Authors & Consultants Select Program Type Community Programs School Programs    Select Author or Consultant Elizabeth (Betti) Souther manages grant programs and provides staff development for the Farmington Muncipal Schools in New Mexico, after serving both in the classroom and at the central office. Since 2001 Betti has managed multiple Comprehensive School Reform programs and Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEARUP). In collaboration with Dr. Payne, Souther developed The R Rules, a workbook and training for young people grade eight and up. The R Rules provides learning activities that direct-teach young people the hidden rules and principles presented in Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty and Bridges Out of Poverty, co-authored by Payne, Phil DeVol and Terie Druessi Smith. The R Rules curriculum was piloted as a life skills class aligned state content standards and supporting components of the American School Counselor Association model. This class continues to be improved as students use it to identify and refine personal resources and identify resources available in their communities. Betti has presented at local, state, and national conferences and has trained various groups of young people, including Student Senate, Youth Conservation Corps, GEARUP, Grade Court, and various other school and business groups.