American River College
FKCE & ILP Staff
Peggy McDermott, LMFT
Foster & Kinship Care Education/Independent Living Program Coordinator
Genevieve Markey
Grant Coordination Clerk

FKCE & ILP Faculty & Trainers

NAME	Class Type
Ammen, PH.D,Sue- California School of Professional Psychology,Fresno	Attachment Issues in Foster Care
Borrego, Ph.D., Joaquin - UC Davis Medical Center Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program	Parent-Child Interactive Therapy; Intensive Dyadic Intervention for Children “At-Risk” (in Spanish and English)
Brown, Ph.D., Paul W. – American River College Professor, Psychology	Child Development; Self-Esteem; Multiple Subjects
Bunker, LCSW, Walter S. (Seton) – California State Community Care Licensing	Multiple Training Ability – Parenting; Leadership, etc.
Capel, Ph.D., John – Private Practice Specializing in ADHD	ADHD
Chidester, MA, Ardyce – American River College Professor, English	Building Children’s Self-Esteem through Storytelling
Coulibaly, Ph.D, Barbara A. – Pacific Oaks College Professor & Professional Association for Childhood Education	Cultural Competency
Currey, BA, Jeraldine & Currey, Robert – Foster Parents of 35 Years	Medically Fragile Children; Foster Parent – Lifebooks; How Foster Parenting Affects the Marital Relationship
Delgadillo, Angel – Sacramento City Police Department	Juvenile Crime Prevention, Gang Awareness (in English and Spanish)
Fox, Ph.D., Lorraine – Professional Growth Facilitators	Multiple Subjects; How Holidays Affect Foster Children
Hernandez, MSW, Esperanza - CDSS	Multiple Subjects in Spanish
Howard, MSW, Hallie – Sacramento County Training and Education Unit	Adoption – Foster Care System; Multiple Subjects
Johnson, BA, Erica – Grant Unified School District Foster Youth Services	Emancipating Teens; ILP Personal Growth
Kasick, BA, Melody – Sacramento County Daycare Licensing	ILP Personal Growth
Koller, Susan - CDAC	Drug and Alcohol Issues; Family Dynamics
Lehman, MA, Craig – American River College Professor, ECE	Early Childhood - Temperaments
Leman, Patricia M. – Employment Development Department	ILP – Trivia Pursuit
Macias, MA, Kathleen – Sacramento County Department of Drug and Alcohol	Drugs and Alcohol
Marshall, MA, Jeri – American River College Athletic Academic Advisor	ILP Personal Growth – Violence Prevention
McBryde, Charles – Bryman College, Didactic/Clinical Instructor Respiratory Therapy Program	Medically Fragile Equipment; CPR – First Aid; Juvenile Diabetes
McGrath, Ph.D., Jean - UC Davis Medical Center Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program	Parent-Child Interactive Therapy; Intensive Dyadic Intervention for Children “At-Risk”
McKnight, MSW, Dana – Sacramento County Worker, Adoptions Unit	Love & Logic Discipline; Stress Management; Parenting; Empowerment; Advocacy, System Process, and Community Resources; Multiple Subjects
Miller, Laura – Foster Parent	Resource for Panel
Mogar, Ph.D, Mariannina – San Francisco City College Professor	Brain Development of Children
Navarro, Hilda – Foster Parent	Multiple Subjects in Spanish
Norman, Neil, MSW – Sacramento City Unified School District Foster Youth Services	ILP Personal Growth
O’Connor, Ph.D, Kevin – California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno	Parenting; Working with Difficult Children
Peralta, MA, Marsha	Early Trauma and How It Affects Children
Poe, Ph.D, MFT, Lenora M. – Private Practice	Statewide Grandparents Coalition Co-Chair, Kinship Community Network Information Forum, Author of Black Grandparents as Parents
Puryear, Marilyn – Foster Parent	Panel Member
Rae, LCSW, Roxanne & Pryor, Ph.D., Doug - Behavioral Management Consultants	Child Sexual Abuse; Angry Aggressive Child; What is TX Anyway?
Reed, Sue – Director of Training and Former Educator - Active Parenting Publishers	Active Parenting, Train the Trainers
Rico, Ph.D., Stephen – San Francisco City College Professor	Brain Development of Children
Saldivar, Silvia - Have a Heart	CPR and First Aid; Preventative Health, Infectious Disease, Hygiene (in Spanish)
Saulsberry, MSW, Sharon – Sacramento County DHSS & Adjunct Faculty, Solano Community College	Teens; Communication; African-American Children; Discipline
Smith, Pete – Sacramento County Office of Education	Pregnancy Prevention, ILP
Thomas, MA, Dixie – American River College Professor, ECE	Early Childhood- UnderstandingTemperaments
Tillery, MA, Debbie	Kinship Advocacy
Tolliver, Dr., Ella – Solano Community College Dean	Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Author of Transformations – Teen Mothers Journey to Success
Tyler, MFT, Lyla L.	Self Esteem and Play
Valadez, Ph.D., Senon – CSUS Professor & Woodland Community College, ECE Professor	Music Therapy; Foster Parent Self-Esteem (in Spanish and English)
Vallelunga, Esq., Cherie – Placer County Children’s Attorney	Legal Issues for Foster Parents and Kinship Care Providers
Walsh, MA, Kathleen J.	Grief and Loss; Conscious Parenting
Washington, Dr., Dione - Quantum Leap Consulting Agency	Personal Empowerment
Zebell, Ph.D., Nancy – UC Davis Medical Center Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program	Parent-Child Interactive Therapy; Intensive Dyadic Intervention for Children “At-Risk”