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COMMUNITY SERVICE

Judge for UIL high school debate – Lincoln/Douglas, Dec. 2001
Award for Outstanding Participation in Keep Odessa Beautiful, Oct. 2001
Organized 75 person clean up crew for Keep Odessa Beautiful, Oct. 2001
In-service training for Midland College faculty: How to handle Generation X and Is There Y Coming. August 2000
Guest on Krista Ironsides PM Program, KMID ABC: Disciplining Children. February 2000
Interview with Mike Barker, KMID TV, Education and Achievement. January 2000
Advisory board for the Odessa College Human Services Drug and Alcohol Program, 1999-present
Interview with KOSA CBS on Child Separation and Anxiety. April 1999
In-service training American Community College, Achievement Motivation and the Non-Traditional Student. March 1999
Interview on KMID ABC: Accidents by “Invulnerable” Adolescents. March 1999
Interview on KOSA CBS: Self-esteem and effects of parenting and preschools. March 1999
Interview Midland Reporter Telegram: Effects on children when classmates are killed in accidents. October 14, 1998
Interview on KMID TV Big 2 News, Jonesborough School Killings: Elementary School children committing violence. March 25, 1998.
In-service presentation to Odessa College Faculty: The ABCs of Generation X. January 1998
Interview on KMID TV Early Morning Show on Senior Research Convention. November 28, 1997.
Board of Directors, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Odessa. 1996-2001
Treasurer of Permian High School Gymnastics Parent Booster Club. 1995-1996
Coach YMCA girls’ basketball. 1992-1996
Consultant Ector Independent School District for Students Assisting Students program. 1995
“First Steps” Consultant and steering board member. National program to assist teenage mothers in parenting and preventing child abuse. 1995-present
Odessa college Twisters Gymnastics booster club officer or committee chair. 1981 to present
Permian High School Gymnastics Booster Club member. 1991 to present. Treasurer 1996.
Judge for the Regional Science Fair, UTPB each spring.Debate judge for University Interscholastic League Regional Debate Tournament. February 1993.
Performer for fundraiser in Community Theater Variety Show. February 1993.
Interview on “The Use of Sex in Advertising,” KOSA TV. February 1993
Regional Coordinator for Social Services and Public Affairs Committee in my Church. 1992-present
“Working Couples and Family Adjustment,” Presentation to the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Convention. November 1992.
“Boss… Dictator or Colleague,” Presentation to the Midland Health and Welfare Association. October 1992.
Interview on the function of Heroes for Children, Odessa American. November 1992
Interview on Attachment and Day Care for Working Mothers, Odessa American. 1992
Invited Commencement Address for Greenwood High School Graduation. May 1992
Testing Consultant for the Crane Independent School District. Seminar for high school students who have no passed the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills exam. March 1992
Basketball Coach for Girls, YMCA. 1992-1993
In-service workshop for kindergarten teachers of gifted and talented. Ector County Independent School District. February 1992
“Creative Discipline and Guidance” Workshop for West Texas Opportunities Commission. January 1992
“Early Childhood Education and Kindergarten Teachers,” Ector County School District. 1991
“Life Span Changes and Personal Identity,” Midland Chapter of National Association of Purchasing Agents. 1991
Coaching assistant Girls YMCA Basketball team. 1991
President of the Odessa College Twisters Gymnastics Team Parent Club. 1988-1989. Vice-President. 1991-1992
“Attachment: The Confluence of Pediatrics and Developmental Psychology,” Texas Tech Regional Health Center. 1991
“Yelling at Brats: Discipline Styles in Day Care,” Regional Conference, Texas Department of Human Resources, March 1990.
“Middle Schools and Social Emotional Development of Students,” Trinity School. August 1990
“Parenting Education and Child Abuse,” Permian Basin Child Abuse Prevention Association. 1990
“Life Span Development and the Relation to Scouting Programs,” Girl Scout Council. 1990.
“Popularity in Adolescence.” Presentation to the Alternative Education Center, Ector County Schools. March 6, 1989.
“Negative Identity in Adolescence.” Presentation to the Alternative Education Center, Ector County Schools. February 27, 1989.
The effectiveness of New Year’s resolutions. Interview Odessa American. January 1989
“Those are mines footses.” And other aspects of language development in preschoolers. Presentation to the Developing Child.
Odessa American interview on effects of Jessica McClure accident. September 1988
Odessa American Interview on Adolescent behavior in shopping malls. 1987
Permian Basin Counselors Association conducted 3-hour workshop on Effeminate behavior in boys. March 1987
KMID news interview on adolescents with Mike Monsieur. 1987
KMID television interview “Conversations with Mike Barker” Adolescent Sex Roles in the Permian Basin. October 1987
KMID television interview on developmental aspects of fears. October 1985.
Odessa American interview on scientific approach to fishing. September 1985.
Parenting group, Odessa, “Fears and Emotions in Children.” February 1985
Surviving Spouses, Midland, “Changes over the Life Span.” November 1984.
Kermit Independent School District, “Vocational Trainees and the Effects of Work.” May 1983
Member of the Southwestern Basketball Officials Association. 1976-1983.
Big Brothers, Big Sisters, “The Effects of Divorce on Children.” April 1983.
“Foster Parents of the Permian Basin,” Early Parent-Child Interactions and Their Effects on Development. April 1980 and July 1982
Frequent speaker in Ector County High Schools and Junior High Schools on Child Development and Psychology. 1978
UTPB Psychology Club, “Parents, Children and Sex Roles.” May 1978
American Business Women’s Association, “On Being a College Professor.” May 1978
West Texas Association for Education of Young Children, “What Language Tells Us About Children.” March 30, 1977.
West Texas Society of Speech and Hearing Therapists, “Language Development.” January 17, 1977
Major Invited Speeches: KNFM radiobroadcast, ½ hour interview concerning “Sex Roles and Society.” August 2, 1975.
Seminar Television interviews: “Parents and Adolescents: What an Adolescent is Like.” 1983.
Regular talks to area high schools and junior high home economics and psychology classes concerning psychology and also child development.
Week of the Young Child, Winwood Mall Art Display, Panel Chairman KQIP-FM Interview. April 1979
Effective Living, host. 1979
UTPB Speakers Bureau. 1979-present
Gerontology Resource Advisor, Midland. 1976
Consultant for Odessa Day Care and Preschools. 1975-present
Referee for YMCA, Boys’ Club of Odessa, and Ector county schools. 1975-1976