Society for Social Work and Research
12th Annual Conference
January 17-20, 2008 * Washington, DC

Annual Conference Links

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Online Abstract Submission - Closed
Registration - Now Open!
Hotel Accomodation - Now Available!
PROGRAM INFORMATION
EXHIBIT AND ADVERTISING
PRINTABLE FORMS
IMPORTANT LINKS
Contact Us
Conference Home Page
SSWR Home Page

Conference Highlights

Due to the large number of presentations at the conference, only a small sample of the workshops / symposia / papers appear in this listing

Workshops
• Meta-Analysis: Doing it Right
• Conducting Research with Vulnerable Populations: Ethnical Challenges and Responsibilities
• Psychometric Development of a Culturally Valid Acculturation Scale

Roundtables
• Evaluating Neighborhood-Based Child Abuse Prevention: Utilization of Action-Oriented and Participatory Methodologies
• Making Research Matter: Building University and Community Capacity for Engagement
• Effective Practice in Real Work Settings: Expanding Social Work Translational Research

Symposia
• Observational Approaches to Aging Research
• Making Homelessness Research Matter: Diverse Perspectives on Ways Homeless People Negotiate Life’s Challenges
• Understanding the Nature and Treatment of Perinatal Depression: Expanding Research to Families, Culture, and Communities
• Social Work Research and the AIDS Pandemic: Global Responses to Issues of Orphans and Vulnerable Children
• Parent Cognitions and Interactive Behavior: Targets for Early Intervention
• Research on the Transition to Adulthood for Foster Youth
• HIV Prevention Research in Diverse Contexts
• Substance Abuse Treatment: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Organizational and Service-Related Characteristics
• Matching Services to Client Needs in Substance Abuse Treatment and Child Welfare

Papers
• Problem Solving Therapy for Medically Ill Elderly: A Randomized Clinical Trial
• The Impact of Poverty on Migrant Children’s Mental Health: Testing the Mediating Role of Family Process
• Family Structure and Income Redistribution Policies: Predicting Child Poverty Outcomes in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S.
• Effect of Child Support Arrears on Non-Custodial Fathers Work Avoidance Patterns: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
• Psychometric Properties of the Beck Depression Inventory in African American Suicide Attempters
• Permanency Outcomes of Children in Kinship and Non- Kinship Foster Care: Propensity Score Matching to Minimize the Effects of Selection Bias
• The Bidirectional Effects of Family Burden and Symptoms in Adults with Schizophrenia

Back to Annual Conference page

   
Job Postings l About SSWR l Board l Bylaws l Membership l Resources l Conferences l Awards l Members Only l Home

© 2004 • Society for Social Work and Research • 11240 Waples Mill Road, Suite 200• Fairfax, VA 22030
Voice: 703-352-SSWR (7797) • Fax: 703-359-7562 • e-mail: info@sswr.org