LIVE STREAMING SESSION

(Sponsored by University of Georgia Department of Human Development and Family Science)

Session Presider: Katia Paz Goldfarb, Ph.D., 2019 NCFR Program Chair

Rubén Parra-Cardona, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Coordinator For Initiatives in Mexico and Latin America, Co-Director, Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Dr. Parra-Cardona will present 10 years of a collaborative program of parenting prevention research between the U.S. and Mexico. Specifically, parallel programs of research will be described focused on the cultural adaptation of the evidence-based parenting intervention known as GenerationPMTO. Reflections will address the ways in which cultural adaptations were refined according to contrasting contexts in the U.S., as well as northern and central Mexico. For example, in the U.S., prevention interventions have been consistently revised to address issues of racism and discrimination towards Latinx immigrants. In Mexico, although a randomized controlled trial was successfully completed in the Distrito Federal, alternative approaches were followed in Northern Mexico to accommodate to the challenges of community violence. Implications for applied prevention work with Latinx populations in the U.S. and Latin America will be discussed.

Captioning at this session sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science

Pre-Address Agenda:
• Welcome: Katia Paz Goldfarb, Ph.D., 2019 NCFR Program Chair 

• Presentation of Awards
• Cindy Winter Scholarship to Jessica N. Fish, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Presenter: Andrea Roach, NCFR Students/New Professionals Board Representative
• NCFR Student Award to Autumn M. Bermea, Ph.D., Ohio State University; Presenter: Andrea Roach, NCFR Students/New Professionals Board Representative
• Ernest G. Osborne Award to Victor W. Harris, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Florida; Presenter: Karen Myers-Bowman, Chair, Ernest Osborne Award Committee
• Feldman Outstanding Research Proposal for Research in Family Policy to Melissa Rector LaGraff, M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Presenter: Anthony J. Ferraro, Feldman Award Chair 

• Welcome From the Plenary Sponsor, Ted G. Futris, Ph.D., CFLE, University of Georgia Department of Human Development and Family Science

• Introduction of Speaker: Katia Paz Goldfarb, Ph.D., 2019 NCFR Program Chair

Post-Address Agenda:
• Looking Ahead to the 2020 Conference: Brad van Eeden-Moorefield, Ph.D., CFLE, 2020 NCFR Conference Program Chair

Session Presider: Katia Paz Goldfarb, Ph.D., 2019 NCFR Program Chair

OBJECTIVES

--Participants will reflect about the importance of cultural adaptation for the successful engagement of diverse populations in evidence-based parenting interventions.
--Participants will learn about contrasting parenting projects implemented in the U.S. and Mexico, which were refined according to cultural nuances of target populations and contrasting contextual realities.
--Participants will reflect about the need to ground international collaborations according to principles of mutual learning, social justice, and commitment to follow the leadership of local communities.