RESPONSIBLE THINKING PROCESS® CONFERENCE

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Mr. Ed Ford & Rev. Jim Brettell

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      Mr. Ed Ford                                                                                                                                                                    Rev. Dr. Jim Brettell

http://www.responsiblethinking.com/                                                                                                                                         www.brettell.org

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Beloved friends,

I am asking that you register for this conference so that both Mr. Ford and I can get a better idea of how to prepare.  A major concern when preparing any speaking engagement is to know your target audience.  By registering in advance, both Mr. Ford and I will better to know how to prepare.  Please submit a separate registration form for each family member who will attend.  Thanks for taking this opportunity to register early by registering on-line.

Resting in Him,

Dr. Jim

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Dear friends, 

This page promotes the Responsible Thinking Process Conference that I will sponsor and co-lead with Mr. Ed Ford, the author of RTP.  I have been encouraged by Mr. Ford to write an introductory paragraph explaining how I learned about RTP and how I see its compatibility with Christian message and especially how it could help committed Christians in their struggle to become stronger in their own faith as well as teach their children how to become more responsible in their faith.  That paragraph follows. 

As a Pastor for nearly 35 years, my first serious encounter with youth came in 1997 when I organized the John T. Goad Christian School.  After spending ten hours a day and five days a week in school with 40 students covering every grade level from K5-12, it is no exaggeration to say that I learned more about human nature in the next seven years than I had learned in all the years of my pastoral ministry.  My perception from childhood and later reinforced by the teachings of Covenant Theology was that the means of changing disruptive behavior was to deal with it through punishment.  Seven years as a school principal and school teacher caused me to look beyond punishment and rewards as a means of changing student behavior to an alternative way for handling student disruptions.  The one I found placed responsibility for student behavior on the student. Teaching students how to become self-disciplined as the means of dealing with disruptive behavior is what Ed Ford’s process is all about.  Thanks to a public school teacher who led me to Ed Ford because she, too, saw that punishment and rewards was not solving problems regarding disruptive behavior in our school systems.  The more I studied Ed Ford’s work based upon the work of William Powers’ Perceptual Control Theory (PCT), I realized that both PCT and RTP were founded upon two very important biblically based concepts:  freedom and discipline.  As soon as I introduced RTP into our Christian School and then into two Christian youth camps, it became clear that God had led me to the Church Age means of dealing with disruptive behavior.  RTP can be used in varying environments, including homes, churches, and camps.  When practiced in the Christian home, it is a vital, biblically-based, parenting skill that teaches children how to become responsible in life.  I encourage you to attend this upcoming RESPONSIBLE THINKING PROCESS CONFERENCE.  If you want to know more about RTP and Ed Ford prior to the conference, you can go to the following web pages: 

http://www.responsiblethinking.com/

http://www.responsiblethinking.com/About_Ed-Ford.htm

 Who should attend this conference?  Parents and every church worker and Christian camp worker with leadership roles among every age-level of children.  In this particular phase of human history, if you enjoy being frustrated as you deal with disruptive behavior, there is no reason to attend this conference; however, if you are looking for relief, I encourage you to attend every session.

 Resting in Him, 

Dr. Jim

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RESPONSIBLE THINKING PROCESS® CONFERENCE

Theme, Schedule and Topics

 Conference Theme:  "Discipline in a Christian Environment:  Church, Home, and Camp."

 Dates/Times/Places:

     Friday Evening, November 11, 2005, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, BDCLR auditorium

Saturday Morning, November 12, 2005, 10:00 – 12:00 noon, BDCLR auditorium

Saturday Evening, November 12, 2005, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, BDCLR auditorium

Sunday Morning, November 13, 2005, 9:15 – 10:15 AM, BDCLR, Grades 7-12 Classroom with youth

Sunday Morning, November 13 2005, 10:30 – 11:30 AM, BDCLR, Grades 7-12 Classroom with youth

Sunday Evening, November 13, 2005, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, BDCLR auditorium

The purpose of this conference is to teach the responsible thinking process to children, youth, and adults.  This conference will focus on using RTP in Christian settings: home, church, and camps.  Heretofore, RTP has been taught and successfully implemented in homes, in public schools, on an Indian Reservation, within a juvenile prison, within a probation system, and with prisoners on a work-furlough program.  It has proven successful with children at every age level, including preschoolers and special-ed children.  It has been used successfully in the United States and Australia.  It is now time to expand its use into the Christian arena.  Why?  Because RTP is a biblical concept based upon the Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) which is also biblically based.

If you deal with children and/or youth, are you tired of being frustrated by their lack of social skills that leads to disruptive behavior in every location where they are present?  Would you not rather be calm, cool, and collected while it is they who are frustrated because of their decisions?  If you desire personal relief and are looking for the means of dealing with disruptive behavior, here is your opportunity to learn a process of dealing with children and youth that is consistent with God’s Word for the Church Age.  Please, do not miss this opportunity. 

Like so many other things, RTP cannot be taught in just a few minutes.  That’s why I have scheduled six two hours sessions on the weekend of November 11-13, 2005, to teach and train in this concept.  Plan now to attend.  Make whatever arrangements you need for baby-sitters, transportation, or anything else that would hinder your attendance if prearrangements are not made.

 AN OUTLINE OF RTP CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

 Friday Evening:  7:00 – 9:00 PM

     Preliminaries: Prayer, Welcome, Introduce Mr. Ford

 How we got to where we are when dealing with rule violations – punishment and rewards, and why this approach doesn’t seem to work.

 Building a solid foundation for what will work when dealing with disruption, and how this foundation gives us a chance to build a system that does work.

 Creating practical, down-to-earth ways to teach children how to look within themselves, resolve their conflicts, and create ways to get what they want without violating the rights of others.

 Saturday Morning

     Defining disruptions.

Looking at your operational procedures

Teaching children to think. Asking questions.

 Saturday Evening  7:00 – 9:00 PM

     Looking within ourselves.

 Figuring out how to get what we want, without violating the rights of others. (Learning to structure our life)

 Sunday Morning AM1 (location:  Children’s Church)

     With young adults (grades 7-12), teaching them how to reflect, set their priorities and standards, and make plans.

Sunday Morning AM2 (location:  Children’s Church)

     With young adults (grades 7-12), teaching them how to reflect, set their priorities and standards, and make plans.  

Sunday Evening

    Setting standards for yourself and in the home. Strengthening family life. Quality time within the family, and how it

    strengthens relationships. The stronger the relationship, the easier it is to deal with each other in a crisis or when there is

    conflict.

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