"Joanne Doades is a talented and graceful presenter. She can speak to parents and Jewish educators and bring her listeners to a new understanding of the topic at hand. Joanne’s personal Jewish journey and her professional training come together in her “down-to-earth” presenting style and in the ways she frames to the questions for her audiences. I highly recommend Joanne Doades as a speaker for teachers, principals, youth group leaders, parents of Jewish children and teens!"

Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi,
Assistant Principal, Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies

Bring Joanne Doades to your community to speak with parents, professionals, or lay leaders. Popular topics include:

Parenting Jewish Teens - Why Are Today's Parents So Perplexed?
The world has changed, and so have our teenagers. They are growing up in an environment characterized by a highly sexualized marketing blitz and by media images that denigrate parents and other authority figures. Finding common ground has become a bigger challenge than ever before.

A Parenting Jewish Teens workshop, seminar, or presentation can help parents and Jewish professionals understand the many facets of this challenging transition in Jewish family life and develop constructive strategies for addressing them. Discussions can include interdating and intermarriage, conflicts about Jewish observance, risky and dangerous behaviors, and helping our teens grow successfully as they prepare to enter young adulthood.

"Joanne Doades presents insights into the challenges that are faced by today’s parents of teens. She engages all participants in looking at new approaches and paradigms for involving educators, parents and teens in creating opportunities for community and communication that can strengthen Jewish identity. Jewish communities that take her practical advice will be rewarded with a bright future for the next generation."

Helene Z. Tigay,
Executive Director, Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education

To bring Joanne Doades to your community, contact her by email at jdoades@aol.com or call her at 973.868.0007.

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