Bret Stephenson Notable Engagements and Training History

2007 Engagements:
Feb. 2007. Adirondack Leadership Expeditions. Hero's Journey workshop and
program design. Lake Saranac, NY
March, 2007. Solano College: The Adolescent Mind Workshop. Fairfield, CA
June, 2007  Imperial College: The Adolescent Mind Workshop. El Centro, CA

2006 Engagements:
Feb. 2006 Futurehealth Winter Brain, Optimal Functioning & Positive Psychology and StoryCon
Meeting Modern Adolescence-
Shadow of the Patriarchy Palm Springs, CA
June 2006  Delta College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Stockton, CA

2005 Engagements:
Jan. 2005 Saddleback College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Mission Viejo, Ca.
March 2005 Calif. Dept. Social Services "Train the Trainers" Conference Berkeley, CA
June 2005. Institute of Noetic Sciences International Youth Conference:
Answering the Call: Adolescent Rites of Wisdom, Power, and Creativity
 Teen Coordinator/Presenter

2004 Engagements Completed or Scheduled:
Feb. 2004 Yuba College, The Adolescent Mind Workshop Yuba City, CA
March 2004 Solano College The Adolescent Mind Workshop plus
Guided Imagery and Storytelling; Fairfield, CA
March 2004 Diablo Valley College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Napa, CA
April 30-May 1 Saddleback College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Mission Viejo, CA
May 2004 Oxnard College Image & Identity: Guided Imagery, Storytelling and Mask Making
for Independent Living Program Youth Oxnard, CA
June 2004 International Transpersonal Association's Annual Conference: Mythic
Imagination and Modern Society: The Re-Enchantment of the World
Staff/Presenter Youth Conference, Palm Springs, CA
Aug. 25 & 26 Girl Scouts Org. Girls Juvenile Hall Sacred Fire Training Fairfield, CA
Oct. 2004 Delta College: Slaying the Dragon-Modern Adolescence Stockton, CA
Oct. 2004 Oneisha Healing Arts: Adolescent Mind & Adolescent Spirit workshops, Half Moon Bay, CA

2003 Speaking Engagements Completed
Feb. 27-March 1 State of California Chancellor's Office Foster and Kinship Care Education Training of Trainers Conference:
Grandma Goes to Court kinship video/curriculum presentation Sacramento, CA
April 2003—Yuba College Adolescent Mind workshop, Lake Tahoe
May 2003 Merced College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Merced, CA.
May 2003 National Foster Parent Association 33rd Annual Conference Des Moines, IA
The Nuts & Bolts of Adolescence (all day institute)
Choices and Control: The Needs and Paradox of Adolescence
July 2003. International Foster Care Organization Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Loss of Initiation and Rites of Passage in Modern Adolescence
(cancelled-schedule conflict)
August 2003. Integria Center, Brazil. Adolescent workshops to be determined.
(cancelled—schedule conflict)
Oct 2003. Family Strengths Training Institute 10th Annual Conference:
The Nuts & Bolts of Adolescence: What's Normal and What's Not!!
Nov. 2003 Nebraska State Foster Parent Association Conference
Cancelled-Budget Cuts

2002 Engagements Completed
Jan. 2002 Sixteenth Annual San Diego Conference on Responding to Child Treatment San Diego, CA
The Loss of Initiations & Rites of Passage in Western Adolescence
Transpersonal Approaches
to Working with Maltreated Youth
Jan. 2002 College of the Sequoias: The Adolescent Mind Workshop Visalia, CA
Feb. - May College of the Siskiyous Private On-line Foster Parent Class Project
1: Understanding Adolescence
 and 2: Reactive Attachment Disorders
April 2002 San Joaquin Delta College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Stockton, CA
April 29-May 4 National Foster Parent Association 32nd Annual Conference
Modern Adolescence-Modern Rules in an Ancient Game Pre-conference all-day Institute
May 2002 Lake Tahoe Community College Train the Trainers Conference:
The Adolescent Mind Workshop Lake Tahoe, CA
Oct. 2002 California State Foster Parent Conference 25th Annual Conference
Adolescent Development and Behavior Management Workshop
Nov. 2002 Butte College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Chico, CA
Nov. 2002 Indiana State Foster Parent Conference Indianapolis, IN
The Loss of Initiations and Rites of Passage in Modern Adolescence

2001 Engagements Completed:
Jan. 2001 College of the Siskiyous: Understanding Adolescence Workshop Yreka, CA.
April 2001  Healing the Child: Issues and Strategies Conference
Ventura County Child Abuse Prevention Council, Ventura, CA
The Hero's Journey as an Adolescent Treatment Model
The Loss of Initiations & Rites of Passage
Transpersonal Approaches for At-Risk Youth

April 2001 Mendocino College The Adolescent Mind Workshop Mendocino, CA
May 2001 Mendocino College: The Adolescent Mind Workshop Ft. Bragg, CA
Sept. 2001 Cuesta College: The Adolescent Mind Workshop San Luis Obispo, CA
Oct. 2001 Lake Tahoe Community College Train the Trainers Conference: The Hero's Journey
Workshop, Lake Tahoe CA

Previous Engagements and Projects:
1994 International Transpersonal Association's (ITA) Annual Conference:
Toward Earth Community- Ecology, Native Wisdom and Spirituality
Killarney, Ireland Staff/Presenter Youth Conference

1995 International Transpersonal Association Annual Conference:
Spirit in Action-Awakening to the Sacred in Everyday Life Santa Clara, CA
Staff/Presenter Youth Conference--Moderator: Boys to Men discussion forum

1995 United Nations World Peace Festival Staff/Presenter

1995 Association of Transpersonal Psychology's annual conference:
Pathways Through Change-Nourishing Soul in Society:
Transpersonal Approaches to Working with High-Risk Youth

1995 Men's Workshop facilitator Zurich & Waldhaus, Switzerland.

1995 World Children’s Summit. Staff/Presenter

1996 Association of Transpersonal Psychology's annual conference:
Thresholds of Creativity-Eros, Shadow and Spirit: Western Adolescence: Shadow of the Patriarchy.

2000 California State Foster Parent Association Annual Conference:
Adolescence as a Modern Invention

Return to Bret's Biography Page