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ORLANDO, Fla. - PowerfulEducation Technologies, LLC, a client company
at the
University of Central Florida's Downtown Orlando Incubator that provides
educational enhancement for young people, has launched a statewide
pilot
study to teach underprivileged and troubled youngsters employment
skills.
Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young, president and chief executive officer
of PowerfulEducation Technologies, LLC, said the firm is conducting
the study
program in conjunction with Life Skills Centers of Florida, which
operates
six alternative high schools for underprivileged and troubled youngsters
in
Orlando, Tallahassee, Opa Locka (Dade County), and Polk County.
Dr. Young said more than 100 students are participating in the program,
which involves a daily workbook that guides them through exercises
of
participation and concentration on important life skills such as
problem
solving and personal integrity that are essential to productive and
responsible citizenship.
"Our purpose is to use new concepts and technology to help turn troubled
youth into productive, progressive members of society," said Dr.
Young.
Programs and protocols PowerfulEducation Technologies has developed
can
reduce school dropouts, teen violence, teen pregnancies and suicides,
said
Dr. Young, who is also a human factors engineering professor at UCF.
Contacts:
Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, President/CEO PowerfulEducation Technologies,
407-649-6702, dryoung@powerfuleducation.com
Gordon Hogan, Site Manager, UCF Incubation Program-Downtown, 407-882-1577,
bizdev@mail.ucf.edu
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc.,
407-644-4142, lvershelco@aol.com
About the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Incubation Program has helped
more than
100 emerging companies (including nearly 70 current clients) create
over
$500 million in annual revenue and more than 900 new jobs with an
average
salary of $59,000. With five facilities across the Greater Orlando
community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic
development
between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City
of
Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, and the Florida
High
Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit
http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.
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