Public Lecture Series podcasts are now available through the University of Michigan Alumni Association!

You can access the lectures listed below, along with many others, from The University Alumni Association True Blue Podsquad:

UCCF Lecture Series -
Mastering the Challenges of Learning and Attention Difficulties Session 2: Podcast 41

Children with learning and attention difficulties present an ever-changing set of challenges to parents as they grow. This session will describe the typical difficulties these children face, and offer proven strategies for addressing these. This is part 2 of this 2-session lecture.

Presented by: Kristen Chapman, M.A. and Michelle Stern-Samberg, Ph.D.

UCCF Lecture Series -
Mastering the Challenges of Learning and Attention Difficulties Session 1: Podcast 40

Children with learning and attention difficulties present an ever-changing set of challenges to parents as they grow. This session will describe the typical difficulties these children face, and offer proven strategies for addressing these. This is part 1 of this 2-session lecture.

Presented by: Kristen Chapman, M.A. and Michelle Stern-Samberg, Ph.D.

UCCF Lecture Series - Our Children, Ourselves: Calming Down in an Age of Anxiety: Podcast 39

We live in stressful times. Adults and children face anxiety-provoking pressures on a daily basis. The route to helping children relax must begin with their parents. This session will offer a tool box of techniques to help ourselves and our children quiet the tides of negativity and create more positive, healthy emotions.

Presented by: Eileen Bonds, M.S.W.

UCCF Lecture Series - It's not the Brady Bunch: Making Real Stepfamilies Work: Podcast 37

The realities of stepfamily life are rarely like that seen on television. Merging two families is often a stressful process for all involved. This session offers a framework for understanding stepfamilies, and suggestions for how to create the successful stepfamily you want.

Presented by: Jamie Plunkett, Ph.D.

When Enough is Too Much: Your Children and Screen-Time: Podcast 33

"Screens" are everywhere these days: on computers, TVs, games systems, cell phones. This session will explore the positives and negatives of screen-time, and offer guidance on the best use of them for today's children and teens.

Presented by: Jerry Miller, Ph.D.

Girl World: Understanding the Strengths and Strains of Pre-Teen and Teenage Girls: Podcast 32

As part of the Strong Moms-Strong Girls project, underwritten by the Junior League of Ann Arbor, this session helps parents understand the psychological and social worlds their daughters face, and offers practical suggestions on helping them to develop confidence and assertiveness.

Presenters: Sharon Gold-Steinberg, Ph.D. and Orli Avi-Yonah, Ph.D.

Marital Survival Skills: Podcast 14

Every couple faces significant challenges in their marriage. This session offers research-based techniques for working with these challenges and building a stronger marriage.

Presented by Jamie Plunkett, Ph.D.

Taming Tantrums and Building Self-esteem: Podcast 13

Young children can easily become frustrated and overwhelmed by their emotions, rendering them helpless and out of control. This session will provide parents with a toolbox for handling negativity, enhancing their child's self-esteem and helping to build a positive relationship.

Presented by Eileen Bond, M.S.W.

Preventing Teenage Casualties in a World of Sex, Drugs and MySpace: Podcast 8

It seems like there have never been scarier times in which to try to raise teens. In a public lecture series hosted by U-M's Center for the Child and the Family, Jerry Miller, PhD, helps parents understand present dangers and discusses how to keep teens safe.

Adoption: Navigating Rough Patches: Podcast 7

Adoption can present lifelong challenges for the adoptee, birthparent and adoptive parent. As part of the U-M Center for the Child and the Family public lecture series, "Facing the Challenges of 21st Century Family Life," Elinor Rosenberg, MSW, discusses some of the more common and predictable rough spots and addresses how all of the participants in the adoption circle can make it through them.

Helping Girls with Gossip, Cliques and Bullying: Podcast 6 (enhanced)

Slights and words between girls can hurt deeply. As part of the U-M Center for the Child and the Family public lecture series, "Facing the Challenges of 21st Century Family Life," Sharon Gold-Steinberg, PhD, and Orli Avi-Yonah, PhD, offer practical suggestions on helping girls to develop confidence, assertiveness and the skills needed to cope with difficult peer relationships.

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