Drug and alcohol addiction and abuse. Recognition. Prevention. Treatment
20/20 Parenting. Recognizing and mitigating early vulnerabilities and risk factors.
Founding Contributors
Kerry Jackson
Mom of Ryan, Founder of 20/20 Parenting
Kerry has been working in the visual communications industry for over 20years, including 8 years as an independent consultant. She has studied psychology at Langara College as well as volunteered as a crisis counselor for the Vancouver Crisis Centre.
Cindy Pettit
Parent of 1 young child, BA, Child and Youth Care, with Honors, co-author with Kerry Jackson of our FREE E-GUIDE: Crystal Methamphetamine: Is Your Child Using? Vulnerable?
Family, Group, Couples and Individual Counseling; Youth and Adult Skill Building and Education; Addictions and Recovery; Family support worker, alternate secondary school, grades 8-12; youth and family counselor for 20 years. Cindy is currently taking courses towards her Masters degree in counseling psychology.
Emily Bouchard
Step-mom of 2 grown children, BA, child development, MSSW with emphasis on marital and family therapy.
20 years experience working with children and families dealing with all sorts of adversity; over 3000 subscribers to her newsletter for blended families.
www.blended-families.com
Yvonne Kelly
Parent of 5: 3 sons and 2 stepdaughters, MSW, RSW, Certified Stepfamily Coach and Counselor.
Yvonne Kelly is Founder and Co-Director of The Step and Blended Family Institute: www.stepinstitute.ca.
She is also a featured Stepfamily Coach at www.blended-families.com
Kelly Nault
MA, Counseling Psychology, Award winning author of When You Are About To Go Off the Deep End, Don't Take Your Kids With You
Kelly is the Founder of Ultimate Parent. She provides parenting resources and products that offer time-tested, child-proofed and fun tools that inspire children and teens to want to be well-behaved. Kelly advocates supporting Moms to reach their highest fulfillment in life in order to raise the next generation to be responsible, caring and happy.
www.ultimateparent.com
S Fuller
Parent of 1 grown child, MA, PHD, CHEd, CMI
S Fuller is a published writer, meditation instructor, and communication coach, who specializes in curriculum design, book development, professional and personal writing, communication andcreative projects. She has beenwriting professionally since 1979 and coaching since 1990.
www.spaforthemind.com
Catherine Patterson-Sterling
Parent of 2 young children, MA, RCC, Registered Clinical Counselor
Catherine Patterson-Sterling is in private practice in the Lower mainland of British Columbia, Canada. She is also the author of Rebuilding Relationships In Recovery: A Guide To Healing Relationships Impacted By Addiction. As an author, international speaker, and therapist Catherine has helped individuals and families from all over the world heal from the impact of addictions on their relationships.
Ann Schiebert
Parent of 3 grown children, PsyD, on staff at a California hospital with a specialty in chemical dependency and codependency
Ann has thirteen years of experience working with teens and adults. The last four and a half years she has been employed at a U.S. national hospital. She has provided therapy to multiple populations including adolescents in the highly impoverished Richmond school district in northern California, and to the families of teens who are in-patient at Thunder Road Treatment Center for the chemically dependent, Oakland, California.
Irene Giesbrecht
MA (Career Development), CCC (Certified Canadian Counselor)
Through her company, CareerWise Consulting Irene helps young adults plan important post secondary and career path decisions. She also works with young professionals as they re-examine career choices, search for a niche of their own, and learn to manage their careers proactively. Irene takes pride in helping all her clients build lasting confidence and career self-reliance beyond their work together.
www.irenegiesbrecht.com
Kathy Lynn
Parent of 2 grown children, BA (focus on Applied Social Sciences), Certified Canadian Family Educator, Parenting Education Advisor to the Council of Parent Participation Preschools in BC
Kathy is president of Parenting Today Productions Inc, a company she formed in 1978 to offer quality parenting education seminars, workshops and keynote addresses. She is a professional speaker, broadcaster, columnist and author of Who’s In Charge Anyway? How Parents Can Teach Children to Do the Right Thing, and of But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home: From Toddlers to Teens, How Parents Can Raise Children to Become Capable Adults.
www.ParentingToday.ca
Kevin Letourneau
Parent of 1 adolescent child, M.Sc., Program Director, Peace Arch Community Services, Counseling Programs, Addiction Services
Addiction Services provides free individual counseling for those trying to deal with an alcohol or drug misuse problem as well as for those impacted by a family member's substance misuse. Counseling is available for individuals, families and youth. This program is funded by the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, Fraser Health Authority.
www.pacsbc.com/programs/cp/
Patricia Morgan
Parent of 3 grown children, MA (Clinical Psychology), CCC (Certified Canadian Counselor), Certified Integrative Body Psychotherapist, speaker and author
Patricia Morgan provides can-do ideas based on the science of emotional well-being and speaks across Canada. She is the author of Love Her As She Is: Lessons from a Daughter Stolen by Addictions which was featured in a CBC national television documentary. Patricia was chosen by Global TV and the YWCA as a Woman of Vision.
www.lightheartedconcepts.com
Barry MacDonald
Parent of 2 grown children, MA (Counseling Psychology), Professional Speaker, Registered Clinical Counselor, and Relationship Coach.
As an international consultant to school districts, corporations, families, and other professionals, Barry is well known for his highly practical, direct, and positive approach to building community and encouraging children, parents, and professionals, He is also the author of Boys Smarts - Mentoring Boys for Success at School and serves couples and families from his private practice in South Surrey British Columbia.
More information is available at www.MentoringBoys.com
Sher Goerzen
Parent of 3 grown children, Certified Teacher, Licensed Davis Dyslexia Correction Facilitator
Sher established Mastering Dyslexia in 2003 to fulfill her educational passion to unlock the potential she believes is in every child who struggles with dyslexic learning challenges: a condition that is often overlooked or confused with ADD and other conditions. She offers a one-week, one-on-one program that can assist in preventing many years of underachievement and unhappiness. She works with children and adults and is based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
www.masteringdyslexia.com
John McCafferty
MA, LPCC, LADAC, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselor
John has many years of professional and personal experience with addictive behaviour. Most recently, John directed and facilitated an Intensive Outpatient Program that treated dual diagnosed clients. John has a private practice in White Rock, BC: Keys to Healing Addictions, and may be reached at johnmccafferty1@hotmail.com.
Gary Direnfeld
Parent of one, MSW, RSW
Gary Direnfeld is a social worker with more than 25 years of experience working with parents, teens and young children. With a private practice located in Dundas, Ontario, he provides counseling, mediation and assessment services on most matters of family life from the comfort of his home office. People regularly travel from surrounding regions for his special brand of counseling.
www.yoursocialworker.com
Paul Barton
CFP, PFP, Financial Planner
Paul has worked in the Financial Services Industry since 1977. He is a Certified Financial Planner, and has advised hundreds of families in financial planning over the years. Paul writes a weekly column on personal money matter that is syndicated in two newspapers. He has appeared on radio talk shows, and was featured as a guest on TV Ontario's Planet Parent on the topic of teenagers and money.
Samantha Wilson
Mom of 2, former law enforcement officer
Samantha Wilson is an internationally recognized expert in child and family safety, speaker, syndicated columnist and a former cop. She is the founder and president of Kidproof (child safety), a national child safety education agency and author of Safe
Kids Safe Families (HarperCollins) and numerous child safety programs delivered to schools and communities across Canada.
www.kidproofcanada.com and www.kidproofusa.com
Dr. Paul Swingle
Ph.D., F.C.P.A., R.Psych., Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association
Dr. Swingle is a Registered Psychologist in BC and is Board Certified in Biofeedback and Neurotherapy. He was Professor of Psychology at the University of Ottawa 1972-1997; Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School 1991-1998 while Associate Attending Psychologist and Head of Clinical Psychophysiology at McLean Hospital (Boston); Clinical Supervisor at the University of Ottawa 1987-1997; and Chairman of the Faculty of Child Psychology 1972-1977.
Visit at: www.swingleandassociates.com
Marilyn Lash
Sibling and spouse of family member with a traumatic brain injury. MSW, Author, speaker and founder of Lash and Associates Publishing/Training, Inc.
Marilyn uses her social work experience and research in pediatric rehabilitation to develop sensitive and practical guides for families, educators, and professionals. Marilyn's specialty is helping families cope with the emotional impact of brain injury and developing strategies for negotiating the complex service system. Now Director and Senior Editor of Lash & Associates Publishing/Training Inc., she focuses on developing user friendly publications for families, educators, and clinicians.
Visit at: www.lapublishing.com
Jennifer White
Ed.D, Assistant Professor in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria.
Jennifer previously worked as a clinical counsellor at Vancouver Coastal Health's SAFER Counselling Service. Prior to that she served seven years as Director of the Suicide Prevention Information and Resource Centre, Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultation Unit, UBC Department of Psychiatry. Jennifer is a CASP award recipient and past board member.
Dr. William David Goldie
Parent of 2 grown children, M.D.
Dr. Goldie is Certified by the American Boards of: Pediatrics, 1980 (Fellow), Psychiatry and Neurology with Special Competence in Child Neurology (1983), and Clinical Neuropsysiology, 1980. He is currently affiliated with nine hospitals including Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, LAC/USC Medical Centre, and St. Johns Regional Medical Center.
Danielle Aldcorn
BSW, MA.
Danielle is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Co-Director of Satori Integrative Health Centre. She specializes in child (ages 3+), youth, and family counseling for such issues as anxiety, family conflict, and social-emotional-behavioural disorders. Danielle uses verbal and expressive therapies to encourage the development of skills related to social relationships, communication, anger management, self-esteem, relaxation, problem solving, and parenting.
www.satoriintegrativehealth.com/childcounselling.html
Ian Ross
Ian is Executive Director of the Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC (a.k.a. the Crisis Centre in Vancouver). He is a board member and Chair of the Crisis Intervention Committee of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention.
www.crisiscentre.bc.ca
Dr. Margaret McMahon
Parent of 5 children, MBBCH, BAO, DCH, CCFP
Dr. McMahon is a family physician at the Saskatoon Community Clinic in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Nicole Pankratz
Nicole is Publications Officer in the Communication and Resource Unit of the Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC). CARBC is a University of Victoria based centre dedicated to research and knowledge exchange on substance use, harm reduction and addiction.
www.silink.ca/
Nancy Poole, Amy Salmon, and Lorraine Greaves
The authors are researchers at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health.
www.bccewh.bc.ca/
Gillian Liebrandt
Parent of 2 grown children, MA, BEd
Gillian Liebrandt holds a Masters in Learning Disabilities and has over 30 years of experience as an educator. After spending many years working with a variety of students she opened a learning centre to give every student the opportunity to become a successful learner. Millennium Learning Advantage / Millennium Kids Learning Centre (est. 1991) offers scientifically based and researched programs that address the problems that cause learning difficulties. For information about individualized programs for most types of learning difficulties call Gillian at 604-461-3330.
www.millenniumlearningadvantage.com
Dr. Daniel G. Amen
Parent of 2 grown children, MD
Daniel G. Amen, MD is a child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and the CEO and medical director of Amen Clinics Inc. Dr. Amen is the author of 22 books and a number of audio and video programs.
www.amenclinics.com
Aiste Sciukaite, Alison Garfat and Cristina Taras
The excerpts below are from a comprehensive analytical paper written by Aiste Sciukaite, Alison Garfat, and Cristina Taras, 2007 graduates of the fully accredited Dental Hygiene program at Vancouver Community College. Thorough systematic inquiry skills are required to practice evidence based dental hygiene care.
www.vcc.ca
Irene van der Zande
Irene is the Executive Director/Co-founder of KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International™ (or KIDPOWER™ for short) a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people of all ages and abilities learn how to stay safe, act wisely, and believe in themselves. KIDPOWER teaches people to be successful in learning and practicing personal safety, self-protection, confidence, and advocacy skills. These skills have prepared individuals from all walks of life to prevent and stop most bullying, molestation, assault, and abduction. Since being established in 1989, KIDPOWER has brought training and education to over a million children, teenagers, and adults from many different cultures around the world.
www.kidpower.org
Gina C. Vanderham
MA, ICADC, SAP, LMFT, CEAP
Gina Vanderham has a private practice in Vancouver with a specialty in Addictions of all kinds. Please call her at 604.733.7428 or visit at:
www.addictionintheworkplace.com
Dammy Damstrom Albach
Mom of 2, MA, MSW
Dammy is coordinator of SAFER Counselling Service, Vancouver Community Mental Health Services, Vancouver Coastal Health. For more information about SAFER please call 604-879-9251.
Sheleigh Hoover
Mom of 2, MA, BA
Sheleigh Hoover is a Correctional Officer with the B.C. government, with the last 5 years spent primarily facilitating programs (such as Substance Abuse Management, Violence Prevention and Cognitive Skills) to the offender clientele. She attained her Master of Arts Degree in Leadership and Training (Justice & Public Safety Leadership component) at Royal Roads University as well as her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology and Psychology at Simon Fraser University. As a Correctional Officer, a parent, and a grandparent, Sheleigh has been working with 2020 Parenting.com to help spread awareness and understanding in a mutual quest towards protecting the future of our children.
