1st National
Research Conference on
Child and Family Programs and Policy
Bridgewater State
College Campus
Bridgewater, Massachusetts
July 10-11, 2008
Welcome!
We are looking forward to the 1st
National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs
and Policy. Many conferences provide room for child and
family policy topics, but this is the first conference that
will focus exclusively on presenting current promising
research findings concerning child and family program and
policy issues.
The two-day
conference will appeal to researchers in academia,
government, private research firms, and nonprofit
organizations. It will also welcome practitioners and
decision- and policy-makers. Our two invited speakers are:
Francine Jacobs, Ph.D., Tufts University: "Working
Together: Integrating Home Visiting Research, Practice and
Policy"
Julie Schwartz Weber, J.D., Sloan Work and Family
Research Network, Boston College: "9-5 No More: State
Legislation to Give Working Families More Time"
Individual sessions included research
presentation on:
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Child
Care Policy
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Education
Policy
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Child
Welfare
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Family
Violence Programs
-
Justice
Systems
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Social
Services and helping Professionals
-
Preschool
Programs and Practice
-
Community
Prevention: Child Maltreatment
-
Organizational Services
This
conference is targeted to be an affordable conference with
three cost options: Option A: $95, Option B: $150 and Option
B: $175. For clarification on what each option includes please see the
conference details link. For
individuals who wish to stay at a hotel, please see the
accommodations link for more information. The Bridgewater
State College campus is located in southeastern
Massachusetts, with its own stop on the commuter rail and it
very accessible from Boston.
For more
information about this conference, please follow the links
below:
Logistics information: Jenna Stephenson,
jstephenson@bridgew.edu
Conference topics: Dr. Emily M. Douglas,
Emily.Douglas@bridgew.edu
Table of Contents: (Please click
on a specific link for more information)
We look
forward to meeting you in July, 2008!
Sincerely,
Emily M.
Douglas, Ph.D.
Conference
Chair
Conference Planning Committee:
Katherine Barillas, Graduate Student,
Political Science Department, University of Houston
Frederica Barrow, Social Work
Department, University of South Florida
Thomas Chibucos, Human Development and
Family Studies, Bowling Green State University
Emily M. Douglas, Social Work
Department, Bridgewater State College
Karen R. Fein, Social Work Department,
Bridgewater State College
Cindy King-Frode, Social Work
Department, Bridgewater State College
Jodie Drapal Kluver, Political Science
Department, Bridgewater State College
Deniz
Leuenberger, Political Science Department,
Bridgewater State College
Emily Mann, Social Work Department,
Bridgewater State College
Elizabeth Rigby, Political Science
Department, University of Houston
This event is Co-sponsored by Bridgewater State
College, the School of Arts & Sciences, and the Department
of Social Work.
The conference will start with a
welcome session on the afternoon and evening of July 9. This
will be especially relevant for individuals staying on
campus.
