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The staff of the Catawba
Parenting Network are eager to assist you in any way
possible.
Please feel free to contact us by phone, email or
regular mail, using the information below:
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CATAWBA COUNTY PARENTING NETWORK
1005 1st Avenue South
Conover, North Carolina 28613
Phone: 828/ 465-9295
828/ 465-8151
Fax: 828/ 464-7727
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PROGRAM COORDINATORS
What They Do:
The Program Coordinators receive
specific training and become certified to
manage their assigned program(s).
Each coordinator actively recruits
participants, develops program subject matter,
and pulls together class material and
handouts.
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Who They Are:
Lisa Doucette,
Marketing/Public Relations Specialist
Metaleen Morgan Thomas,
Active Parenting Now
Coordinator
Nancy Riddick-McClelland,
Grandparents
Raising Grandchildren Support Group
Donna Fletcher, Cooperative Parenting and Divorce
Coordinator.
Allison Simpson,
Assistant Director of CCPN, ADHD Support Group
Coordinator
Lynn Martin, Parent to Parent
Coordinator
Christy Sigmon, Parent Talk Membership
Club Coordinator
Susan Reinhardt, Parent Consultant
Jo Ann Hefner,
Parent Liaison
Sara Artis,
Hispanic Program Coordinator
Laura McNeely, Parent
Resource Coordinator |
SUPPORT
GROUP LEADERS
ADD/ADHD Group -
Allison Simpson-
Support Group Leader
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group
- Nancy Riddick-McClelland
- Support Group Leader
Sensory Integration Support Group -
Angie Stone
You and Me, Baby! Lane Griffith
Dads' League - Tyrone Simon, Ed
Burns, Mitchell Turner |
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Lisa Doucette
Marketing/Public Relations
Specialist
lsdoucette1@hotmail.com
Career Highlights:
BA in Communications,
Lenoir-Rhyne College
Former Recycling
Coordinator, City of Hickory
Developed
city-wide education for schools and promoted
various collection programs
Freelance Writer
CCPN Involvement:
Became involved with
Parenting Network in 2005.
Personal Highlights:
Mother of two wonderful
boys Adam and Jordan
Thrilled to be
promoting parenting programs which will make a
real difference in the lives
of children! |
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Jo Ann Hefner
Parent Liaison
joannhefner@catawbacountync.gov
828-465-8151
Career
Highlights:
20 years experience in the business field
Currently studying for BA in Psychology
Personal
Highlights:
Mother of two children
Passionate about making a difference in
childrens lives |
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Nancy
Riddick-McClelland
Facilitator for Grandparents
Raising Grandchildren Support Group,
Trainer for Active Parenting Now.
Career
Highlights:
Early Childhood Credentials
Effective Teaching Training
Business Administration in Human
Resources.
CCPN Involvement:
Involved with CCPN since April 2003
Personal Highlights:
Saw potential to make a difference in lives
of parents searching for answers by sharing
her
story and letting them know they are not alone
Mother of two adult children, one teen,
one tween, and Nana to 2 grandchildren |
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Allison Simpson
Assistant Director of CCPN,
ADHD Support Group Coordinator
asimpson@catawbacountync.gov
(828) 464-7384 work
asimpson@catawbavalleymc.org
Career
Highlights:
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology
Davidson College
Served as Resident Director at Lenoir-Rhyne
College
Former Community Relations Director for
Frye Regional Medical Center
CCPN Involvement:
Involved with CCPN since September
2000
Attended Continuing Education workshops in
areas of anger management, Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and childhood bipolar disorder
Currently Applying to North Carolina
Parent Education Network (NCPEN) to become a
North
Carolina Credentialed Parent Educator
Personal
Highlights:
Her own challenges as a parent inspired her
to return to the work force in 2000 to be a
resource to other parents through CCPN |
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Lynn C. Martin
Parent
to Parent Program Coordinator and facilitator
lynncmartin@charter.net
CCPN Involvement:
Parent to Parent Coordinator and Facilitator
since 2005
Career
Highlights:
3 years as Special Consultant and Program
Facilitator to the Coordinator of Addictions
program for the city of New York.
25 years facilitating support groups for
women, couples, professional organizations,
etc.
4 years Facilitator & Trainer for AVP
(Alternatives to Violence Project) in
Portland, Maine.
3 years Prevention Educator and Asst.
Director of the Julie Foundation,
Cape
Porpoise, ME
5 years as Coordinator of PERC (Parent
Effectiveness in Resolving Conflict...with
your teen) parenting program and Co-facilitator and Facilitator Trainer for the
program in 4
counties in Maine.
Personal
Highlights:
Mother of 3 adult children and Nana to
four
grandchildren.
Experience in a step-family, as a single
mother of 3 adolescents and
special
needs child.
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Laura McNeely
Parent Resource Coordinator
Career
Highlights:
Bachelors degree, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro
Masters degrees, Winthrop College and
Appalachian State University
Former School Counselor
National Board Certified School Counselor
Certified District Court Mediator
Personal
Highlights:
Married to husband, Steve, for 37
years
Mother of 3 wonderful adult daughters
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| Created in 1999, the Catawba County
Parenting Network works to improve the well-being of children and
families in Catawba County by providing high quality parenting
enrichment and support programs as well as timely referral to other
family resources. Primarily funded by the Catawba County Partnership
for Children through Smart Start, the CCPN is a program of Catawba
County Schools. Additional funding is provided by the Beaver Family
Foundation, Inc., Catawba County United Way, Catawba Radiological
Associates, Inc., Catawba Valley Community College, Catawba Valley
Medical Center, Corning, Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory
Public Schools, NC Pre-Kindergarten Program, Newton-Conover City
Schools, Peoples Bank, Republic Services of NC/GDS, Shuford Yarns
LLC, Target, The Department of Juvenile Justice, The Unifour
Foundation, Inc., United Way Youth Council, and Wells Fargo
Foundation. |
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