A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering.
Our guest this week is Janet Pozmantier, Outreach Educator with the Dibble Institute. Janet is a licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, and play therapist. She has worked in the area of primary prevention since 1982, first as the director of a child abuse prevention program for children, and for 20 years as the creator and developer of a nationally recognized, research-based, award-winning program teaching children and youth today the parenting skills they will need in the future. She brought evidence-based teen relationship education programs to Houston and launched training and implementation throughout the region. Janet currently serves as an outreach educator for a national non-profit (the Dibble Institute) and a consultant to several other non-profit organizations. She is co-author of a book on early childhood development and was instrumental in establishing Children at Risk, Houston’s child advocacy organization. Janet is a recipient of the Unsung Hero Award from Children at Risk and was named Trainer of the Year by the Texas AEYC.
Dads of Great Students is a national program currently operating in 47 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Mexico and even China. Over 3000 schools utilize the fathers and father figures within their own community to enhance the environment and safety of their schools.
Watch D.O.G.S. National Coordinator Keith Schumacher is the host of the show. Senior National Program Developer Chris Danenhauer co-hosts and they are regularly joined by Watch D.O.G.S. Executive Director Eric Snow.