Elementary School Programs    
Teacher In-Service Programs

Why Do Ordinarily Good Kids Do Such Extraordinarily Bad Things?

With every school shooting, we ask ourselves, how is this possible?  Dr. Ken Condrell in his presentation, makes sense out of the senseless violence in our schools.  From murder to peer cruelty Dr. Ken Condrell shows teachers and administrators how schools can become safer.  His presentation answers seven critical questions:

  • What makes kids kill?
  • What are three groups of children schools need to watch out for?
  • Why parents of violent children do not warn schools when their children will strike?
  • What triggers school violence?
  • How schools can identify troubled kids before they explode?
  • What are four easy strategies for making schools safer?
  • How to show kids a better way to live together?

Winning Strategies For Successful Parent Teacher Conferences

Parents have never been more challenging of schools and teachers have never felt more pressured to meet the demands of today's parents. "Winging" a parent teacher conference is not a wise decision says Dr. Ken Condrell. Preparation is the key to a successful parent teacher conference and Dr. Ken Condrell shows teachers how to use the dynamics he has learned as a family therapist to communicate with difficult parents. In Dr. Condrell's presentation, teachers will learn the importance of:

  • Understanding why many parents are difficult today
  • Choosing your words carefully
  • Empowering parents so they will cooperate
  • Structuring the conference for success
  • Surprising parents with good news
  • Keeping parents from copping out on you
  • Building a foundation for future conferences
  • Not 'shooting yourself in the foot' during a parent teacher conference
  • When not to settle for a one parent conference
  • Setting up a panel of mentors

Student Assembly Programs

How Kids Can Prevent School Violence, Peer Cruelty And Bullying

Every day, over 160,000 kids skip school out of fear they will be abused by their peers.  For many, many years, teachers and school administrators thought peer cruelty and bullying to be harmless.  Today we know that kids being mean to kids is not only damaging to the personalities of young people but it is out of control in our schools.  Dr. Ken Condrell offers a dynamic, fast paced presentation to assemblies of children and teens designed to inspire sensitivity and thoughtfulness among peers.  His presentation shows kids through group discussion and videos how:

  • Peer cruelty damages kids
  • To develop compassion for kids who are victimized
  • Kids can stop the bullies in their school
  • Schools become safer and more fun when kids stop being mean
  • Kids can change their school environment by taking a special pledge

Evening Presentations to Parents

You Can Raise Responsible Kids, Even In Today's World

Parents feel they are swimming upstream today as they try to raise good kids with sound values.  Everywhere they turn, our society seems to be undermining the good intentions of parents.  Drugs, alcohol, recreational sex, sitcoms (misleading young people on how best to deal with life), violent video games, unsupervised kids, pedophiles and pornography on the Internet.  Add to this, movies and music with vulgar language and obscene themes.  Dr. Ken Condrell was raised in the 40's and the 50's and believes it is still possible for parents to be a powerful influence in the lives of their children.  His presentation shows parents how to:

  • Avoid the permissive and indulgent parenting principles from the last twenty years
  • How not to raise a brat
  • Avoid the wimpy parent syndrome
  • Get children and teens to listen and behave
  • Develop parent power and foster respect and obedience
  • Solve the most common behavior problems facing every family
  • Build a strong family
  • Keep the children from creating marital problems
  • Be a benevolent dictator at home and have your kids love you
  • Change the world by raising good kids