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Bullying, gangs, social media, smartphones, reality TV . . . meet the real-life firewall for keeping teens safe How To Connect With Your iTeen is the lifeline every Twenty-First century parent or educator needs. This realistic guide shows adults how to reopen communication with "silent" teenage boys and cut through the drama of teenage girls. Written in clear, straightforward language, it offers successful techniques for navigating everything from socially complex issues surrounding sexting and bullying to such everyday challenges around school and homework. This evidence-based guide equips you with: Effective strategies to nurture and develop the 6 essential characteristics teens need to become productive and successful adults -- no matter how they define success Dependable ways to maintain authority and stay emotionally connected to teens in a world of longer work hours, interrupted conversations, and planned activities Reliable methods for keeping teens safe and protecting their privacy.
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Susan Shaffer is currently the Vice-President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. a non-profit whose mission is to build the capacity of educational and community-based organizations to support low-income and culturally diverse children and their families. She serves as the Executive Director of the Maryland Parental Information and Resource Center (MD PIRC), a statewide organization that addresses issues of increasing family engagement to improve school success and student achievement. She has more than thirty-five years of professional training, management, consultation, teaching, and materials development experience in family engagement, gender equity and multicultural education. Her most recent projects include an appointment to Maryland's Superintendent's Parent Involvement Advisory Council and serving on the board of directors of the Maryland Women's Heritage Center and Harmony Through Education, an international NGO whose mission is to build schools in developing countries for children with disabilities.Susan Shaffer is a member of the National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group and has been a member of the Montgomery County, Maryland Commission for Women. She was invited to participate in "The White House Conference on Teenagers, 2000," hosted by President Clinton and First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the White House celebration of the 25th anniversary of Title IX, and the Congressional celebration of the 30th anniversary of Title IX. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including, under her leadership, the MD PIRC receiving "Certificates of Special Recognition" from Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski as well as from Rep. Steny Hoyer and MD state delegates and local county commissions and a 2009 Partnership Organization Award from the National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) at Johns Hopkins University. The MD PIRC was recognized for making excellent progress in guiding districts and schools to develop comprehensive programs of school, family, and community partnerships. Ms. Shaffer also was recognized by the American Educational Research Association Women's Education Award for the most significant contribution to curricular materials on women, the County Executive of Montgomery County Service Award, and the Maryland State Department of Education Recognition of Service to Maryland Women's History Award.Susan Shaffer has co-authored with Linda Gordon books entitled, Why Boys Don't Talk and Why It Matters: A Parents Survival Guide to Connecting With Your Teen and Why Girls Talk and What They're Really Saying: A Parent's Survival Guide to Connecting With Your Teen (January 2005, McGraw Hill). They are also the co-authors of Mom, Can I Move Back in With You? A Survival Guide for Parents of Twentysomethings (April 2004, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam). Their newest book, Too Close for Comfort? Questioning the Intimacy
