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Forum to explore helping young people make transition to adulthood
Craig Chamberlain,
News Editor
217-333-2894; cdchambe@uiuc.edu
3/16/2006
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —
The transition into adulthood will be the topic at a public forum April
1, the last this school year in an education-related series at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The Saturday morning forum, “Young People, Entrapped, Endangered
or on Their Way – The Transition into Adulthood,” will run
from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Krannert
Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign.
“It’s definitely more confusing now for young people moving
into adulthood,” says Anne Robertson, coordinator of school-university
research relations in the university’s College
of Education, and the organizer of the event.
Many young people feel disconnected from their families and communities,
and “there are a lot of issues when a young person turns 18 that
have potentially serious consequences,” she said. The forum will
explore those issues and examine strategies that families, schools and
the local community can use to help.
Parents, teachers, administrators, university faculty and students,
and anyone with an interest in education are invited to attend.
The event will start with presentations, followed by a town hall-style
panel discussion. A continental breakfast will be offered at 8:30 a.m.
Scheduled presenters will be Debra Bragg, a U. of I. professor of education;
Linda Moore, dean of students at Parkland College; Kathleen Oertle,
a U. of I. doctoral candidate in special education; Linda Page, coordinator
of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Program for the
Champaign School District; Dale Petre, director of community services
for Cunningham Children’s Home; Dave Requa, superintendent of
Rantoul Township High School, and Peter Thomas, director of Lincoln’s
Challenge Academy.
Joining the presenters as panelists for the town hall discussion will
be other educators, officials and youth.
The forum series is sponsored by the university’s College of Education
and organized by the university’s chapter of Phi Delta Kappa,
a professional association for educators. Co-planners include Parkland
College and the Champaign and Urbana school districts. Co-sponsors for
the forum include local school districts and community organizations.
Teachers and school personnel can earn CEU and CPDU credits by attending.
