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.
Daniel Tapanes, Brian Distelberg, Deepti Vaswani, Sean Fitzgerald, Ginger Simonton
This presentation will give an overview of the MEND model and highlight some of the resent data supporting its effectiveness.
86 total posters in this session. Topics include Education Throughout the Lifecourse; Early Educational Programs Helping Families and Young Children; Marriage; Transition to Parenthood; plus ten more topics.
88 total posters in this session. Topics include Identity and Cultural Awareness; Well-Being and Discrimination; Family Policies; Poverty, Homelessness, and Human Rights; plus seven more.
86 total posters in this session. Topics include Military Families; Sexuality; Stress; Relationship Dissolution; Stepfamilies; Couples and Relationships; Parenting/Coparenting; Emerging and Young Adulthood; Neighborhoods and Neurons; and Substance Abuse.
Michael Wells, Malin Bergström, Elise Radina, Mary Martin, Lindsay Clark, Lauren Ramsey, Alyssa Oddo, Meghan Day, Danielle Jones, Kristie Cordeiro, Veronica Kuhn, Briana Anderson, Amber Seidel, Chelom Leavitt, Kami Dvorakova, Sukhdeep Gill, Bryan Cafferky, Annie Johansson, Seonhwa Lee, Kandauda (KAS) Wickrama; Facilitator: Amber Seidel
Lightning papers organized by the Families and Health Section on aging. Topics include Hostile Marital Interactions and Physical Health; Comparing Swedish child health nurses’ attitudes and support to parents; Health and Physical Disability Risk Markers for Elder Maltreatment; and more.
Annie Johansson, Bryan Cafferky, Maria Monserud, Gregory Smith, Frank Infurna, Eva Zautra, Carol Musil, Megan Dolbin MacNab, Max Crowley, Amy Hosier, Erin Yelland, Allison Goderwis, Aaren Sunderman, Kaylee Seyferth, Lawrence Ganong, Luke T. Russell, Kwangman Ko, Ashton Chapman, Caroline Sanner, Marilyn Coleman, Matthew Hunter Stanfield; Facilitator: Jennifer Doty
Lightning papers organized by the Families and Health Section on aging. Topics include elder maltreatment; depressive symptoms among Mexican Americans; "Sex, Dementia, and Long-Term Care"; and more.
86 total posters in this session. Topics include LGBTQ; African-American Families; Sexual Addiction; Feminist Therapists' Experiences of Managed Care; Foster Care and Adoption; plus 14 more topics.
Amber Seidel, Karl Majeske, Courtney Polenick, Kira Birditt, Karen Fingerman, Erin Yelland, Jacquelyn Benson, James Bates, Kristin Litzelman, M. Hunter Stanfield, Jennifer Pearce-Morris, Loriena Yancura, Christine Fruhauf, Nathaniel Riggs, Nancy Mendoza, Heather Greenwood; Facilitator: Brianna Routh
Aging topics covered by these four papers include: support exchanges between middle-aged children and aging parents; hearing impairment, and the role of partner support; and a curriculum for children in grandparent-headed families.
88 total posters in this session. Topics include Families in International Context; Immigrant Families; Refugees; Adolescence Therapy; Divorce; Technology and Therapy; plus five more topics.
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