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Apply for 2020 Families and Health Section Student or New Professional Poster Award Due October 2, 2020

WHO CAN APPLY: Any student or new professional who is the first author on an accepted poster for the Families and Health Section. One award will potentially be presented in each of two categories: undergraduate and master’s students, and Ph.D. students and new professionals.

JUDGING CRITERIA: Posters will be judged on relevance and clear delivery of research content (e.g., background, aims methods, findings, discussion) as well as visual quality.

HOW TO APPLY: Send the following items to Carolyn Sutter at [email protected]:

• Two PDFs of your finished poster (one with author details, one with all identifying information removed)
• Your current student status (undergraduate, master’s, Ph.D., new professional)
• Information on your designated poster session time at the NCFR annual conference

Award winners receive a $100 prize, a certificate, and a ribbon on their posters, as well as recognition at the Families and Health Section meeting. Additional information is available at ncfr.org/awards/section-awards/families-health

Special Session

The Families and Health Section is excited to cosponsor a special session at the 2020 NCFR Annual Conference with the Family Therapy Section. The session will be on expanding our understanding of diversity to include individuals with disabilities as a way to promote health and resilience in families and communities. Our presenters will share their insights, experiences, and research related to this topic.

Title: Promoting Family and Community Health and Resilience: Expanding Our Understanding of Diversity to Include Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Presenters:

Jennifer L. Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Development & Codirector of the Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Department of Human Development and Family Science, College of Education and Human Sciences, Oklahoma State University

Kami L. Gallus, Ph.D., LMFT, Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy & Codirector of the Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Department of Human Development and Family Science, College of Education and Human Sciences, Oklahoma State University

During this session, the presenters will offer an understanding of intellectual and developmental disabilities from a social-ecological perspective. A systemic and social-ecological approach to disability focuses not on fixing or “curing” the individual but rather on changing the understanding of individuals across contexts to provide supports that promote individual health and well-being, and also have the potential to enhance individual, family, and community resilience. Presenters will also provide an overview of current research, as well as policies and practices related to the health and well-being of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

Families and Health Section Award Winners

The following awards were presented at the 2019 NCFR Annual Conference.

• Outstanding Professional Paper/Publications Award
  Brian G. Ogolsky, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  “As the States Turned: Implications of the Changing Legal Context of Same-Sex Marriage on Well-Being”
• Outstanding Student and New Professional Paper Award
  Elizabeth C. Coppola, Purdue University
  “Military Couples’ Depression Symptom Trajectories”
• Outstanding Outstanding Student and New Professional Poster Award
  Jacquelyn K. Mallette, Ph.D., CFLE, East Carolina University
  Michelle Lynn Appelt, Pennsylvania State University