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 - 4 of 4 Session(s)
Conference Session
Workshop
Concurrent Sessions 1

Daniel Tapanes, Brian Distelberg, Deepti Vaswani, Sean Fitzgerald, Ginger Simonton

8:30 AM
9:45 AM
Session #
110
Location
Salon 14

This presentation will give an overview of the MEND model and highlight some of the resent data supporting its effectiveness.

Conference Session
Workshop
Affiliate Councils Workshop

Shera Jackson, Janis Henderson, Helyne Frederick, Michael McColley, Jared Brooks, Grace Bingham, Amber Johnson, Yolanda Frederickson, Haley Ballou, Pamela Payne, Bethany Willis-Hepp, Raeann Hamon, Debra Berke, Susan Piland, Jana Meinhold, Sarah Feeney, Doris Cancel-Tirado, Patrice Powers-Barker, Katie LaPlant, Carmen Irving, Rachel Arocho, Amy Kelley, Erica Jordan, Jennifer Newquist, Joanne Roberts

Presider: Rebecca Ward 

1:30 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
226
Location
Salon 9

This workshop for members of NCFR affiliates (local chapters) will highlight how affiliates add value of the Family Science major/profession/field.

Conference Session
Workshop
Concurrent Sessions 9

Deborah Gentry, Bill Anderson, Charlene VanLeeuwen

1:45 PM
3:00 PM
Session #
330
Location
Salon 16

Workshop participants will learn about characteristics and components of good quality case studies; strategies for incorporating case study analysis into classroom teaching; and explore different approaches to designing a classroom action research project that will more definitively measure their effectiveness.

Conference Session
Workshop
Workshop

Amanda Wroblewski, Kristina Brill, Kaitlan Kilgore, Kelsey Nelson, Dallas Stelter, Anthony Winslow, Cuiting Li, Sterling Wall, Lisa Moyer

7:30 AM
8:45 AM
Session #
404
Location
Salons 9/10

The purpose of this session is to match undergraduates with mentors in their projected field of work, facilitate career enhancing and meaningful interactions between mentors and mentees.