small Group Dina Program

We are thrilled to have these new mentors in our group and to all we will learn from them.  

Gems Document for Coaches and Mentors 

Please see the gems document that you can use with those group leaders your mentor and coach in order to keep track of your sessions. This document can be typed into and will be on the web site in the special resources section for Mentors.

Some of you like Lisa think you are builders and others think you are gardeners. Perhaps we are a hybrid? Nonetheless by working together no matter how we are defined I believe we can build and in some cases remodel a beautiful world of peace and cooperation which enriches us all.

 

 

We are so sorry to have missed those of you who could not make it this year, and we hope you can come next year. We will let you know as soon as we can the dates and location for 2012!

Fondly, Carolyn