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Triple P America - For Parents

Triple P is an internationally acclaimed system or suite of parenting interventions

Familyworks, Inc.

Parenting Wisely has been included in the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices since 2002 for prevention and early intervention of juvenile substance abuse and behavior problems. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention rates Parenting Wisely as a promising program for preventing juvenile delinquency.

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Donor Siblings - Audio Recording

Wendy Kramer will talk about the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR), which she created to help sperm donor siblings connect with one another. The internet-based nonprofit organization has connected over 7000 families, redefining how family is conceptualized.

Discussants: Alexis Walker; Yvette Perry; Ingrid Connidis

Facilitator: Katherine Allen

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Intervention Studies Fostering Parental Couple Relationships - Video Recording

Philip Cowan, Ph.D. and Carolyn Cowan, Ph.D.

Philip and Carolyn Cowan are Professors Emeriti of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

The Cowans will be reporting on more than a decade of intervention studies on parental relationships with young children, particularly in times of transition. Their recent studies contrast the impact of couples' groups and fathers' groups and how interventions encourage low income fathers to become and stay involved with their young children.

Session Presider: Anisa Zvonkovic

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Grandparenting - Audio Recording

Generative Grandfathering: How Grandfathers Nurture Grandchildren, James Bates, Alan Taylor

Lessons From Grandpa: What Grandchildren Learn About Fatherhood From Grandfathers, Todd Goodsell, Owen Williamson, James Bates

Long-term Stepgrandmother Relationships, Mary-Catherine Kane, Karen Blaisure, Alan Hovestadt

Discussant/Moderator: Tim Killian

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The Practice of Family Life Education - Audio Recording

Professionalization of Family Life Education: Defining the Field, Carol Darling, William Michael Fleming, Dawn Cassidy

An Innovative, Universal, and Practical Teaching Model for Effective Family Life Education, V. William Harris, Katherine J. Chartier, Elizabeth Davis

Using Video Clips as Lenses to Family Distress: Teaching Family Distress Model, Raquel Delevi, Andrea Meyer, Nadia Flanigan, Mercedes Nalls, Thomas Cornille, Ann Mullis, Ron Mullis

What Can Family Life Education Learn From Myspace About Reaching the Next Generation of Parents? Susan Walker, Christine Greenhow

Discussant: Sedahlia Jasper Crase

Presider: David Schramm

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Research Methods Update: The Interdependence of Family Members: Approaches in Multilevel Modeling - Audio Recording

JuliAnna Smith, Ph.D.; Aline Sayer, Ph.D. and Jade Logan, Ph.D.

JuliAnna Smith, Aline Sayer and Jade Logan are all researchers and faculty members at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

One of the most fascinating aspects of studying families is attempting to understand the impact of the strong interdependence between family members on well-being, relationship quality and other outcomes of interest. Unfortunately, many commonly used statistical methods such as analysis of variance (ANOVA) and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression assume that the outcomes being examined are statistically independent of each other. As a result, hypothesis tests based on these approaches will be inaccurate when examining outcomes for individuals who are nested within families. This workshop will provide several statistical models useful for the analysis of dyadic data including the longitudinal multivariate outcomes model for distinguishable dyads. The presenters will walk the participants through the steps required to properly structure data and then to fit these models to data using the HLM6 software package.

Introduction of Speaker: Sylvia Niehuis

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Focus on Poverty Research: The National Poverty Centers - Audio Recording

Presenters: Tom Kaplan, Ph.D., representing the Institute for Poverty Research at University of Wisconsin; Deborah Tootle, Ph.D., representing the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University; Jocelyn B. Richgels, Ph.D., representing the Rural Policy Research Institute, administered jointly by Iowa State University, University of Missouri and University of Nebraska; Rich Huddleston, Ph.D., Executive Director, ARK Advocates for Children and Families.

The purpose of this session is to further the knowledge of federally supported Poverty Centers and the resources available to scholars through the Centers, by listening to and interacting with a panel of leader-representatives from each of the Centers.

Chair: Pamela A. Monroe

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Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family - Audio Recording

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Evidence-based Practice: Linking Research and Practice - Audio Recording

Gary L. Bowen, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Elaine Anderson, University of Maryland; Jane Gilgun, University of Minnesota; Shirley M. H. Hanson, Emeritus, Oregon Health Sciences University; Leigh Leslie, University of Maryland; Terrance Olson, Brigham Young University; Stephen Small, University of Wisconsin-Madison

This session will define Evidence-based Practice (EBP), its history and development, and its current  application in family science and social work, including pros and cons. Panel members will discuss the application of EBP to areas of central concern to NCFR members: youth development, school success, family life education (marital and family enrichment), and training of family life and social work professionals.

Chair: Gary L. Bowen