Parent Seminar: Bridge Builders

If you have a child or youth in your life you realize this isn't the same world where we grew up. Our students face anxiety-provoking fears on a daily basis.
In this seminar we will talk about some of those fears and the problems they can cause in the life of your student. We are going to give you practical tools that will help you build a bridge in your relationship with your elementary, middle, and/or high school student. We want to equip you to have difficult, honest, and authentic conversations and teach you how to plug into the community of support that is around you.
We have two amazing presenters that come to us with years of experience and a wealth of practical knowledge, Rev.Bobby Fleck and Dr. Melanie Watson

REGISTER AT: ooltewahumc.com/events
About our presenters:
Bobby Fleck has been in ministry for 21 years as a youth pastor, family pastor, associate pastor, and chaplain. He currently serves as the Palliative Care Chaplain with Erlanger Hospital.
Bobby, Tiffini, and their triplet eleven-year-old daughters live in Ringgold, GA. Bobby is an Ordained Pastor with the International Ministerial Fellowship. He holds a B.A. from Mercer University in Christianity, a M.Div. in Formation and Witness from Emory University, Candler School of Theology, and is currently working on a D.Min. in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Gardner-Webb University.
Bobby has extensive experience with grief and crisis counseling, pastoral care, missions, community outreach, student ministry, administration, leadership development, and relationship networking.
Melanie Watson, MSSW, EdD, has been a school Social Worker for 21 years in the state of Georgia. She currently serves in that role and as the McKinney Vento Education Liaison for Whitfield County Schools. Melanie holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, a Masters of Science in Social Work from the University of Tennessee, and a Doctorate in School Improvement from the University of West Georgia.

Melanie's job duties include, but are not limited to, serving on the Crisis Response team and the Behavior Threat assessment team for Whitfield County Schools. She has received training in Comprehensive Threat Assessment, Trauma Response, and various mental health trainings including suicide prevention. Melanie's favorite part of her job is removing barriers so that students can be successful in school. She considers it an honor to walk alongside families and students on a daily basis.

Melanie and Chad have been married for 25 years and are the parents to 3 children, Emma is 19, Ethan is 14 and Carter is 13. She does enjoy reading when she has down time. Melanie and her family live in Ooltewah.

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