LAPEN's Core Competencies define knowledge, skills and attitudes for Louisiana's parent educators
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Summits and Conferences

March 29, 2012
LAPEN Annual Parent Educators Summit, Port Allen, LA
Select Presentations:
     Early Childhood Brain Development
     Inside the Teen's Brain, What Makes Teens Tick?

March 24, 2011
Summit

March 2-3, 2010
LAPEN/Parenting Education Conference Track, Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana Conference
Select Presentations:
     What Makes Teens Tick: Adolescent Brain Development and Implications for Parenting
     Childhood Obesity-What's a Parent Educator to Do
     When Things Go Bump in the Night: Common Sleep Problems in Early Childhood and Possible Remedies
     Parents' Attitudes, Beliefs and Advice Seeking Regarding Child Discipline and Use of Corporal Punishment
     Self Regulation: Ideas to Guide Early Practice
     Media and Children 

March 5-6, 2009
LAPEN/Parenting Education Conference Track, Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana Conference

March 4, 2009
LAPEN Summit-Core Competencies and Ethics
PowerPoint Presentation - Competencies of a Parent Educator, Betty Cooke, PhD
PowerPoint Presentation- Ethical Thinking and Practice for Parent Educators, Betty Cooke, PhD