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     It is important to realize not all post-divorce and shared parenting challenges last forever. To the degree you can adjust well to shared-parenting within your particular situation, you will feel more satisfied with your stepfamily and shared-parenting lifestyle. Your ability to manage the quality of relationships after spending the day with us can skyrocket!  Research shows the better your post-divorce adjustment as parents [especially after remarriage has occurred], the better the adjustment and well-being of your children, too.

       Give all the children in and between divorced and remarried households the greatest opportunity to enter their classrooms ready to learn and to enjoy being young, and enjoy remarried life with children more by attending this pilot conference.

One day (Open registration from 8:30 - 9:30; event ends at 3:36), one event you don't want to miss:

• Starting (or Re-Starting) your Stepfamily Engine! 
• Discover how your genogram can "trigger" your success
• The "other" household - what to do?
• Parent-child relationships & Stepparent-child relationships - managing people, places and things better.
• Creating your Stepfamily Assimilation and Management (SAM) Plan to reduce stress associated with co-parenting
• Reducing distractions: academic perspectives on children and their education as it relates to distressed co-parenting 
• Break-out Groups biological parents/stepparents, Mediation vs. Litigation facts, Braided Families option and more
• Which will work for you? Understanding the benefits and drawbacks to the various types of stepfamily support options: on-line groups, radio shows, E-chats, coaching, live groups, therapy, legal system
• Special Survey project update for the Stepfamily Satisfaction and Parental Alienation Experience Survey Project. Alienating parents might hinder blending and bonding success in the target-parent's new family, but your marriage and family can still succeed without abandoning the first children. We can help you create balance and peace of mind.
• Give-aways to a few lucky attendees!
• The amazing group of Co-presenters scheduled:

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Richard Abbey, MFT (31754): (825) 644-2771

http://www.empowermyfamily.com/Richard_E.html

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Tricia Powe, Mediator & President, StepfamilySystems.com

Creative Director, "A Richter Blend, Stepfamily Chronicles"

http://stepfamilysystems.com/id27.html

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This great location is minutes from the coast. If you are staying overnight at the Ayers Hotel, when you make your reservations let them know you are interested in the StepfamilySystems.com rooms and provide them group discount code #4414 to see if rooms are still available at the discounted rate of $85/night which includes breakfast. http://www.ayreshotels.com/costamesa/index.asp

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1) Register in the Service Shop: http://www.stepfamilysystems.com/id47.html - $52.50 discount benefit for Step Family Focal Points Corner Subscribers and non-subscribers for this pilot presentation.

2) If finances are a concern, you may attend on a donation only basis - cost will not exclude anyone. You may bring a prepared envelope with your donation or simply pick up an unmarked envelope at registration. It's easy.

3) Either way, pre-paid through the shop, on-site or attendance by donation option, SEND AN E-mail to CustomerCare@StepfamilySystems.com with your name and number attending for materials planning.

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Sorry, no child-care is provided for this event.

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2010 Conference tuition 50% SAVINGS: $70 non-subscribers (to Step Family Focal Points Corner) OR $52.50 for subscribers. Tuitions pre-paid on-line will have a Parent/Child Family Selections Communication Menu (great for teachers, too!) added to their package at no additional cost. Family Selection Communication Menus can also be ordered at the conference.  http://www.stepfamilysystems.com/catalog/c31_p1.html 

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Please note that registering on-line activates minimal third party processing fees. Reminder: Email how many are attending to CustomerCare@StepfamilySystems.com for materials planning and a special drawing.

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  Looking for a way to promote your business, service or product? Become a Sponsor-Partner.

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With sincere thanks for their in-kind support, please take note of the following support material/give-aways received:

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Joel Schwartzberg - one soft-cover copy of his book.

Award-winning essayist and author, "The 40-Year-Old Version"
http://www.bookfordad.com/
joelscorp@gmail.com

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Laura Petherbridge, speaker / teacher / author: resource cards www.LauraPetherbridge.com

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Ron Deal, MMFT: hard-cover copy of The ReMarriage CheckUp, www.SuccessfulStepfamilies.com

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Jennifer newcomb Marine and Carol Marine: co-authors of No One's the Bitch - A Ten-Step Plan for the Mother and Stepmother Relationship

http://www.noonesthebitch.com/

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Heather H. - Blogger of CafeSMom

http://wordpress.cafesmom.com/?p=279

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More sincere thanks for these silent auction items contributors:

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Artist RD Atkins: hand made, Indian choker - www.wyoming-outpost.com

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Creative Memories Ind. Consultant, Yoland Oglesby, Corona, CA - gift bag

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Music sensations, SafetySuit: http://www.myspace.com/safetysuit - Zipped hoodie, CD and neck chain and t-shirt

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Mtg. Experts, Inc. Will Herring, President (951) 653-4884 is recycling cans for our stepfamily and shared parenting programs.

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The amount of participant give-aways and this fall's program benefits will depend on total sponsor contributions.

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We hope Emily Bouchard (http://www.blended-families.com/founderbio.html - http://stepchldren.wordpress.com/ ) and Dr. Richard Warshak (http://www.warshak.com/) will be able to accept our invitations for next year's kick-off event for the multi-state tour now in planning. We will keep you posted!