| Kathleen Olson is an educator
with regional and statewide responsibilities in the family relations
area of expertise, with a focus on parenting education. Specialists
serve as adult educator and teacher/trainer of parenting education
professionals and human service professionals.
Education:
- M.S., Home Economics Education,
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
- B.S., Home Economics Education,
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
Areas of Expertise:
- Parent Education, with focus on Families with Adolescents
- Positive Parenting contact person for area of expertise
in state
- Author, teacher and trainer of Positive Parenting curricula
training workshops
- Adult educator and teacher/trainer of parenting education
professionals and human service Professionals
- Parents Forever
- Balancing Work and Family
- Family Systems
Research:
- Co-author of curriculum (as part of a team): Positive Parenting
I, II, and Teen, as well as numerous related products, which
is research based
- Project manager and Director of K.I.D.S.: Handle With Care,
a county-wide project to discourage physical punishment of
children through parent education and youth relationship skills,
which included a research component and 3 part telephone survey
- Thesis on Placement and Use of the Microwave Oven in the
Kitchen
- Research review of Families with Adolescents with current
research based educational resources in normative adolescent
development and what it means for the parent-adolescent relationship
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Contact Information
Telephone: 507-536-6306
Fax: 507-536-6311
E-mail: kaolson@umn.edu
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