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The Community Foundation Hosts Renowned Parenting Expert and Author for 2004 Edna S. Thomas Lecture Series
Jane Nelsen to Give Lecture and Workshop September 28 and 29
Nashville, Tennessee – Parents have an opportunity to learn positive discipline techniques for their children from renowned parenting expert and author Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. on September 28 and 29 during the fifth annual Edna S. Thomas Lecture Series. The programs are sponsored by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee for parents and teachers of children ages preschool through adolescence.
The series is made possible by The Foundation’s Edna S. Thomas Fund. The fund was established in 2000 by Thomas’ daughter, Judy Lewis, to honor her mother’s outstanding parenting skills. The fund’s annual fall lecure series is specifically designed to help local parents learn to raise healthy, creative and compassionate children.
Nelsen, who co-authored the popular Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World, will give a free lecture to the public entitled “Positive Discipline for Raising Self-Reliant Children” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 28 at Montgomery Bell Academy, 4001 Harding Road. Nelsen will lead a workshop on “Practical Application of Positive Discipline Tools” on Wednesday, September 29, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave. Registration for the workshop is $10. Please call 321-4939 to reserve a seat.
“Dr. Nelsen brings an enormous amount of expertise in working with children to this lecture and workshop,” said Ellen Lehman, president of The Community Foundation. “I’m sure Edna Thomas, who was an exceptional parent, would approve of the innovative and everyday advice that Dr. Nelsen will share with the public in her name and I’m grateful to Judy Lewis and her family for having these philanthropic dreams and allowing The Community Foundation to make them a reality.”
About Jane Nelsen
One of America’s most influential parenting experts, Nelsen is the author of more than a dozen parenting books. Her first book, Positive Discipline, has sold more than one million copies and has helped shape how parents talk to their children. A well-regarded speaker nationwide, Nelsen has appeared on “Oprah,” “Sally Jesse Raphael” and “Twin Cities Live,” and was the featured parenting expert on the “National Parent Quiz” with Ben Vereen. Nelsen has a doctorate degree in educational psychology from the University of San Francisco. She is the mother of seven children and grandmother of 17.
About The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee oversees more than 450 charitable funds. In the past twelve years, The Foundation has distributed $216 million to community programs and institutions. Currently, The Foundation manages endowment, unrestricted and memorial funds totaling $300 million. It is located at 3833 Cleghorn Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37215. For more information, call 615-321-4939 or visit www.cfmt.org.
