In the summit, we will explore boys\u2019 physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs. The summit will bring together the science-based principles with practical solutions.<\/p>\n
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER<\/span><\/h3>\nMICHAEL GURIAN
\n<\/span><\/span>Co-founder of Helping Boys Thrive\u00ae Summits<\/span><\/h3>\n![\"gurian_bio_photo](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gurian_bio_photo-2.jpg?resize=242%2C300\")
<\/a>Michael Gurian is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty six books published in twenty one languages.\u00a0The Gurian Institute<\/a>, which he co-founded, conducts research internationally, launches pilot programs and trains professionals.<\/p>\nCalled \u201cthe people\u2019s philosopher\u201d for his ability to dynamically combine cutting edge science with stories from people\u2019s everyday lives, his presentations leave audiences with new tools of which to interpret the signals of our growing children and new confidence to love and educate both sons and daughters in a high-pressure world.<\/p>\n
As a family counselor, Michael has pioneered efforts to bring neuro-biology and brain research into homes, schools, corporations, and public policy. A number of his books have sparked national debate, including\u00a0The Mind of Boys<\/i>,\u00a0The Wonder of Girls<\/i>,\u00a0Boys and Girls Learn Differently<\/i>, and\u00a0Leadership and the Sexes<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0His book\u00a0The Wonder of Boys<\/i>\u00a0is credited with sparking the Boys Movement (USA Today).<\/p>\n
Michael provides keynotes and consulting throughout the world, and his work has been featured in professional journals and major media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Time, Educational Leadership, Newsweek, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, PBS, and National Public Radio. He has been called \u201cthe people\u2019s philosopher\u201d for his ability to bring together scientific principles and people\u2019s everyday lives.<\/p>\n
Michael is a lead author of a meta-study you can access on the internet (click\u00a0www.whitehouseboysmen.org<\/a>\u00a0then \u201cProposal\u201d). \u00a0Michael and a number of thought leaders in male development wrote the study in order to celebrate boys and alert policymakers to issues they face today. See his biography at\u00a0www.michaelgurian.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nTim Wright<\/h2>\n![\"Tim_book](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Tim_book-shoot_2012_001-3-Version-2.jpeg?resize=158%2C196\")
<\/a>Event Host and Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\nTim Wright has been a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 1984. In 2005 he started Community of Grace, in Peoria, AZ. He\u2019s authored five books, including his most recent–Searching for Tom Sawyer: How Parents and Congregations Can Stop the Exodus of Boys from Church,<\/i>\u00a0and has trained pastors and church leaders throughout the US and around the world. Along with Michael Gurian he co-created the rite of passage program:\u00a0Following Jesus: A Heroic Quest for Boys.\u00a0<\/i>He and his wife, Jan, raised a daughter and a son. They are now happily investing their lives in their 4 grandchildren.<\/p>\nSession Subject
\nRaising Boys into Men: Rites of Passage<\/h4>\n
Since the beginning of time cultures have understood that boys must be strategically trained to be men. \u00a0Called a rite of passage, the process varies from culture to culture but the purpose is the same: to take a boy through challenges, mentoring, adventures, and an ultimate test to begin to forge him into a good man. \u00a0More often than not, without a rite of passage boys grow up to become either passive men or violent men. \u00a0This workshop will look at how we can reclaim rites of passage for our boys in order to reclaim them for heroic manhood.<\/p>\n
\nDakota Hoyt<\/h2>\n![\"dakota_hoyt](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dakota_hoyt-2.jpg?resize=158%2C195\")
<\/a>Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\nDakota Hoyt has been in education for 30 years as a teacher, math\/science specialist, assistant principal, director of professional development, and\u00a0as an educational consultant.Over her career she has experienced that there is no quick fix to complex educational problems.\u00a0 Her approach is to have educational staff focus on what instruction is best for all students to be successful (results).\u00a0 She does this by having the staff identify where they are currently being successful (data), identify the students that are falling through the cracks (data), and analyze possible underlying issues. With this critical information she helps the staff discover \u201cnew\u201d strategies and tools (research) to redesign their best educational practices for all students.Dakota has been associated with the Gurian Institute since 2004 as a Master Trainer and became Executive Director in 2012.\u00a0\u00a0Previously, she was also Gurian Institute Project Director, working with her mentor, Kathy Stevens, on a number of one to three year Gurian Institute training programs in schools and districts.Dakota\u2019s keynotes and training\u00a0work spans Early Head Start through college students and parent groups at the local, national and international level.What educators are saying about Dakota\u2019s training:\u201cThe best thing about this training was the relevancy to\u00a0all\u00a0grades and to\u00a0life\/understanding of the opposite sex!\u201d<\/em>\u201cExcellent presenter\u2014very engaging and informed\u2014lots of movement and good information and practical examples to use in my classroom.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nSession Subject
\nPractical Strategies for Raising Boys<\/h4>\n
This session will give you common sense strategies for engaging boys that can be implemented immediately. \u00a0Most strategies can be adapted to work with boys from early childhood through adolescence at home, school, and in other youth related environments.<\/p>\n
\nTammy Sipe<\/h2>\n![\"tammy](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tammy-picture-Version-2.jpg?resize=158%2C196\")
<\/a>Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\nTammy Sipe has been a Public Health Specialist for Mohave County Department of Public Health since 2010.\u00a0 In this position she facilitates the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.\u00a0 \u00a0This program works directly with young people to protect their sexual health and future. \u00a0She has gained experience working with teens and attended several facilitator trainings. Her goal is and has been to help young men to gain self-confidence, identify their values, and behave in ways that are consistent with those values using the Wise Guys curriculum. \u00a0\u00a0Her prior work experience consists of 15 years working as a Certified Medical Assistant.\u00a0 In this capacity she was responsible for patient care and education, managing medical practices, assisting physicians and staff.\u00a0 \u00a0The medical background has given her a solid foundation for discussing sensitive topics as well as the ability to connect personally with the young men she strives to help.<\/p>\n
Session Subject
\nWise Guys: Promoting male responsibility while helping prevent teen pregnancy<\/h4>\n
Topic covers theories and research about adolescent male development and techniques that have been proven effective in helping young men understand the importance of male responsibility, particularly sexual responsibility.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Ann Hart<\/h2>\n![\"3046e19](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3046e19-2.jpg?resize=160%2C200\")
<\/a>Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\nDr. Ann Hart is the Deputy Associate Superintendent of the Arizona Department of Education – African American Outreach, Character, Homeless and Refugee Education. \u00a0Her purpose-driven passion for educating the community on various school\/community issues has kept her busy in the twenty plus years that she has spent in education sectors. She has been featured in The\u00a0<\/span>Arizona Woman<\/em>\u00a0Magazine; the<\/span>Arizona Republic<\/em>\u00a0for her education, civic and community involvement and contributions; and authors a monthly Parent Involvement column for the\u00a0<\/span>Arizona Informant<\/em>. \u00a0Dr. Hart holds a doctorate degree from Arizona State University, in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. Also, she was named a Fellow in Morrison\u2019s Institute of Public Policy.<\/span><\/p>\nSession Subject<\/strong>
\nOffer Help – Give Hope to Our Boys!<\/strong>
\nFrom kindergarten through sixth grade, boys spend more than 1,000 hours a year in school — environments that are largely feminine with female teachers, and curricula that emphasizes reading, writing and verbal ability, areas where boys develop more slowly than girls. We are seeing that educational environments are not supporting our boys.\u00a0\u00a0 Research tells us that boys are more likely to be punished in schools and at home, and when punished are likely to face harsher penalties. \u00a0We will discuss comfortable strategies to address; Boys and School, Discipline, Violence, Their Well \u2013Being and Their Emotions<\/p>\n
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The 2015 Helping Boys Thrive Summit\u2122 will have more speakers and workshop tracks focusing on the interests of specific groups such as educators, social workers, faith leaders, parents ad care providers. \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the summit, we will explore boys\u2019 physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs. The summit will bring together the science-based principles with practical solutions. KEYNOTE SPEAKER MICHAEL GURIAN Co-founder of Helping Boys Thrive\u00ae Summits Michael Gurian is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty six books published in twenty one languages.\u00a0The Gurian Institute, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":94,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgurian.com\/hbtaz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span><\/span>Co-founder of Helping Boys Thrive\u00ae Summits<\/span><\/h3>\n
Called \u201cthe people\u2019s philosopher\u201d for his ability to dynamically combine cutting edge science with stories from people\u2019s everyday lives, his presentations leave audiences with new tools of which to interpret the signals of our growing children and new confidence to love and educate both sons and daughters in a high-pressure world.<\/p>\n As a family counselor, Michael has pioneered efforts to bring neuro-biology and brain research into homes, schools, corporations, and public policy. A number of his books have sparked national debate, including\u00a0The Mind of Boys<\/i>,\u00a0The Wonder of Girls<\/i>,\u00a0Boys and Girls Learn Differently<\/i>, and\u00a0Leadership and the Sexes<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0His book\u00a0The Wonder of Boys<\/i>\u00a0is credited with sparking the Boys Movement (USA Today).<\/p>\n Michael provides keynotes and consulting throughout the world, and his work has been featured in professional journals and major media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Time, Educational Leadership, Newsweek, the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, PBS, and National Public Radio. He has been called \u201cthe people\u2019s philosopher\u201d for his ability to bring together scientific principles and people\u2019s everyday lives.<\/p>\n Michael is a lead author of a meta-study you can access on the internet (click\u00a0www.whitehouseboysmen.org<\/a>\u00a0then \u201cProposal\u201d). \u00a0Michael and a number of thought leaders in male development wrote the study in order to celebrate boys and alert policymakers to issues they face today. See his biography at\u00a0www.michaelgurian.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tim Wright has been a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 1984. In 2005 he started Community of Grace, in Peoria, AZ. He\u2019s authored five books, including his most recent–Searching for Tom Sawyer: How Parents and Congregations Can Stop the Exodus of Boys from Church,<\/i>\u00a0and has trained pastors and church leaders throughout the US and around the world. Along with Michael Gurian he co-created the rite of passage program:\u00a0Following Jesus: A Heroic Quest for Boys.\u00a0<\/i>He and his wife, Jan, raised a daughter and a son. They are now happily investing their lives in their 4 grandchildren.<\/p>\n Since the beginning of time cultures have understood that boys must be strategically trained to be men. \u00a0Called a rite of passage, the process varies from culture to culture but the purpose is the same: to take a boy through challenges, mentoring, adventures, and an ultimate test to begin to forge him into a good man. \u00a0More often than not, without a rite of passage boys grow up to become either passive men or violent men. \u00a0This workshop will look at how we can reclaim rites of passage for our boys in order to reclaim them for heroic manhood.<\/p>\n Dakota Hoyt has been in education for 30 years as a teacher, math\/science specialist, assistant principal, director of professional development, and\u00a0as an educational consultant.Over her career she has experienced that there is no quick fix to complex educational problems.\u00a0 Her approach is to have educational staff focus on what instruction is best for all students to be successful (results).\u00a0 She does this by having the staff identify where they are currently being successful (data), identify the students that are falling through the cracks (data), and analyze possible underlying issues. With this critical information she helps the staff discover \u201cnew\u201d strategies and tools (research) to redesign their best educational practices for all students.Dakota has been associated with the Gurian Institute since 2004 as a Master Trainer and became Executive Director in 2012.\u00a0\u00a0Previously, she was also Gurian Institute Project Director, working with her mentor, Kathy Stevens, on a number of one to three year Gurian Institute training programs in schools and districts.Dakota\u2019s keynotes and training\u00a0work spans Early Head Start through college students and parent groups at the local, national and international level.What educators are saying about Dakota\u2019s training:\u201cThe best thing about this training was the relevancy to\u00a0all\u00a0grades and to\u00a0life\/understanding of the opposite sex!\u201d<\/em>\u201cExcellent presenter\u2014very engaging and informed\u2014lots of movement and good information and practical examples to use in my classroom.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n This session will give you common sense strategies for engaging boys that can be implemented immediately. \u00a0Most strategies can be adapted to work with boys from early childhood through adolescence at home, school, and in other youth related environments.<\/p>\n Tammy Sipe has been a Public Health Specialist for Mohave County Department of Public Health since 2010.\u00a0 In this position she facilitates the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.\u00a0 \u00a0This program works directly with young people to protect their sexual health and future. \u00a0She has gained experience working with teens and attended several facilitator trainings. Her goal is and has been to help young men to gain self-confidence, identify their values, and behave in ways that are consistent with those values using the Wise Guys curriculum. \u00a0\u00a0Her prior work experience consists of 15 years working as a Certified Medical Assistant.\u00a0 In this capacity she was responsible for patient care and education, managing medical practices, assisting physicians and staff.\u00a0 \u00a0The medical background has given her a solid foundation for discussing sensitive topics as well as the ability to connect personally with the young men she strives to help.<\/p>\n Topic covers theories and research about adolescent male development and techniques that have been proven effective in helping young men understand the importance of male responsibility, particularly sexual responsibility.<\/p>\n Dr. Ann Hart is the Deputy Associate Superintendent of the Arizona Department of Education – African American Outreach, Character, Homeless and Refugee Education. \u00a0Her purpose-driven passion for educating the community on various school\/community issues has kept her busy in the twenty plus years that she has spent in education sectors. She has been featured in The\u00a0<\/span>Arizona Woman<\/em>\u00a0Magazine; the<\/span>Arizona Republic<\/em>\u00a0for her education, civic and community involvement and contributions; and authors a monthly Parent Involvement column for the\u00a0<\/span>Arizona Informant<\/em>. \u00a0Dr. Hart holds a doctorate degree from Arizona State University, in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. Also, she was named a Fellow in Morrison\u2019s Institute of Public Policy.<\/span><\/p>\n Session Subject<\/strong> <\/p>\n In the summit, we will explore boys\u2019 physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs. The summit will bring together the science-based principles with practical solutions. 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<\/a>Michael Gurian is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty six books published in twenty one languages.\u00a0The Gurian Institute<\/a>, which he co-founded, conducts research internationally, launches pilot programs and trains professionals.<\/p>\n
\nTim Wright<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Event Host and Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\nSession Subject
\nRaising Boys into Men: Rites of Passage<\/h4>\n
\nDakota Hoyt<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\nSession Subject
\nPractical Strategies for Raising Boys<\/h4>\n
\nTammy Sipe<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\nSession Subject
\nWise Guys: Promoting male responsibility while helping prevent teen pregnancy<\/h4>\n
\nDr. Ann Hart<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Breakout Session Presenter<\/h4>\n
\nOffer Help – Give Hope to Our Boys!<\/strong>
\nFrom kindergarten through sixth grade, boys spend more than 1,000 hours a year in school — environments that are largely feminine with female teachers, and curricula that emphasizes reading, writing and verbal ability, areas where boys develop more slowly than girls. We are seeing that educational environments are not supporting our boys.\u00a0\u00a0 Research tells us that boys are more likely to be punished in schools and at home, and when punished are likely to face harsher penalties. \u00a0We will discuss comfortable strategies to address; Boys and School, Discipline, Violence, Their Well \u2013Being and Their Emotions<\/p>\n
\n<\/h4>\n
The 2015 Helping Boys Thrive Summit\u2122 will have more speakers and workshop tracks focusing on the interests of specific groups such as educators, social workers, faith leaders, parents ad care providers. \u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"