C. Lynn Williams, 224-357-6315, [email protected], clynnwilliams.com, Parent Coach, Author and Mother, explains important things parents need to to better help their teens, including making time for themselves and each child individually, practice consistency, and remember they are the parent and not a friend to the child. She continues with numerous tips and hints to better understand what their child needs and to effectively parent them.

Dr. Peter Eden, 802-387-1632, [email protected], landmark.com, President Landmark College-VT, talks about how higher education is learning to better provide quality education to students with LD.

Colleen Norris, 801-455-8794, [email protected], author of "Just ASK a Child: How to Give Children Wings to SOAR", (Available by the end of the year on Amazon.com and elsewhere) explains how to build a platform for children to grow up successfully through three elements: the child needs to feel 1) Adored, 2) Safe, and 3) Known.

Frank Granett, R.ph, 586-804-0799, [email protected], CAOOY.org, explains the main reasons ADHD and Depression symptoms have become an epidemic in this country include Environment, Nutrition, and Physiological causes. He says it is vital to do a bio-assessment of the causes for the symptoms since just doing an assessment based on behavior has resulted in a great increase in premature drug therapy which research is beginning to show have long term negative effects on children's development.

Dan Blanchard, Author and Inner-City Social Studies teacher, 860-786-7094, [email protected], granddaddyssecrets.com, talks about how elders, and especially grandparents, are a tremendous resource for helping raise children that is very underused in our society.

Michael Gurian, Co-Founder of the Gurian Insitute and author or co-author of 25 books, the latest being Raising Boys by Design: what the bible and brain science reveal about what your son needs to thrive, 509-624-0623, [email protected], michaelgurian.com explains the timeless principles of raising boys. His collaboration with Gregory Jantz, PhD, taught him that the principles science are coming up with as to how boys best learn are very consistent with the principles taught in the stories of the Bible.

Diana Kon, Co-Ex. Dir, [email protected], and Hague Williams, Fine Arts teacher. [email protected], at Sonia Shankman Orthogeneric School, Chicago, 773-702-1203, oschool.org, explained how integrating the Fine Arts into the school is touching the core of the student's humanity by providing a safe place for them to learn how to express themselves and learn academics and how to function successfully in society.

Doug Nelson, 801-380-5677, [email protected], an early pioneer in developing what became Wilderness Therapy programs, described his experiences in the 1970's and later in developing some of the early influential wilderness programs for adolescents. He founded Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) and Wilderness Academy which evolved into Aspen Health Services, while working as a professor at Bringham Young University.

Detective Rich Wistocki, 630-461-0044, [email protected], besureconsulting.com, talks about the communication between teens that can facilitate drug use or other harmful activities. He emphasizes the need for parents properly monitoring their teens on social networks and digital devices, and specific programs parents can use to allow them to know exactly what their children are doing on their digital devices. He emphasized the dangers, such as the new threat of sexting having evolved to sextortion.

Kristen Tillona, [email protected], Director of Admissions and Karen Carreira, [email protected], Director of Music and Vocational programs, Berkshire Hills Music Academy-MA, 413-540-9720 x 202, berkshirehills.org, explain the powerful impact music has on people, and how music can be used as the glue for a therapeutic program helping young people with problems learn to have good social relationships, self-confidence, and leadership.