HANNA LIVNI

SENIOR STEP INSTRUCTOR

As a young mother, Hanna began taking parenting classes in 1977. She continued her education at the Adlerian Institute in Tel-Aviv and became a licensed instructor in 1984. Hanna has lead numerous parenting programs and, together with her husband, has raised their two children with the STEP principles. In addition, her career as an early childhood teacher has allowed her the opportunity to affect many hundreds of children and their parents to established, loving, and respectful relationships. Hanna has become the Senior Staff STEP Instructor for the Center for the Improvement of Child Caring (C.I.C.C.). Her work with C.I.C.C. is under the Proposition 10 Grant, which is bringing parenting classes and seminars to families throughout the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys.

Currently Hanna is the director of the Early Childhood center at Kadima Hebrew Academy in West Hills.

BOBBIE PRIMACK

STEP INSTRUCTOR, BA IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT

As a university student, Bobbie studied the work of Rudolf Dreikurs which became the basis for the STEP program in the United States. She and her husband used this knowledge extensively in raising their three children. For the past twenty- two years, Bobbie has been a pre-school director in the West Valley and has had the opportunity to apply the STEP theory in her work with children and their parents. Recently, Bobbie received her certification as a STEP instructor and is looking forward to bringing the STEP program to a broader base of families throughout the West Valley and Ventura County areas.