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Valerie Gemanis was born and raised in Fresno, California.
She received her BS and MS in Psychology at California
State University Los Angeles. Valerie also has a teaching
credential, a degree in Alcoholism Counseling, and
an Adult Education Teaching Credential for Parenting.
In her quest for knowledge and personal growth, she
became a Certified Instructor of the "Understanding
Yourself and Others" course, a 3-day, intensive,
experiential workshop.
Valerie's career with Fresno County Children's Protective
Services began in 1979. She has worked in most areas
of CPS-Emergency Response, Sexual Assault, Adoptions,
Court, Reunification, and others. In 1994, she helped
develop the Parent Education Unit facilitating The
Family Nurturing Programs® with CPS clients. She
has instructed over 500 parents.
In 1999, Valerie became a Recognized Trainer/Consultant
in the family-based Nurturing Parenting Programs®
and began conducting Facilitator Trainings. Since
that time, she has trained over 400 participants to
facilitate The Nurturing Programs. She remains a consultant
and part-time employee of CPS while also offering
independent Nurturing Parenting Programs facilitator
trainings.
Valerie's training style is both intense and fun.
She is noted for her nurturing, enjoyable, and informative
workshops.
"I am writing to express my gratitude to you
for speaking at my class on the Nurturing Parenting
Program last Thursday. Your presentation is highly
informative, inspiring, and engaging. You have modeled
the nurturing qualities of a trainer/consultant to
my students. After your presentation, we continued
to process what they have learned from you and they
expressed strong interest in pursuing further training
in parenting workshops. Your professionalism, together
with your humor and passion, is highly commendable.
I am grateful to you...for making this presentation
available to students at my university. I hope we
can continue our partnership in bringing examples
of best professional practices to future counselors
in our community." - Assistant Professor (Counseling
& Rehabilitation) California State University,
Fresno CA
"It takes a special teacher to help individuals
learn about themselves in order to understand how
they were raised. You are a caring, supportive, creative
person who helps individuals in need to resolve their
problems with utilizing positive techniques. The class
and I were fortunate to have a positive facilitator
who showed compassion towards each individual. You
are blessed with a special gift to be a positive role
model to have people open up. Even if someone were
unable to speak your would find a way for him or her
to express their feelings." - Assistant Professor
(Education) California State University, Fresno CA
"I just love this class and I especially love
you and how you teach the class. You model for us
genuineness, caring, how to set boundaries, and how
to teach in an informal but very effective way. I
am so glad I took this class and look forward to teaching
it in a couple of weeks. I could not have imagined
teaching a parenting class, but this seems so experiential...it
doesn't seem like what I think of as a "class."
Thank you for caring so much about teaching that it
rubs off on us. I can see how much you love it and
how much you have (and continue to) put into it. Thank
you. - IM
We all want to thank you for the exceptional Nurturing
Parenting
Facilitator Training you conducted in Lake County
last week! Everything about it was just perfect -
your fine skills, insight and suggestions; your practical
advice and guidance; the handouts. Everyone is raving
about the training, which helped us both professionally
and personally.
The enthusiasm which we have been building for
our Nurturing Parenting project has been reinforced
and bolstered by the training. We thank you so much
for traveling a long way and giving so much of your
talent to us. We will use it!
Valerie Gemanis #124
San Luis Obispo, California
(805) 459-1294
CD33333@aol.com
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