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Conference
Highlights
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SSWR Annual Conference offers a scientific program
that reflects a broad range of research interests,
featuring studies in child welfare, aging, mental
health, welfare reform, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS,
organizations and management, poverty and social
policy, research and design measurement, and
more. Annual conference events and activities
include:
- Presidential plenary and
awards presentation, invited symposia, and
over 500 symposia, workshop, roundtable, paper,
and poster presentations.
- Research methods workshops
designed to enhance methods expertise and
grant-writing skills and special sessions
on research priorities and capacity building
that target cutting-edge topics vital to contemporary
social work research.
- Program and networking events
especially for doctoral students. Opportunities
for student volunteers are also available.
- Over 40 exhibitors including
universities, publishers, non-profit organizations,
foundations, and government agencies
- Earn up to 28.5 hours of
Continuing Education Units (CEU) (additional
fee)
- 30+ special interest groups
convene (all welcome)
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Due to the large number
of presentations at the conference, only a small
sample of the workshops, roundtables, symposia,
and papers are highlighted below.
Workshops
• Journal Editor’s Forum I: Scholarship
to Advance Practice and Shape Public Policy
• Journal Editor’s Forum II: Publishing
Qualitative Research
• Social Network Analysis for SW Research
• Combining Efficacy Research and Epidemiology
Traditions
• Item Response Theory and Its Use in
DIF Studies
• GLM for Spatial Data in R
• Endogeneity and Approaches to Correction
in Program Evaluation
• Correction of Rater Effects in Longitudinal
Research
• Phenomenological Approaches to Research
on Sensitive Topics
• Conducting latent Class Analysis with
M Plus
• Introduction to ARIMA and Harmonic Regression
Time Series Analysis
Roundtables
• Building Capacity for Child Welfare
Research
• Enhancing Psychosocial Care in NursingHomes
• Social Innovation
• Conceptual, Contextual and Ethnical
Issues in Phenomenological Research
• Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism
and the Persistent Power of Race
• Distinguishing Disability from Aging
in Social Science Research
• Examining Beliefs, Barriers, Policies,
and Evaluation Procedures in International Social
Work
Symposia
• Research Design & Measurement; Ethnographic
Methods to Study the Interface of Policy, Administration
and Clinical SW Practice; Longitudinal Person-Centered
Analyses to Estimate Intervention Effects in
Controlled Trials
• Work, Family & Family Policy: Workforce
Development; Child Care Issues in Policy, Quality
and Use; Military Couples and Families
• Sexual Orientation: Health Disparities
among LGBT Older Adults; Risk, Identity and
Engagement among Sexual Minority Youth
• Poverty & Social Policy: Homelessness
and Housing; Randomized Experiments to Increase
Human Capital
• Child Welfare: Linking with Population
Level Data; Engaging Fathers; Development of
Community Alternatives
• Organization & Management: Medicaid
Expansion in Health and Social Services; Organizational
Decision-Making in Long- Term Foster Care
• Mental Health: Family Context of Early
Childhood Mental Health Problems; Psychosocial
Correlates of Postpartum Depression
• Social Work Practice: Community Coalition
Building; Ethnics
Papers
• Mental Health: Social Work View of Clinical
Diagnosis; Randomized Control Trials of Interventions;
New Models of Case Management
• Child Welfare: Decision-Making Process;
Multi-Level Effect of Community and Neighborhood;
Aging Out and Emerging Adulthood
• Crime & Criminal Justice: Women
in Prison; Partner Violence; Victimization and
Crime
• Poverty & Social Policy: Neighborhood
Risks; Global Poverty; Housing Instability and
Unconventional Homelessness
• Health & Disabilities: Cultural
Barriers; Disparities in Global Context; Multilevel
Stigma; Military Families
• International SW & Global Issues:
Human Rights; Governmental and Community Programs
in Developing Countries; Child Maltreatment
• Aging Services & Gerontology: The
Role of Religion; Volunteerism; Underutilization
of Services among Minority Elderly
• Gender & Ethnicity: Acculturation;
Immigrant Ethos; Father Nurturance among African
American Families
• Substance Misuse & Addictive Behaviors:
Treatment Effects; Trauma; Premature Termination;
Drug Resistance Strategies
• Organization & Management; Community
Engagement; Implementation Strategies; Organizational
Environment
• Adolescent & Youth Development:
Leadership, Transition to Adulthood; Homeless
Youth and Social Networks
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