NAPPP Calendar Of Events

JUNE 2009
NAPPP is formed
The National Association of Peer Program Professionals emerged as a new organization after The National Association of Peer Programs (NAPP) dissolved. NAPP was formerly the National Peer Helpers Association (NPHA).


PAL® Peer Advisor Leadership Training will be offered through the Orange County Department of Education this February: The PAL Peer Assistance Leadership Program is a peer-to-peer youth development program for elementary, intermediate, and high school students, 4th through 12 grades. The PAL Program supports students' healthy lifestyles by teaching life skills and building resiliency and assets through youth leadership, mentoring, conflict resolution, cross-age teaching, tutoring, peer helping, community service, and environmental prevention. School site PAL programs can be established as a class that meets during instruction time, or as a club meeting before school, during lunch, or after school. The PAL advisor training will prepare a school site adult advisor, typically a teacher, counselor or other school administrator, to train students and implement a peer-to-peer outreach program for students. This two-day advisor training provides the “how to” to establish a school site PAL Program, including components for organizing and implementing the lessons; securing staff and parental support; selecting students; identifying resources, and evaluating your program. The PAL Secondary Advisor Training will be at the Orange County Department of Education on February 2-3, 2010. The PAL Elementary Advisor Training will be held at the Orange County Department of Education on February 16-17, 2010. The cost of each training, which includes the curriculum, is $330.00 per person. Visit the PAL website for registration information (http://pal.ocde.us ), or call (714) 966-4358.

Elementary Peer Conflict Mediation Coordinator Training will be offered through the Orange County Department of Education's PAL® Program this March: The Orange County Department of Education's PAL Program offers two-day advisor trainings for school site peer conflict mediation programs. These trainings will provide the needed skills for an adult to develop a peer-to-peer student conflict mediation program. Training components include communication skills; implementation and coordination; training techniques, and how to secure and prepare faculty support of the program. Student conflict mediators are trained to help disputing students find their own resolutions. Conflict mediators gain confidence in their leadership and communication abilities, and provide models of effective communication and cooperation for fellow students. The Elementary Peer Conflict Mediation Coordinator Training will be held at the Orange County Department of Education on March 2-3, 2010. The cost of the training, which includes the curriculum, is $250 per person. A Secondary training will be held on June 2-3. Visit the PAL website for registration information (http://pal.ocde.us ), or call (714) 966-4358.

NAPPP Training Institute
April 6-8, 2010
St. Charles, MO
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1st Global Youth Justice Institute
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
June 15-17, 2010

The 1st Global Youth Justice Institute is sponsored by Global Youth Justice, LLC and www.GlobalYouthJustice.org. This institute is designed for adult staff who currently or previously worked full or part-time in a local youth justice program. This may also include adult board members, advisory committee members, and/or other adult volunteers. Peer training and sharing will be a primary focus of this 1st Global Youth Justice Institute. Participants are limited to those adults associated with "juvenile justice" and "youth justice" programs commonly referred to as teen court, peer court, student court, youth court, youth peer panel, and/or youth peer jury program. More than 1,000 local communities around the world now operate these "juvenile justice" and "youth justice" programs. For registration details, please click here http://www.globalyouthjustice.org/Training_and_Events.html and/or email GlobalYouthJustice@GlobalYouthJustice.org.

Girl Bullying and Other Forms of Relational Aggresson 4th Annual Conference
June 25-27, 2010
San Antonio, TX
http://www.stopgirlbullying.com/

Relational Aggression (RA), in particular girl bullying, is being recognized by educators, mental health workers, and professionals who work with and/or conduct research with young people, as a major, growing concern. The effects of this and other kinds of bullying on children and adolescents can result in low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, self-injury, violence and difficulties in personally relating with other people. This conference will provide attendees with research findings, insights, practical strategies, programs and resources related to bullying with a primary focus on relational aggression in girls. We do not endorse merely one particular program or approach to address RA. Instead, we actively seek programs that, together, will offer conference attendees a wide-variety of best-practices, research findings, and practical resources of the highest quality.

NAPPP Training Institute
June 29-30, 2010
Indianapolis, IN
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