Troubled Children To Be Focus Of “UB At Sunrise” Program

By Mary Beth Spina

Release Date: September 2, 1999 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Thomas T. Frantz, Ph.D., will discuss troubled children in a "UB at Sunrise" program at 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 17 in the Center for Tomorrow on the North Campus.

Frantz, associate dean in UB's Graduate School of Education and chair of the school's Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, will discuss "Our Troubled Children: Identifying and Helping the Suicidal and Violence-Prone."

He notes that more teen-agers are killing themselves and others than ever before. His lecture will address the following questions: Are there patterns in these teens lives that could identify them before it's too late? What can be done to prevent a young person from reaching the desperation of a violent act? If preventive steps are identified, are we ready to take them?

Frantz has spent 25 years researching and practicing in the areas of bereavement, mourning, death, dying and coping with cancer and other serious illnesses. He is the founder of Compassionate Friends, a support/counseling group for bereaved parents with chapters in seven cities, and author of two books, "When Your Child Has a Life-Threatening Illness" and "Death and Grief in the Family."

"UB at Sunrise," presented by UB's Office of Alumni Relations, is supported by UB's offices of University Development, News Services, Publications, and Public Service and Urban Affairs. Corporate sponsors are Adelphia and the Sheraton Four Points Hotel.

The cost of the program, which includes a full breakfast, is $12 for UB staff and alumni association members and $15 for all others. Tickets may be obtained by calling 829-2608. The deadline for ordering tickets for the program is Sept. 14.

Other topics and speakers scheduled for "UB at Sunrise" program this fall are:

-- "Pets' Role In Reducing Stress" with Karen M. Allen, Ph.D., psychologist and research scientist, UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Oct. 21

-- "Hearing Loss: How It Happens & What To Do," Richard J. Salvi, Ph.D., UB professor of communicative disorders and sciences, and otolaryngology and co-director of UB's Center for Hearing and Deafness, Nov. 16.