2017 NCFR Annual Conference Session Listing

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. 

Showing 1 - 2 of 2 Session(s)
Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 8

Alan Taylor, Mihaela Robila, Catherine Solheim, Shann Hwa Hwang, Karen Myers-Bowman, Isaac CJ Falcon-Campos; Co-chairs: Alan C. Taylor

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
316
Location
Salon 12

This symposium is designed to examine how Family Life Education (FLE) is designed, delivered and practiced across the globe. First, the concept of “culture” will be re-examined, and then scholars from four distinct countries will each discuss the current state of FLE practices that exist within their borders.

Conference Session
Symposium
Concurrent Sessions 10

This session will be live streamed

Karen Bogenschneider, Thomas Corbett, Emily Parrott, Patricia Strach, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Elizabeth Day, Jacquelyn Thomas-Miller; Chair: Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth

4:30 PM
5:45 PM
Session #
339
Location
Grand Ballroom B

This session previews a special issue of the Journal of Family Theory and Review that will consider what it will take for family policy to achieve firmer footing as a field of inquiry, particularly in the current political climate. This session will be live streamed.