Calendar of RAP Trainings Susan Buus Response Ability Pathways is a three day certification course in essential skills for strength-based work with challenging children and youth. This training is now offered by certified trainers in North America, Australia, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Portugal and South Africa. The following open registration RAP courses are currently scheduled in North America. June 25-27, 2008, Black Hills Seminars, Spearfish, SD Contact: Cindy Crabtree, 1-888-647-2532, ccrabtree@reclaiming.com September 16-17, 2008, Roots & Wings Seminars, Detroit, MI Contact: Cindy Crabtree, 1-888-647-2532, ccrabtree@reclaiming.com October 6-8, 2008, Winnipeg, MB Contact: Paul Baker,770-403-4101, paul.baker@compassionassociates.com In addition to these open courses, RAP training also can be offered on-site for your school or organization. For further information contact: Circle of Courage 1 888-647-2532 or 605-647-2532 e-mail: courage@reclaiming.com 09/13/2005 08:16 AM 09/13/2007 03:54 PM The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award Recipients The sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski, came to the Black Hills of South Dakota at the request of Native Americans to create a mountain memorial that would honor the spirit of Crazy Horse. In 1949, Korczak wrote these words about Crazy Horse: "Crazy Horse was a great leader of his people. He wanted only peace and a way of living for his people without having to live on the white man's reservations. Crazy Horse defended his people and their way of life in the only manner he knew, but only after he saw the treaty of 1868 broken. This treaty, signed by the President of the United States said, ‘Paha Sapa, the Black Hills, will forever and ever be the sacred land of the Indians'. Crazy Horse's tenacity of purpose, his modest life, his unfailing courage, his tragic death set him apart and above the others.’” Reclaiming Youth International presents The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award to honor those who have a tenacity of purpose in creating courage for discouraged children and youth through their practice, policy development, or research. Beginning in 1994, The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award has been given to the following individuals whose distinguished contributions have helped reclaim our most vulnerable children: *Jerry Adams, Executive Director, Urban Native Youth Association, Vancouver, British Columbia *Muhammad Ali, Humanitarian & World Heavyweight Champion, Berrien Springs, Michigan *Bonnie Benard, Founder, Resiliency Associates, Berkley, California *Peter Benson, President, The Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota *Marita Bergsson, Director, Jakob Muth School, Essen, Germany *Mary Beth Blegen, National Teacher of the Year, Worthington, Minnesota *Larry Brendtro, Founder, Reclaiming Youth International, Nemo, South Dakota *Waln Brown, Founder, The William Gladden Foundation, York, Pennsylvania *Jack Calhoun, Founder, National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, DC *Duncan Campbell, Founder, Friends of the Children, Portland, Oregon *Richard Curwin, Co-Founder, Discipline with Dignity, San Francisco, California *Virginia Driving Hawk-Sneve, Children’s author, Rapid City, South Dakota *Lesley du Toit, Founder, Child and Youth Care Agency for Development, Pretoria, South Africa *Frank Fecser, Executive Director, Positive Education Program, Cleveland, Ohio *Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Minister for Public Service and Administration, Cape Town, South Africa *Thomas Garfat, Youth Consultant/Co-Founder, CYC-Net, Rosemere, Quebec *Lil Garfinkel, Youth Advocate, PACER, Minneapolis, Minnesota *Arnold Goldstein, Founder, Center for Research on Aggression, Syracuse, New York *Judge Ernestine Gray, National Juvenile & Family Court Judges Association, New Orleans, Louisiana *Mark Greenberg, Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University *Eleanor Guetzloe, Professor, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida *Mariano Guzmán, Deputy to the Superintendent of Region 9, New York City, New York *McClellan Hall, Founder, National Indian Youth Leadership Program, Gallup, New Mexico *Margaret Harrison, Founder, Homestart International, London, England *Kris Juul, Professor, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois *Azim Khamisa, Founder of CANEI and Tariq Khamisa Foundation, La Jolla, California *Jack Kirkland, Professor, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri *Cathann Kress, Director of Youth Development, National 4-H Office, Washington, DC *Linda Lantieri, Founder, Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, New York, New York *Scott Larson, Founder, Straight Ahead Ministries, Westboro, Massachusetts *Zvi Levi, Founder, Haddisam Youth Village, Haddisam, Israel *Harry Leibowitz, Founder, The World of Children Awards, Lake Tahoe, Nevada *Larry Long, American Troubadour, Minneapolis, Minnesota *Nicholas Long, Founder, Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute, Washington, DC *The Honorable George McGovern,Former United Nations Ambassador, Rome, Italy *Allen Mendler, Co-founder, Discipline Associates, Rochester, New York *Paul Mones, Attorney and author, Portland, Oregon *Arlin Ness, President Emeritus, Starr Commonwealth, Albion, Michigan *Gordon Neufeld, Psychologist/Consultant, Vancouver, British Columbia *Dan Olweus, Professor, University of Bergen, Norway *The Honorable Landon Pearson, Canada’s Senator for Children and Youth, Ottawa, Canada *Joe Padilla, Deputy, Office of Athletics and Youth Development, National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Virginia *Bruce Perry, Senior Fellow, Child Trauma Academy, Houston, Texas *Father Val Peter, Director, Father Flanagan Girls and Boys Town, Omaha, Nebraska *Phil Quinn, Founder, ICARE, Hermitage, Tennessee *The Honorable Janet Reno, Former United States Attorney General, Washington, DC *Warren Rhodes, Professor, Morgan State University, Dover, Delaware *Father Chris Riley, Founder, Youth Off The Streets, Sydney, Australia *Nathan Rustein, Founder, The Institute for Healing Racism, Amherst, Massachusetts *Keith Spencer, Superintendent of Schools, Nisga’a, British Columbia *Joe Stewart, Trustee, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan *Carl Taylor, Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan *William Treanor, Founder, Youth Today, Washington, DC *Fred Tully, Founder, Black Hills Children’s Home, Rapid City, South Dakota *Tobias Wolff, Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, California *Mary Wood, Founder, Developmental Therapy Institute, Athens, Georgia *Peter Yarrow, “Peter Paul and Mary” New York, New York 08/01/2007 04:09 PM 2008 Reclaiming Youth Seminars Vancouver Island Seminars, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Circle of Courage Foundations Workshop ~ April 19 Response Ability Pathways (RAP) Training ~ April 19-21 Developmental Audit Training ~ April 19-21 Respecting Culture ~ April 19-21 All events will be conducted from 9:00 - 4:00 each day at the Laurel Point Inn, Victoria, BC. Black Hills Seminars, Rapid City & Spearfish, South Dakota Circle of Courage Foundations Workshop ~ June 21 (Rapid City) Reclaiming Youth Conference ~ June 21-24 (Rapid City) Response Ability Pathways (RAP) Training ~ June 25-27 (Spearfish) Developmental Audit Training ~ June 25-26 (Spearfish) Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) Training ~ June 16-20 (Spearfish) Roots and Wings Seminars, Detroit, Michigan Response Ability Pathways ~ September 16-17 Developmental Audit ~ September 16-17 Enchanted with Chemicals ~ September 16-17 Healing of Racism ~ September 16-17 Positive Behavior Facilitation ~ September 16-17 The Circle of Courage ~ September 18 The PersonBrain ~ September 18 Prodigal Sons and Daughters ~ September 18 Building Emotional Intelligence ~ September 18 Light on the Autism Spectrum ~ Sepbember 18 Reclaiming Youth Conference ~ September 18-20 (begins at 7 pm on Sept. 18) All events will be conducted at the McGregor Conference Center and Community Arts Auditorium on the Wayne State University campus in Detroit, Michigan. 07/23/2007 12:21 PM RYI Leadership Transition Effective: March 2006 Dr. Scott Larson, Chairman of the Board of Reclaiming Youth International, announced the retirement its founding president, Dr. Larry Brendtro. The RYI board appointed as Dr. Brendtro’s successor his longtime colleague and vice president Steve Van Bockern. Dr. Van Bockern will serve as chief executive officer, while Mark Freado, who has been the lead trainer for Reclaiming Youth, now becomes vice president and chief financial officer. Continuing as chief operating officer is executive director Carole South-Winter. Reclaiming Youth is best known for its Black Hills Seminars, pioneering strength based training for youth professionals. The reclaiming youth movement was spawned in 1990 with the book Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future, co-authored by three Augustana College professors, Larry Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg, and Steve Van Bockern. Dr. Brokenleg presently is Director of Native Ministries at the Vancouver School of Theology and Dean of the Reclaiming Youth Seminars. Dr. Brendtro continues to serve as senior editor of the journal Reclaiming Children and Youth. Steve Van Bockern brings to RYI his background as a teacher, principal, director of alternative education programs, and professor of education and special education at Augustana. He headed a Kellogg Foundation grant on the Developmental Audit® and has consulted widely with juvenile courts as an expert witness on troubled youth. Mark Freado is a teacher-counselor and has been state director for the Pressley Ridge Schools in Ohio and West Virginia. He currently is director of Re-EDucation Training and Consultation for the Pressley Ridge Institute, and Executive Director of the American Re-EDucation Association. Both Van Bockern and Freado are certified senior trainers in Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI) and Response Ability Pathways (RAP) and have trained professionals worldwide. They assumed their new roles March 1. Dr. Brendtro is the author of ten books and numerous articles on troubled children and youth. A licensed psychologist, he is past president of Starr Commonwealth in Michigan and Ohio where he continues to serve as Director of Research and Training. He presently is establishing the Academy for Positive Peer Culture which will debut at the 2006 Black Hills Seminars. For information, contact Reclaiming Youth at 1-888-647-2532. 03/09/2006 11:33 AM