Day Three

Friday, November 5, 2010
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8:00 pm - 9:30 am | Grand Ballroom Foyer

Poster Session 6

Community and Families, Evaluation Programs and Methods, Evidence-based Practice, Family Life Education, Family Science, Interventions, Medical Family Therapy, Parent Education, Curriculum and Teaching Methods, Technology/Internet and Families
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8:00 am - 10:00 am | Rochester Room

Donor Siblings

Special Session

Discussants: Alexis Walker; Yvette Perry; Ingrid Connidis, Facilitator: Katherine Allen

Wendy Kramer will talk about the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR), which she created to help sperm donor siblings connect with one another.

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8:00 am - 10:00 am | Salon F

Margaret Arcus Award Address

Getting Beyond Skills in Family Life Education

H. Wallace Goddard, Presider: Beth Van Horn

What are some of the processes that family life educators can encourage to help people get beyond skills, to manage bias, ferret out cultural nonsense, and build strong family relationships?

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8:30 am - 10:00 am | Marquette Room 1

Minority Fathering

Concurrent Sessions 7

Presider/Facilitator: Rudabeh Nazarina

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8:30 am - 10:00 am | Marquette Room 2

Low-income Rural Families Speak About Health

Concurrent Sessions 7

Discussant: Debbie Coehlo, Chair: Leslie Richards

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308
8:30 am - 10:00 am | Marquette Room 3

Community-University Partnership to Design a Co-Parent Court

Concurrent Sessions 7

Karen Shirer, Rose Allen, Mary Marczak

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309
8:30 am - 10:00 am | Marquette Room 4

The Sacred in Families: A Theory About How Religion Helps and Harms Families

Concurrent Sessions 7

Presenters/Co-chairs: Wesley Burr; Loren Marks, Discussants: William Doherty, Frank Fincham, Annette Mahoney

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310
8:30 am - 10:00 am | Marquette Room 5

Cohabitors’ Relationship Quality and Financial Considerations

Concurrent Sessions 7

Discussant: Scott Stanley, Session Organizers: Melissa Curran; Claire M. Kamp Dush, Chair: Melissa Curran

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10:15 am - Noon | Salons A/B

Families and Social Media

Plenary Session

Donald Roberts, Heather Horst and Tracy Kennedy

Hear from leading researchers in major foundation-funded projects studying families and social media.

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12:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Salon F

Innovative Family Life Education Practices

Special Session

Facilitator: Sharon Ballard

This special session is comprised of roundtables focused on relevant FLE topics. You can choose to visit all roundtables or just those that are of particular interest to you. This is your chance to visit with other professionals who engage in the same type of work that you do; others who understand the joys and challenges of being a family life educator!

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12:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Grand Ballroom Foyer

Poster Session 7

Adoption, Communication for Incarcerated Parents, Family Therapist Issues, Foster Care, Grandparenthood, Intergenerational Issues, Pornography in Committed Relationships, Racial/Ethnic Adolescent Issues, Religion and Families, Spirituality and Families
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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Salon E

The Future of Family Science: Innovative Paths Forward

Special Session

Raeann Hamon, Bahira Sherif Trask, Mary Ann Hollinger, Presider: Tammy Harpel

Higher education is facing economic pressures and institutions are responding with program evaluations that increasingly center around rankings, faculty productivity, grant generation, and enrollment. This session addresses the current state of family science and innovations that have yielded success and growth for departments.

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Marquette Room 1

Family Life Education for Reserve Component and National Guard Families

Concurrent Sessions 8

Discussant/Chair: Elizabeth B. Carroll, Presider: Shera Jackson

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Marquette Room 3

Church Leaders' Attitudes and Beliefs: African Americans Seeking Mental Health Services

Concurrent Sessions 8

Argie Allen, Christiana I. Awosan, Maureen Davey, Presider: Melissa Gordon

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Marquette Room 2

Innovations With Fatherhood

Concurrent Sessions 8
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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Board Room 1

Families in Transition - Policy Perspectives

Concurrent Sessions 8

Facilitator: Bethany L. Letiecq

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328
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Marquette Room 4

Issues in Premarital/Marital Therapy

Concurrent Sessions 8

Presider/Facilitator: Kevin Allemagne

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329
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Marquette Room 5

Family Violence: Making Distinctions

Concurrent Sessions 8

Discussant: Janel Leone, Presider: Lisa Taylor

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Directors Row 1

Children and Their Incarcerated Parents: Promising Theoretical and Applied Approaches

Concurrent Sessions 8

Guest Discussant: Creasie Hairston, Discussant/Chair: Joyce A. Arditti, Session Coordinator: Jonathon Beckmeyer

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2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Directors Row 4

A Nuanced Look at Couple Relationships Across the Transition to Parenthood

Concurrent Sessions 8

Discussant: Ted L. Huston, Chair: Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan

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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Salon E

Religion and Family Formation: Bi-directional Influences

Special Session

Christopher Ellison, W. Bradford Wilcox, Discussant: Annette Mahoney, Presider: Joe Wilmoth

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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Marquette Room 1

Families and Technology

Concurrent Sessions 9

Facilitator: Jessie Connell, Presider: Jessica Rich

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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Board Room 1

Multi-cultural Relationship Experiences

Concurrent Sessions 9

Presider/Facilitator: Meeshay Wheeler

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335
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Marquette Room 2

Military Service and Family Life

Concurrent Sessions 9

Discussant: Angela Pereira, Presider: Andrew Behnke

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336
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Marquette Room 3

Social Construction of Families and Family Roles in Korea and Taiwan

Concurrent Sessions 9

Discussant/Chair: Kristy Y. Shih

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337
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Marquette Room 4

Holding It All Together: Families and Work

Concurrent Sessions 9

Discussant: Karina Shreffler, Presider: Krista Minnotte

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3:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Marquette Room 5

Sibling-focused Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents

Concurrent Sessions 8

Discussant: Kimberly A. Updegraff, Chair: Anna R. Soli, Presider: Nicholas Koberstein