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Experience Education, a nonprofit educational corporation, develops products, projects, and programs utilizing its staff of writers and developers. Families For Prevention_® was developed to meet one of our nation’s most urgent needs -- strengthening families.

Experience Education has a history of “firsts.” Conceived under the name “Southwest Iowa Learning Resources Center” in 1966, it was the first media center of its kind in Iowa and one of the first in the nation. Original funding came from the United States Office of Education. The concept of supplementing traditional teaching materials with media and other non-print packaged materials set a national precedent.

Experience Education has been in the business of designing and developing educational products and service systems for all ages since its inception thirty-four years ago.

Media Now, the first complete media study program in the nation, was created in 1970 for high school students to study radio, television, and film through a system of fifty laboratory learning kits. Over one thousand schools in all fifty states adopted the program.

Project Discovery, developed from 1972-79, was the first “hands-on” career and vocational education program. It is still being marketed to schools and vocational rehabilitation centers throughout the English speaking world. Sixty multi-media kits were developed.

Both of the above curriculum systems have received the highest commendation possible in education -- approval of the Joint Dissemination Review Panel, Department of Education, Washington, D.C. and mass adoptions in thousands of schools.

Families For Prevention^® is the most recent developmental project. This unique in-home education system is designed for use by parents of children from birth through elementary school.

Cooperative projects with such groups as the Southwest Iowa Latino Resource Center, United States National Guard, State Departments of Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, California State University at Monterey Bay, Girls & Boys Town, and school districts throughout the United States, as well as numerous public and private corporations and foundations, have made Experience Education one of the leading curriculum development groups in the USA.

Experience Education maintains offices in Omaha, Nebraska; Red Oak, Iowa;
Washington, D.C.; Monterey, California; and Oxford, England.

 

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Experience Education, the developer and publisher of the Families For Prevention^® system, will be providing whatever technical and consultative assistance is necessary to enable the Families For Prevention^® campaign to make a major contribution to the health and well-being of millions of students, teachers, employers and parents. A partial listing of Experience Education consultants follows:

William Horner

Mr. Horner moved from teaching Junior High School in 1961 to administration in 1965 when he initiated a grant which resulted in Experience Education. His graduate degree in media education from Indiana University in 1964 has provided the basis for a lifetime of producing and marketing media messages for students of all ages.

David Wilmes

Substance abuse and violence prevention have been Mr. Wilmes focus since 1971. As a substance abuse counselor, and as a lead trainer and author with Johnson Institute, David authored multiple drug and violence prevention books and multi-media materials. He is currently Vice President for Training at the Hazelden Foundation in Center City, Minnesota.  He has been a contributor to national news media including ABC's Good Morning America and USA Today. A  well known presenter at national conferences and hundreds of school districts throughout the United States, David is the author of Experience Education's Families For Prevention^® of Violence video series. 

Yolanda Shields

Ms. Shields is a community development specialist living in Nashville, Tennessee. Her sixteen years working with Nashville and national human service agencies brings a networking expertise that will give the community utilizing her services a considerable advantage. Yolanda understands how Families For Prevention^® fits into the continuum of services needed for the development of stronger families. Experience Education values the professional and personal commitment Yolanda brings to its consultant base.

John Ittelson

Currently Professor of Telecommunications, Multimedia & Applied Computing at California State University at Monterey Bay, Dr. Ittelson began his work with Experience Education while still a graduate student in Educational Psychology Instructional Design in the 1970's. A prolific author and producer of media, John is one of the nation's most experienced and technologically knowledgeable designers of media messages for the 21st century.

Bobbie Kamil

Dr. Kamil is currently a consultant to Archipelago, a Harcourt Brace company that develops CD-ROMs and Web-based courses of study. Most recently, she served as executive director of Cable in the Classroom, a non-profit educational organization of the Cable Television Industry in the United States. Her professional preparation and experience in instructional technology directly benefits Families For Prevention^® development and dissemination.

Gale Livengood

After serving as a teacher and principal in the 1950's, Gale joined Encyclopedia Britannica Films which was owned by Charles Benton. In 1968, Mr. Benton selected Gale to head up a new company, Films Inc. Together, they moved the company from a two million dollar per year company to a twenty million corporation in 1989. Gale's knowledge of media, marketing, and schools is a major asset for Families For Prevention's^® national marketing strategy.

Beth Gausman

As Experience Education's child development expert, Beth brings academic and practical credentials as the author of the Sound Foundations ^TM component in the Families For Prevention^® system. With a graduate degree in early childhood and several decades of work in various child care positions, Beth provides the expertise and emphasis needed for a comprehensive prevention education system for parents during the critical early years.

Gail Horner

As Experience Education's Senior Editor, Mrs. Horner, a former teacher and mother of four children, has been writing and editing educational materials for over fifteen years. Her knowledge and skills with desktop publishing have been essential to Experience Education's success.

Steve Horner

Even before his graduation from North Park College in Chicago, Steve was producing radio and television commercials. His arrival at Experience Education in 1985 launched its video production operations. As an independent composer, Steve serves as Video Director of the Families For Prevention^® series, as well as composer of the original musical scores.

Sandra Fowler

Ms. Fowler plays a unique role as a facilitator in Washington, DC. Her experience with the legislative process, along with her understanding of prevention issues, has made a major difference in the promotion of Experience Education's initiatives. That same expertise is now available to the Families For Prevention^® national campaign.

Thomas R. Hutson

Retiring as Consul General after a lifelong career in the service of the Department of State, Mr. Hutson continues to travel throughout the world representing Families For Prevention^®. His ability to converse in eight languages is particularly helpful in meeting the universal needs of parents to adopt prevention education techniques to make a safer and more productive life for their children.

Lydia Burgos

Born in Panama, Lydia came to the United States to complete her formal education and spend a long and successful career teaching the Spanish language to thousands of students in Omaha, Nebraska. She has also served as the lead translator, Director, and voice for the Spanish Familias Pro Prevención. She continues to be an important member of ExEd's development team.

 

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