| Workshops
Most of the workshops this year are oriented toward
research design and measurement, with some poverty,
gender, and child welfare topics. Samples include:
• Challenges in Working with Large Data Sets
• Estimation Methods in Community Needs Assessment
• Cross Cultural Research and Hidden Selection
Bias
• Additional topics include Publishing Empirical
Studies, Recruitment in Intervention Research, Grounded
Theory, Evidence Based Intervention Research, Cluster
and Meta Analyses, Narrative Ethnography, and much more!
Roundtables
Roundtables this year include a broad range of challenging
topics for researchers interested in family practice,
criminal justice, and child welfare. Samples include:
• Qualitative Research with Diverse Populations
• Finance, Public Policy, and Economics
• International Research
• Ethnic Disparities in Services
• Evaluative Research in Child Welfare
• Additional topics include Family Violence, Participatory
Research, Youth Employment Programs, Social Justice
and the Humanities, and many more.
Symposia
Symposia this year include presentations related to:
• Social Work Interventions for Breast Cancer
Survivors
• Health Disparities with LGBTTS Communities
• Transitioning Out of Child Welfare Services
• Infant Mental Health
• Adolescent Substance Abuse
• Vulnerable Older Adults
• Other symposia examine Supporting Low Income
Families, Research with the Military, Coercion and People
with Mental Illness, Academic Achievement, Parental
Engagement, Historical Perspectives on Social Work Research,
Depression, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Differences in
Juvenile Delinquency Programs, Trends with Non-Resident
Fathers, Preventing Crime, and many others!
Papers
The many varied papers to be presented at this year’s
conference have been carefully chosen for their rigor
and interest to SSWR members. We believe that members
will find that this year’s papers are particularly
informative, interesting, and methodologically sound.
Examples of the papers and topics include those focused
upon:
•
Mental Health
• Adolescent and Youth Development
• Child Welfare
• Poversty and Social Justice
• crime
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Health and Disability
• Addictions
• Aging and Gerentology
• Work
• Family
• Organizations and Management
• Sexual Orientation
• Social Work Practice |
