Show Turning Point seminar shining success Michelle Gardner COil Contributor HE annual Brighter Days T THE Ahead conference nce was a tremendous success for single parents single pregnant women and anil homemakers The conference sponsored by Turning Point which took place on Thursday April 15 was a smorgasbord of practical and helpful in information The main purpose of the conference was to provide information information in in- formation to help those concerned concerned concerned con con- find and assess their assets assets assets as as- sets discover a nurturing g supportive environment and to begin moving off public assis assis- tance The conference offered three work workshops ho on some som of the z r most prominent issues in this struggle Listening With The Heart presen presented ted by Barbara Tebbs dealt with the complex issue of learning to view life through love instead of fear Career Visions presented by Tracy Harris-Belnap Harris explored explored explored ex ex- many career options available and offered strategies and resources for reaching those career goals Po Positive Parenting pres presented rt ted by Diane Cashel director of drug and alcohol prevention offered new ways of improving relationships with the family and disciplining ing children She presented a away away away way of discipline that dealt with empathy instead of manipulation and giving in to the child The workshops were followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed by a luncheon and the thrilling success story of Judy Kasten Bell Bell is an active counselor of social changes She works with Utah Issues dealing with support support sup sup- support port situations and child care She also was involved in the foundation of the first shelter for battered women in Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin in 1977 Bell was a single mother on public assistance for 10 years She provides an excellent example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample that success can be made despite the struggle She closed the conference with her voiced hopes that the story of her ups and downs will help others move toward a better and arid self- self supporting life ife 1 a |