Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries (January 11 - 14, 2007)

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

7:30 AM-4:00 PM
Registration for All Attendees 

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
1 - Randomized Clinical Trial Research 

8:30 AM-3:45 PM
2 - Preconference Institute by Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (No Extra Charge for Conference Registrants) 

8:30 AM-4:00 PM
4 - SSWR Methodology Workshops 

9:00 AM-4:00 PM
3 - Constructing Grounded Theory: An Introduction 
5 - Systematic Review Methods 

12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own 

12:30 PM-4:00 PM
6 - Best Practices in Doctoral Education by the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE) (No Extra Charge for Conference Registrants) 
7 - Propensity Score Matching and Heckman’S Difference-in-Differences Methods 

4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Extended Registration for Preregistered Individuals Only 
8 - SSWR Doctoral Student Panel 

6:00 PM-7:00 PM
9 - Doctoral Student Reception 

6:30 PM-8:00 PM
10 - Informal Networking (Cash Bar) 
 
Friday, January 12, 2007

8:00 AM-9:45 AM
11 - Cancer: Psychosocial Issues Across the Lifespan 
12 - Improving the Child Welfare Workforce: National Estimates, Validation of Key Constructs, and a Randomized Clinical Trial 
13 - Advanced Topics in Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): Identification and Beyond 
14 - Practical Advances in Evidence-Based Practice 
15 - Disabilities: Policy Issues 
16 - Domestic Violence: Interventions and Policies to Reduce Victimization 
17 - Etiology of Adolescent Substance Use and Co-Occurring Problems 
18 - HIV/AIDS Prevention 1 
19 - Medicare/Medicaid 
20 - Outcomes of Foster Care 
21 - Schizophrenia: Treatment Issues and Outcomes 
22 - Social Work Education 1 
23 - Theory 1 

8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Breakfast Sponsored by the John A. Hartford Foundation Faculty Scholars and Doctoral Fellows Programs in Geriatric Social Work 

8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Registration 

8:30 AM-7:30 PM
24 - Exhibits Open 

10:00 AM-11:45 AM
25 - Evaluating Treatments for Adolescent Substance Abuse 
26 - Research on Young Adults Exiting the Foster Care System 
27 - Publishing Empirical Studies in Social Work: National and International Perspectives 
28 - Synthesizing Qualitative Studies: Why? What? How? 
29 - Assets, Microsavings and Informal Support 
30 - Depression in Young Mothers 
31 - Evidence-Based Practice 1 
32 - Foster Care 
33 - Health Issues 1 
34 - Homelessness 
35 - Organizational Issues 
36 - Schizophrenia: Quality of Life Issues 
37 - Support for Cancer Patients and Oncology Workers 

12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Interest Group Meetings I 
Lunch on Your Own 

1:00 PM-2:00 PM
38 - Aaron Rosen Lecture – Charles A. Glisson, Children’s Mental Health Services Research Center, University of Tennessee 

2:00 PM-3:45 PM
39 - Findings from a Longitudinal Study of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth 
40 - The Economic and Psychosocial Toll of Intimate Partner Violence across Women's Lifespan 
41 - Critical Issues in Meta-Analysis: Making Sure It's Done Right 
42 - Evidence or Anecdotes: Exploring the Epistemological Tensions of Using Qualitative Research as Evidence for Practice 
43 - Alcohol Use and Mental Health during Pregnancy 
44 - At-Risk Youth 1 
45 - Community and Neighborhood Issues 
46 - Domestic Violence 
47 - Etiology of Depression 
48 - Instrument Development and Validation 1 
49 - Policy Issues 
50 - School-Based Interventions 
51 - TANF/Welfare 

4:00 PM-5:45 PM
52 - Presidential Plenary and Awards 

5:45 PM-7:30 PM
53 - President’s Reception 
54 - Poster Session I 
 
Saturday, January 13, 2007

8:00 AM-9:45 AM
55 - Bringing Science to Public Child Welfare Service Planning and Accountability 
56 - Development of Mental Health Interventions for Disabled Older Adults 
57 - Strategies and Techniques for the Analysis of Secondary Databases 
58 - Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries: Development and Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Social Work Research Center 
59 - "Burnout" in Social Workers 
60 - Adoption and Kinship Care 
61 - Cancer: Quality of Life and Equity Issues 
62 - Causes and Prevention of Substance Abuse 
63 - Mental Illness in Criminal Justice Populations 
64 - Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault 
65 - Substance Abuse 1 
66 - Welfare/Programs for Low-Income Families 
67 - Work, Workplace Issues, and Workplace Interventions 

8:00 AM-2:00 PM
Registration 

8:30 AM-6:00 PM
69 - Exhibits Open 

10:00 AM-11:45 AM
70 - New Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW): Applying Innovative Methods to Assess Child Safety and Well-Being Outcomes 
71 - Validity Issues with Standardized Instruments in Community Mental Health Settings 
72 - Applied Categorical Data Analyses: Binary Logistic, Ordered and Unordered Multinomial Logistic Regression Models to Illuminate What Works Best for Whom 
73 - Building Trauma-Informed Social Work Research and Evaluation: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives 
74 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health 1 
75 - Consequences of Poverty for Women and Children 
76 - Domestic Violence: Social Support and Coping 
77 - Evidence-Based Practice 2 
78 - GLBT Issues 
79 - Gerontology 1 
80 - Sexual Abuse and Sexual Offenders 
81 - Substance Abuse 2 
82 - Welfare 

12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own 

12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Interest Group Meetings II 

2:00 PM-3:45 PM
83 - Fathers and Risk for Physical Child Abuse and Neglect: Findings from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study 
84 - Social Work Research and Multidisciplinary Studies: Findings from Major Landmark Studies 
85 - Community-Based Participatory Research 
86 - Examining a Contextualized Integrated Model of the Origins, Effects, and Adaptive Responses to Violence and Trauma 
87 - Child Welfare 
88 - Gerontology 2 
89 - Latinos/Latinas 
90 - Risk and Protective Factors in Relation to Educational Achievement 
91 - Social Work Education 2 
92 - South East Asians 
93 - Spirituality 
94 - Substance Abuse and Women 
95 - Suicide and Related Issues 

4:00 PM-5:45 PM
96 - Interdisciplinary Studies of Early Intervention with Families Facing Multiple Risks: Risk Analysis Protocols 
97 - The Client-Provider Relationship in Serious Mental Illness: Honing in on the Perspective and Role of the Case Manager 
98 - How to Write a Qualitative Methods Grant Proposal 
99 - Using Research Methods to Define and Measure Socially-Just Practice: Action-Research, Construct Development, and Praxis 
100 - Clinical Features, Implications, and Treatment of Depression 
101 - Gerontology 3/Hospice 
102 - HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors and Risk Reduction Interventions 
103 - Health Issues 2 
104 - Instrument Development and Validation 2 
105 - Responses to Trauma/Disasters 
106 - Professional Self-Care 
107 - Theory 2 
108 - Turnover among Child Welfare and Social Workers/Child and Adult Protection Issues 

6:00 PM-7:00 PM
109 - Special Presentation - Dr. David B. Abrams, Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health “Healthier Lives Through Transdisciplinary Science” 

7:00 PM-8:30 PM
110 - Reception 
111 - Poster Session II 
 
Sunday, January 14, 2007

7:30 AM-8:30 AM
SSWR Membership Meeting and Breakfast 

8:30 AM-12:00 PM
68 - Constructing Grounded Theory: A Brief Introduction 

8:45 AM-10:15 AM
112 - Acculturation and Adaptation in Latino Families: Using Diverse Methods to Investigate Cultural Involvement and Family Processes in the Latino Acculturation and Health Project 
113 - Diverse Methods, One Goal: Inter-Disciplinary Work and Perspectives to Alleviate and Eliminate Youth and Adult Homelessness 
114 - Genetics for Social Workers: A Primer on Physiological and Psychosocial Issues in Genetic Research and Practice 
115 - At-Risk Youth 2 
116 - At-Risk Youth 3 
117 - Children and Familes Coping with Disability 
118 - HIV/AIDS Prevention 2 
119 - Instrument Development/Statistical and Research Methods 
120 - Mental Illness 
121 - Parenting Practices 1 
122 - Predictors and Prevention of Antisocial Behavior 
123 - Research Issues, Approaches, and Measures 

10:30 AM-12:00 PM
124 - A Transcultural Perspective on Social Services Research: Understanding the Experience of Diverse Groups across the Life Span 
125 - Mainstreaming Substance Abuse Education: Crossing Interdisciplinary Boundaries 
126 - You've Got Subjects: The Promise of the Internet in Researching Hard to Reach Populations 
127 - Adults with Disabilities: Violence and Health Disparities 
128 - Characteristics of Criminally-Involved Youth and Adults 
129 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2 
130 - HIV/AIDS: Clinically Important Considerations 
131 - Interventions and Help Seeking in Youth 
132 - Parenting Practices 2 
133 - Prevention of Antisocial Behavior in Youth 
134 - Substance Abuse Treatment 
135 - Substance Abuse and Substance Abuse Prevention 

12:00 PM-12:00 PM
136 - Conclusion of Conference 


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