Family Seminar - 800-610-8810

Join with us! If you have not already registered ~ there is still time to attend at the discounted rate! Make your reservations Now.

• When: August 27 and 28, 2010
• Where: Salina Courtyard Marriott
• Time: 9am-5pm

Four times per year we offer state of the art parenting seminars that utilize brain based science coupled with the most advanced personal and group change modalities available. In a comfortable and relaxed learning environment, our parenting seminars foster a dynamic healing and learning opportunity for parents and family members. The intention of these optional seminars is to link our program philosophies and family involvement in an impactful and concentrated educational experience.

We recommend staying in Salina until Sunday and then on to Tipton for our family celebration and visit day. There are no visits scheduled for Friday's and Saturdays. Email Deborah for information regarding lodging at: Deborah

This is your chance to sign up at the low price of $495. Price is good through July 15. All you need to do is sign up by then to receive the discount. Sign-Ups after July 15 the price is $595. Payments can be made via website and/or check. Final payment is due on the date of the seminar. If you choose to stay in Salina at the Marriott, please mention the Tipton and Meadowlark Academies Seminar when making your reservation.

Please respond to this email with additional questions you may have.

Warm Regards,

Deborah Welch

Another Parent Seminar that you don't want to miss…

"The parenting seminars I attended have been extremely valuable. The insights and lessons learned are crucial to learn as a parent and should really be taught to anyone the moment they become a parent. In addition, the skills you learn are valuable for any relationship you are in, be it family or friend.

I’ve learned about myself, I’ve learned new ways to see and understand my son, and learned to bridge gaps that had grown between us over the years. I highly recommend any parent attend, regardless of how strong your current relationship with your children might be."

- K. Krauskopf, WA

My perception of Tipton and Meadowlark Academy's Parent Seminars is that they’re not "seminars," they’re "workshops." From my personal experience as a stepparent sending my son to Tipton, I immediately realized my wife and I were in for a long haul. From the very beginning, our parent communicator, Deborah Welch, made us (parents) realize that we can’t expect our troubled teen to be "socially reengineered" without a genuine commitment of our own.

These workshops are real-working clinics for parents that, in a nutshell, compel you to take an introspective look on how you’ve been parenting, what has and hasn’t worked, and what you can do to beneficially "change." These workshops enlighten you to better adapt to today’s ever-changing social climate in which some of us traditional parents are unequipped to face.

It’s been said that in order to help others, you have to first help yourself. This concept applies here as well, and these workshops have undoubtedly helped me both personally and professionally. Make no mistake; they require work - hard work – but the kind of work that is authentically rewarding!

In my mind, for any child to be successful in Tipton’s (or Meadowlark’s) program, it is absolutely essential for the parents to attend these workshops. You and your teen are in this together – these workshops are not just a part of the job, they’re a part of something bigger than yourself - they’re a part of a mission that you’re on with your child and there’s no price you can put on the reward!

- K. Captain, WI

"Since attending parent seminars, I wish it was mandatory for all parents of kids at MLA/TA to attend. It is crucial that the dynamics of the family change, because obviously it wasn't working before. These seminars have helped me understand myself and my child and supplied me with knowledge that I continually refer to. You gain friendships of other parents, support of staff, and you don't feel so all alone on this journey. It is so worth it!!!!"

- D. Hemmelgarn, TX

"Parent seminars are invaluable. If you can, find a way to attend. The more seminars you go to the more prepared for parenting you will be when your child comes home. Meeting the staff and connecting to the other families is so very important and comforting. The information I have gathered has helped so much in every aspect of my life."

- J. Cronin, CA

To all the parents wondering if the parent seminars are something you should attend? For me it has been some of the greatest experiences possible! I was able to sit and listen, participate to trained counselors, share my feelings and viewpoints with staff and other parents. The interaction with other parents made me feel as if I was not the only person going thru these issues in our life and how we all are willing to do whatever it takes to save our children’s lives.

The parent seminars will provide you with new tools to use in all of your life issues. Being 50 years old I thought I did not need to change myself until going to the seminars helped me realize I need to change my communication skills and to better understand the viewpoint of the other individual.

I was not employed when I first placed my daughter at Meadowlark and it would have been easy to have them change her. Well let me tell you that is not the answer, after my first seminar I realized I need to participate as much as I possibly could. That in itself helped my daughter realize I will be there no matter what. And that is when the changes in our relationship started to take place.

I still use these tools at work, talking to my wife, family and friends. Everyone has seen a tremendous positive change in me and that was worth it alone, but it really has helped me to set and hold boundaries with my daughter (never could do that before) I was being a codependent father and was creating more problems than solving. Forgive me for going on about this, but is very important that you attend these seminars as if your child’s life depends on it, because it does.

Respectfully,

Curtis F., FLA