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Thursday, 12 January 2006

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

8:00 AM-4:00 PM
1 - Pre-Conference Institutes - Federal Opportunities for Social Work Research 

9:00 AM-4:00 PM
2 - Pre-Conference Methodology Workshops - (SSWR) 

12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Lunch 

4:00 PM-6:00 PM
3 - Doctoral Student Panel – (SSWR) 

4:00 PM-8:00 PM
Extended Registration (for Pre-Registered Only) 

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

6:30 PM-8:00 PM
5 - Informal Networking (Cash Bar) 
 
Friday, 13 January 2006

8:00 AM-9:45 AM
5 - Pathways to Resilience: Results and Methodological Innovations from a Mixed-Method 14-Site International Study of the Psychosocial Determinants of Health 
6 - An Introduction to Item Response Theory and Its Use in Social Work Research 
7 - HIV Prevention and Services to Men 
8 - Health Disparities 
9 - Measuring the Effectiveness of Interventions 
10 - Neighborhood Effects in Child Welfare 
11 - Religion and Spirituality 
12 - Scales for Use in Practice with Children 
13 - Social Service Organizations 
14 - Social Work Education 
15 - Women's Responses to Violence 

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

8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Registration 

10:00 AM-11:45 AM
16 - Women and Work 
17 - Methodological Innovations in Research on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations 
18 - New Directions in Homelessness Research: Innovative Methods and Findings 
19 - Combining Randomized Controlled Trials with Binary Logistic Regression: a Powerful Design to Investigate Not Only What Interventions Work, but Also in What Circumstances 
20 - Field Research Using Social Work Practitioners: Lessons from Gerontological and End-of-Life Settings 
21 - Asset Accumulation 
22 - Mental Health Care 
23 - Mental Health Services for Children 
24 - Practicum Education 
25 - Qualitative Approaches to Research 
26 - Substance Abuse Treatment 
27 - The Immigrant Experience 
28 - Working with American Indian Youth 

12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Homelessness, Housing and Community 
Lunch on Your Own 
29 - Adolescents 
30 - Alcohol & Addictions 
31 - End-of-Life 
32 - Health Disparities among Black Populations 
33 - Youth and School Violence 
34 - LGBT Issues 
35 - Qualitative Methods 
36 - Social Work Research Centers 
37 - Suicide Prevention 

12:00 PM-2:00 PM
38 - Poster Session I 

1:00 PM-2:00 PM
39 - The Aaron Rosen Lecture - The Public Health Significance of Child Welfare 

2:00 PM-3:45 PM
40 - African American Adolescent Males: Mental Health Experiences and Self-Destructive Behavior 
41 - Social Work Research on Drug Abuse with Diverse Populations 
42 - Publishing Empirical Studies in Social Work Journals 
43 - Frontiers of Transdisciplinary Social Work Research 
44 - Aging/Older Adults 
45 - Aspects of Family Functioning 
46 - Depression and Vulnerable Groups 
47 - Family Impacts of Poverty 
48 - Health Practice 
49 - International Social Work 
50 - Intimate Partner Violence 
51 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues 

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

5:45 PM-7:30 PM
53 - President’s Reception 
 
Saturday, 14 January 2006

8:00 AM-9:45 AM
54 - Evaluation Research of Diversity Training for Behavioral Health Professionals 
55 - The Adoption and Safe Families Act: Research on Child Safety, Permanency and Well-Being 
56 - Social Workers Translating Research into Practice: Evidence-Based Health Promotion for Older Adults 
57 - Researching Culturally-Competent, Evidence-Based Social Work Practice: A Discussion of Challenges 
58 - American Indian Youth and Substance Use 
59 - Challenges to HIV/AIDS Service Provision 
60 - Community and Political Issues and Violence 
61 - Health Disparities 
62 - Measures for Social Work Practice 
63 - Methods in Evidence-Based Practice 
64 - Substance Abuse Treatment Policy and Services 
65 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

8:00 AM-2:00 PM
Registration 

10:00 AM-11:45 AM
66 - Preventing Childhood Problem Behavior in School Settings: Findings from Three Controlled Investigations 
67 - The Client-Provider Relationship in Services Research 
68 - What Should Be the Standards for Quality in Grounded Theory Research? 
69 - Abuse and Neglect of Children and Youth 
70 - Adolescent Substance Abuse 
71 - Aging and Residence 
72 - Health and Illness 
73 - Immigrant Families 
74 - Issues in Mental Health 
75 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues 
76 - The Impact of Faith 

12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own 
77 - Poster Session II 

12:30 PM-1:30 PM
78 - Campbell Collaboration 
79 - Child Welfare 
80 - Deans for Research 
81 - Elder Abuse 
82 - European Members 
83 - Standards and Issues in Peer Review 
84 - Qualitative Social Work Research Journal Group 
85 - Oncology 
86 - Violence against Women 

2:00 PM-3:45 PM
87 - Cultural and Health Disparities among Multi-Ethnic Populations: Findings from the California Health Interview Survey 
88 - Maximizing Participation in Longitudinal Research: Effective Strategies for Recruitment and Retention 
89 - Research Potential of Homelessness Management Information Systems 
90 - Very Brief Screening Measures for Research and Practice 
91 - Child Abuse 
92 - Families and Serious Mental Illness 
93 - Issues of Early Childhood 
94 - Juvenile Justice 
95 - Neighborhood Effects 
96 - Parents and Addiction 
97 - School-Based Services 

4:00 PM-5:45 PM
99 - Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW): Applying Innovative Methods to Understanding Services and Outcomes for Maltreated Children 
100 - Inside the Black Box: Factors Contributing to Effective Group Work 
101 - From Question to Answer: Posing Well-Built Questions and Optimizing Search Strategies as Components of Evidence-Based Practice 
102 - Child Mental Health 
103 - Child Welfare 
104 - Diversity and Welfare Issues and Services 
105 - Policies and Schools 
106 - Runaway Youth 
107 - Social Work Practice 
108 - Social Work and Disabilities 
109 - Workforce Issues in Social Work 
110 - To Honor the Contributions of Carol Mowbray 
 
Sunday, 15 January 2006

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

8:45 AM-10:15 AM
112 - Public and Private Supports for Children 
113 - Power Analysis for Advanced Statistical Models 
114 - Children with Disabilities 
115 - Correlates of Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavior 
116 - Correlates of Partner Violence 
117 - Correlates of Substance Abuse and Its Treatment 
118 - HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment in the Community 
119 - Mental Health and Aging 
120 - Scale Construction and Validation 
121 - The Role of Juvenile Justice in the Lives of Youth 

10:30 AM-12:00 PM
122 - Meeting the Challenge of Research-Practice Integration: Conducting Practice-Based Research in and with Diverse Communities 
123 - Using Latent Class Analysis to Move beyond Aggregate Findings: A Conceptual and Practical Workshop Using MPlus Software 
124 - Reflective Researchers, Reflective Practitioners? : Evaluating in Practice Ten Years Later 
125 - Child Welfare 
126 - Externalizing Behaviors of Children and Adolescents 
127 - Serious Mental Illness 
128 - The Role of Adults in the Lives of at-Risk Children 
129 - Welfare Reform 

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