2017 Full Conference Schedule (PDF)
Below, find details about each session planned for the 2017 NCFR Annual Conference, Nov. 15-18 in Orlando, Florida. We have also created a series of sessions sorted by NCFR sections and interest areas.
Session pages will include presentation slides or handouts if the presenter(s) chose to make them available.
Mellissa Gordon, Raymond Petren, Chelsea Garneau-Rosner, Jaimee Hartenstein, Mindy Markham, Kali Summers, Anthony Ferraro, Karen Oehme, Mallory Lucier-Greer; Facilitator: Emily Gaillard
This session will include four papers that cover topics related to parent absence and blended families including parental incarceration, relationship stability of young mothers and new partners, custody arrangements, and co-parenting after divorce.
Catherine O'Neal, Jay Mancini, Jessie Rudi, Dave DeGarmo, Kate Gliske, Abi Gewirtz, Kayla Reed, Mallory Lucier-Greer, J. Kale Monk, Lauren Ruhlmann, Briana Nelson Goff, Brian Ogolsky; Facilitator: Kaylee R. Seddio
This session will include four papers that cover topics related to military families including adolescents’ well-being, parental social support, mental health and unit cohesion, and systemic relationship programs for military couples.
Laura Nathans, Sukhdeep Gill, Amber Seidel, Bridget A. Walsh, Rose Steffen, Joy Heafner, Afsha Lakdawala; Facilitator: Dana Booker
This session's four papers cover topics related to Home Visiting including predictors of burnout, the Family Life Education approach, engaging families, improving early school attendance, and more.
Spencer Olmstead, Jerika Norona, Kristin Anders, Sherria Taylor, De-Ann Lott, Jamal Cooks, Rayshawn Wright, Joseph Ventimiglia, Lucy Mbirianjau; Facilitator: Julie Leventhal
This session's four papers address topics related to family stories including emerging adults' hookup scripts, black female adolescent athletes, sex stereotypes on female students’ in STEM in Kenyan Universities, and more.
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