Building Relationship Skills Newsletter
April 2004

Dear friends,

This summer offers a unique opportunity for those of us who are interested in helping young people learn the relationship skills they will need to eventually enjoy a healthy marriage.

On Monday, July 12th, Marline Pearson of the Love U2^® series, Charlene Kamper of the CONNECTIONS series and Nancy McLaren, the Director of the Loving Well Project will conduct an all day training session following the Smart
Marriages Conference in Dallas. The post-conference institute which is scheduled from 8:30 am until 5:30 pm is free of charge. The authors will train participants in how to use their materials in order to teach students the essential skills that are central to building healthy marriages. Their programs are easily adaptable beyond the classroom to churches, youth
agencies and community settings.

To sign up for the post-conference institute, visit www.smartmarriages.com to register online or download a printable registration form. You need not register for the Smart Marriage conference in order to come to this training (although you would be missing out on a most amazing opportunity to meet and hear the folks who are at the center of the Marriage Education Movement!).

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks for all you do!

Kay Reed

PS These authors are also available to train or speak at conferences that you might be organizing. Please contact us for more information.

The Dibble Institute for Marriage Education is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping young people learn skills which enable successful relationships and marriages. We serve as a nationwide advocate and resource for youth marriage education and publish materials which help teach relationship skills.

If you are interested in viewing sample lessons, current research, links to relevant websites and a variety of relationship skills educational resources, please visit our website at www.BuildingRelationshipSkills.org.

The Dibble Institute evaluates youth relationships skills resources and selects the best ones based on a variety of learning modes. In this way, our resources listed on our website are the very best of today's youth relationships skills educational materials. There are a number of ways to purchase these materials: call or order on-line with a credit card; print an order form from our website to mail with a check; or fax a purchase order. To expedite your order, please use the credit card or fax options.
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The Dibble Institute for Marriage Education
Kay Reed, President
P.O. Box 7881
Berkeley, Ca. 94707-0881
(800) 695-7975
(510) 528-1956 Fax
Skills@dibbleinstitute.org
www.BuildingRelationshipSkills.org