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PEGGY AMIDON
Executive Director
R.I.Sk Seminars, Inc.
EDUCATION:
Temple University,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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Graduate Program in Psychoeducational Processes
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M.Ed. in
Counseling Psychology, 1969
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Completed
30 hours toward Ph.D.
Moravian College,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, B.A.,
1963
Moravian Preparatory
School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,
1959
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Founder and Director
of R.I.Sk Seminars, Inc.,
a not-for-profit educational organization
committed to teaching young people and adults 20
Relationship
Improvement SKills that can be used to benefit any
school, work, family, or social relationship or group (1992-present).
Teacher of…
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1-, 2-, and 3-credit communication, teambuilding, and leadership
skills courses and half/full-day inservices for hundreds of teachers in
eastern Pennsylvania (1993-present).
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12- to 20-hour in-/after-school and summer courses for elementary,
middle, and high school students under grants from ALERT--Partnership for a
Drug-Free Valley and the Allentown School District (1993-present).
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staff development programs for the City Chamber of Commerce, City
Recreation Department, Lucent Technologies, New Jersey School-Based Youth
Program, Pennsylvania Power & Light, Rodale Press, Inc., etc.
(1993-present).
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leadership programs for middle and high school student leaders at
schools and at conferences such as the School Works! Leadership Conference
and Promise of the Rainbow at Moravian College (1993-present).
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social restoration programs for Lehigh County juvenile offenders in a
Parkland High School after-school initiative and in a Kids’ Peace
residential drug/alcohol rehabilitation facility serving dual diagnosis
teens (1999-2001).
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communication and teambuilding skills to community justice panelists
in pilot IMPACT program (1999).
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND COUNSELING
EXPERIENCE:
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Completed four courses to date toward certification in Drug & Alcohol
Counseling from Cedar Crest College.
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Taught sixth grade in Emmaus, Pa; Alexandria, VA; Cheltenham, PA.
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Supervised student teachers in the Philadelphia School System.
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Owned the Formative Years Preschool on Rittenhouse Square in
Philadelphia.
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Consulted for the Psychological Service Center of Philadelphia.
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Conducted 40 Interaction Analysis workshops nationwide with teachers
and administrators.
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Trained student teachers at Temple University.
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Facilitated sensitivity groups for Lankenau Hospital nursing staff.
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Co-trained graduate "T-groups" at Temple University.
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Conducted sensitivity training for juvenile aid officers and district
attorneys in Philadelphia.
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Taught coping skills to the single and newly-divorced.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Skill in Teaching
program for educators (manuals, workbooks, audio/videotapes). (Co-author)
Expanded Interaction
Analysis
(material on affective education). (Co-author)
NVIA: Nonverbal
Interaction Analysis.
Co-author
Relationship
Improvement SKills: A.Dynamic Approach to Improving
Relationships in Peer, Family, and Social Groups, (1992-1994).
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R.I.Sk
1: Key Concepts
(Author)
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R.I.Sk
2: Scripted Lesson Plans
(Co-author)
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R.I.Sk 3: More Related Activities
(Co-author)
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R.I.Sk 4A: Workbook 1 (Co-author)
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R.I.Sk 4B: Workbook 2 (Co-author)
!Come On, "R.I.Sk"
It! Learn 20 Relationship Improvement SKills You Need to Succeed,
(1994). (Co-author)
Relationship
Improvement SKills: An Interactive Manual,
(1994). (Co-author)
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