Please NOTE!! - we're leaving the 2008/San Francisco Smart Marriages Conference Tracks posted below
to give you an idea of what to expect in 2009 in Orlando.  As soon as the 2009 sessions are available, probably in December, we'll update this page.

TOOBs and FOOBS - the "Teach Out of the Box" and "Free Online Out-of-the-Box" Programs - dozens from which to choose. No training necessary, just open the box and teach.

For Clinicians - Working with couples, individuals and families in private practice or agency settings.

Mentor Training - Lay mentor couples/non-professionals can teach marriage education courses as well as - or better - than licensed mental health professionals!

Community Healthy Marriage Initiatives (CHMI) - grant writing, community organizing; research & evaluation; assessing for domestic violence; adapting for low-income and target populations; recruitment, NETWORKING, etc.

Strictly MARKETING - how to fill your marriage education classes and keep them coming!

Tools and skills - improve your teaching skills, discover new tools for your marriage ed classes or your practice.

What's New - we bring back the winners each year, the top-rated sessions.
But we also add lots of brand new stuff. Here's the "what's new" list to help you register.

Let's Have FUN - include these sessions in your schedule to move around, laugh out loud, and learn while you play! Or, send your non-marriage-professional spouse.

Stepfamilies - Training Institutes; TOOB Trainings; Stepcouples and Parenting; ReMarriage Preparation; etc.

Singles - Train, learn, mix and mingle.

Domestic Violence - Violence, emotional abuse, substance abuse, etc

Parenting - Parenting curricula from the becoming-parents stage through adolescents to getting them launched.

Men/Fathers/Husbands - how to reach them/what to teach them to strengthen marriages and families.

Low-Income/Fragile Families - Train and certify to work with this population in any setting.

Sex and Infidelity - Hot Monogamy, Marital Sex as It Ought to Be; Affair Prevention and Recovery, Men and Sex; Biblical Sex, etc etc.

African American - Programs/Curricula designed specifically for working with African American couples.

Latino/Hispanic - Programs/Curricula for working with Latino couples and families.

School/Youth Programs - We have to start with the kids! Be sure there are
school/youth programs in your Community Marriage Initiative blueprint.

Workplace - How and why businesses are the obvious place to provide marriage strengthening service.