2017-07-25T12:50:35-05:00 2016-12-31 274256127 PINCHASIK YELEN MUSKAT STEIN LLC 3225 AVIATION AVENUE SUITE 500 MIAMI FL 33133 990 2016-01-01 650683088 THE MELISSA INSTITUTE FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT INC MELI 3052842930 1507 LEVANTE AVENUE - SUITE 331 CORAL GABLES FL 33146 LYNN APTMAN PRESIDENT 3052842930 2017-07-20 1 MELINDA ROBBINS CPA P01077080 3058585800 96.65.160.105 2017-07-20 14:21:44 ED P 5190680B3CC513772DA7F2F25213E44F6EE99600 7B8882FB0CF28E84C9BD1E8C58172612C1EA70A0 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z LYNN APTMAN 1507 LEVANTE AVENUE - SUITE 331 CORAL GABLES FL 33146 234934 0 X MELISSAINSTITUTE.ORG X 1996 FL THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND DIRECT APPLICATION IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE AND TO ASSIST VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 16 16 5 1 0 0 114360 168047 40675 32978 1810 1789 85309 6019 242154 208833 0 11500 0 0 127061 160038 0 0 4240 93971 59502 221032 231040 21122 -22207 354596 333664 3329 4604 351267 329060 X THE MISSION OF THE MELISSA INSTITUTE IS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AND PROMOTE SAFER COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE APPLICATION OF RESEARCH-BASED KNOWLEDGE. 0 0 1879 BULLYING EDUCATION SERIES - THE 14TH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT CONFERENCE FOR BULLYING PREVENTION WAS PRESENTED BY JULIE ASTUTO, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY COUNSELOR AND TRISH RAMSAY, EDUCATION DIRECTOR OF THE MELISSA INSTITUTE. THEY WORKED WITH 110 FOURTH AND FIFTH- GRADE STUDENTS FROM 11 SCHOOLS. EACH OF THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS SENT THEIR COUNSELOR WHO ALSO WAS TRAINED IN HOW TO RUN A BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM IN THEIR SCHOOLS.AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT CONFERENCE FOR BULLYING PREVENTION WAS PRESENTED BY PATRICIA BRYANT, HIBISCUS ELEMENTARY COUNSELOR AND TRISH RAMSAY FOR SEVEN SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS. A TOTAL OF 67 FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS AND THEIR COUNSELORS PARTICIPATED. 14070 15678 MAY CONFERENCE - THE INSTITUTE'S 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE NEWMAN ALUMNI CENTER ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CAMPUS IN CORAL GABLES, FL. THE TITLE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS "THE DANGERS AND PROMISES OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES: A CALL TO ACTION." DONALD MEICHENBAUM, PH.D., RESEARCH DIRECTOR, THE MELISSA INSTITUTE, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA, SERVED AS COURSE DIRECTOR. FACULTY INCLUDED WENDY CRAIG, PH.D., PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO; LAWRENCE FELDMAN, PH.D., VICE CHAIR OF THE MIAMI-DADE SCHOOL BOARD AND MEMBER SINCE 2008; JIM LARSON, PH.D., NASP, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, WHITEWATER; DEBRA J. PEPLER, PH.D., C. PSYCH., DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO, ONTARIO, AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE PROMOTING RELATIONSHIPS AND ELIMINATING VIOLENCE NETWORK (PREVNET); DANIEL SANTISTEBAN, PH.D., PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND DIRECTOR OF DUNSPAUGH-DALTON COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL WELL-BEING RESEARCH CENTER. THE CONFERENCE EXAMINED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES IN TODAY'S ELECTRONICALLY SATURATED SOCIETY. THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROMISES OF INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION THAT CREATE DANGERS FOR ELECTRONIC AGGRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION WERE PRESENTED.SINCE 1997, THE MELISSA INSTITUTE HAS PRESENTED AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR TEACHERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, THERAPISTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND OTHERS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION ON WAYS TO PREVENT AND TREAT VIOLENCE. MORE THAN 150 PROFESSIONALS ATTENDED THIS CONFERENCE. 2859 4350 ACT (ADULTS AND CHILDREN RAISING SAFE KIDS)THIS ACT RAISING SAFE KIDS FACILITATOR TRAINING PROGRAM TOOK PLACE AT THE NEWMAN ALUMNI CENTER. THE ACT FACILITATOR TRAINING INCLUDED ATTENDEES FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COUNSELORS, SUCCESS COACHES AND INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS. PARENT-TRAINING PROGRAMS WERE HELD IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND MONROE COUNTY. THE INSTITUTE SERVED AS THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL DIRECTORATE FOR THIS PROGRAM FOR THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION UNTIL AUGUST 2016 WHEN THIS FORMAT RETIRED. 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