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Talking with Teens: Adult - Adolescent Communication Trainers
Barb Asimakopoulos has a B.S. in Psychology and a Masters Degree in Counseling from Arizona State University. She is Nationally Certified Counselor and a Certified Adolescent Health Trainer. While Barb worked with the Arizona Prevention Resource as a Consultant and Senior Program Coordinator, she trained hundred of health educators in curriculum designed to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, and worked with 6th - 9th grade students across the state, to accomplish these goals. She has developed curricula and presented trainings on many adolescent health issues, including Demystifying Adolescence, Talking with Teens: Adult-Adolescent Communication, and Talking with Teens…About Depression and Suicide. Barb is the Director of the Adolescent Health Training Institute, teaches in Phoenix Colleges Certificate in Adolescent Studies Program, and has a counseling and consulting practice in Mesa. Barb is a past President of the Arizona Adolescent Health Coalition.
Debi Neat has a M.Ed. from Northern Arizona University and currently is the Safe and Drug Free Schools Trainer for the Phoenix Union High School District. In this position, Debi provides staff development workshops to over 2500 employees who work at 10 comprehensive campuses and 3 alternative campuses and trains the Peer Mentors and Mediators for the campuses, as well as the facilitation and oversight of prevention/intervention programs and staff who run those programs on the campuses. Mrs. Neat has over 20 years experience (since 1980) in working with adolescents, including seven as a teacher and part of the therapeutic treatment program at the Nevada State correctional facility for youth and 13 years as the Prevention Programs Coordinator for Tolleson Union High School District. Mrs. Neat has been a PeopleLinks Prevention Specialist with the Arizona Prevention Resource Center since 1991 and an adolescent health trainer for the Arizona Adolescent Health Coalition, Arizona Department of Education and Arizona Department of Health. Debi has provided the Demystifying Adolescence; Talking with Teens: Adult-Adolescent Communication; Talking with Teens5About Depression and Suicide and the Reducing the Risk training workshops for hundreds of participants in both large and small group formats on a statewide basis. Debi is a Certified Adolescent Health Trainer, a Lead Trainer for the Adolescent Health Training Institute, and a past President of the Arizona Adolescent Health Coalition.
Kay Pulatie has a Bachelor of General Studies Degree from Northern Illinois University and a Masters of Counseling Degree from Arizona State University. She is currently employed by Scottsdale Healthcare as an Employee Assistance Counselor, working with employees and their family members. Kay has been a Certified Adolescent Health Trainer since 1994 using the Demystifying Adolescence, Talking with Teens…Adult Adolescent Communication, and Talking with Teens...About Depression and Suicide curricula. Kay is a Lead Trainer with the Adolescent Health Training Institute, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Leadership Degree at Grand Canyon University. She was President of the Arizona Adolescent Health Coalition, 2000 - 2002, and currently serves on the Board.
Barb Asimakopoulos and Debi Neat will provide the Talking with Teens: Adult -Adolescent Communication Training in Phoenix on October 7th, and the Talking with Teens: Adult -Adolescent Communication for Parents on October 8th.
Barb Asimakopoulos and Kay Pulatie will provide the Talking with Teens: Adult -Adolescent Communication for Parents on October 14th.
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