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THE TAOS INSTITUTE PRESENTS a conference

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION:
A CELEBRATION OF COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES

In Organizations, Communities, Therapy,
Education, Social Work, Medicine, and Daily Life

OCTOBER 6-9, 2005 in TAOS, NEW MEXICO

• Interact with over 50 cutting edge practitioners experimenting with collaborative practices.
• Participate in a forum for sharing across multiple arenas of action.
• Create a context for collaborative creation of new ideas.
• Join in an opportunity to weave theory, practice, dialogue, nature, and good fun.

The conference will be of particular interest to practitioners from any profession concerned with personal or social change. It will serve as a forum for generating further resources for social change.

• Click HERE for a PDF of the conference schedule overview
• Click HERE for a PDF of the list of scheduled plenary and concurrent sessions
• Click HERE for a PDF of the available lunch Table Topics
• Click HERE to choose your sessions and Table Topic once you have reviewed them

Join us in TAOS, a fascinating part of the country, famous for its native culture, the arts, and the beauty of its surrounds.

For more information email: info@taosinstitute.net
Phone: 1-888-999-TAOS or 1-440-338-6733

Pre-conference Workshops are available

CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS:
CE Credits available through Houston Galveston Institute.
CE Hours fee: $15.00 (payable by check at the conference)

Houston Galveston Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Institute maintains responsibility for the program.

Houston Galveston Institute is approved by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, Provider #1263, Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Social Workers, and by the Texas Certification Board of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Provider #06410-91, as a Continuing Education Provider.

For more information on the granting of CE Hours for this conference contact:
Saliha Bava, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Houston Galveston Institute
3316 Mt. Vernon
Houston, TX 77006
Email: salihabava@earthlink.net
Phone: (713) 526-8390 x317
http://www.talkhgi.com

PRE-CONFERENCE LEARNING

Social Construction, Relational Theory and Practices
October 5-6, 2005, 9am - 5pm
Sagebrush Inn, Taos, New Mexico

Presented by Harlene Anderson, Ph.D. and Sheila McNamee, Ph.D.

Harlene and Sheila invite you to join them in enchanting Taos for an intimate two-day workshop. Bringing their breadth of experiences together, the workshop will introduce social constructionism and relational practices for those new to it and will help those familiar with it to deepen their understandings and practices. Additionally, focus will be on the numerous practical applications in organizations, therapy, education, and community development. Special topics include language and meaning-making, polyvocality, transforming dialogue, and appreciative perspectives. Participants will learn how social reality is constructed in language and the implications of this for our understandings, knowledge, and practices. Participants with a background in social construction will have an opportunity to explore issues of special relevance to their projects and practices

For further details, or Workshop Registration if paying by check, contact harleneanderson@earthlink.net or Sheila.mcnamee@unh.edu

This conference has already completed and no further registrations will be processed.