Family Research Consortium IV

Summer Institute
 

Second Annual Summer Institute 2005
Trauma, Stress and Difficult Life Transitions: Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries

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"Successfully Coping" © Synthia Saint James, 2002
The Family Research Consortium (FRC) IV conducts an annual Summer Institute to promote interchange among scholars in the field of family mental health. Modeled after the sessions held by previous Family Research Consortia, the Institute is motivated by the belief that significant advances in the field can be facilitated by a forum that allows for dissemination, evaluation, and discussion of important new findings and new developments in research design, methods, and analysis. The Summer Institutes include formal plenary addresses, smaller workshop format presentations, poster presentations, mechanisms for proposal development, and opportunities for networking among participants. Previous sessions have attracted scholars and clinicians at all stages of development. Approximately 200 scholars, including presenters and representatives of government and foundation funding agencies, are expected to attend.

The goals of this year's Institute are:

  • To examine how trauma and severe forms of stress affect the mental health of families and individuals. We include presentations and discussions about the effects of disasters, war, torture, violence, and illness on families and the lives of individuals.

  • To bring attention to research on trauma, stress, and difficult life transitions that allows for a richer understanding about how context matters in assessing the interplay between family dynamics, mental health, and mental disorders.

  • To present a diversity of disciplinary and scholarly perspectives in how individuals and their families respond to trauma and stress and their impact on mental health.
The Institute will highlight scientific issues relevant to practice, assessment, prevention and intervention, as well as provide opportunities for more formal network development. The Summer Institute is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Co-sponsors for the 2005 Institute include the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the NIH, the Foundation for Child Development, David Reiss, M.D., the Departments of Psychiatry & Neurology as well as Psychology at Tulane University, and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Program Summary
Co-Conveners: Margarita Alegría, Teresa D. LaFromboise, Cheryl A. Boyce

Thursday - June 23, 2005
  7:30 - 8:30am   Gallery Hall (4th floor) - Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm Gallery Foyer (4th floor) - Registration
8:30 - 9:30am Gallery (4th floor) - Welcome, Overview, Goals, Introduction of Participants
9:30 - 10:00am Gallery (4th floor) - NIMH Opening Remarks
Cheryl A. Boyce, Ph.D.
Translational Research Priorities at NIMH: Opportunities for Family Researchers
10:00 - 10:15am Gallery Hall (4th floor) - Refreshment Break
10:15 - 11:00am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Session
Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., M.D.
Early Experience and Brain Development: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project
11:00 - 11:30am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Ronald E. Dahl, M.D.
11:30am - 1:00pm Chinoiserie B (23rd floor) - Lunch
1:15 - 2:00pm Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Session
Hortensia D. Amaro, Ph.D.
Integrated Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Trauma Treatment with Women: Model, Findings and Lessons Learned
2:00 - 2:30pm Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Margarita Alegría, Ph.D.
2:30 - 3:00pm Gallery Hall (4th floor) - Refreshment Break
3:00 - 4:30pm Concurrent Afternoon Workshops
Workshop 1 - Chinoiserie A (23rd floor)
Michael S. Scheeringa, M.D., MPH
Measurement of Physiological & Psychological Trauma and PTSD Among Young Children
Workshop 2 - Library (2nd floor)
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Ph.D.
Caregiver Stress and Health Risk in African American Families
Workshop 3 - Board Room (2nd floor)
Amado M. Padilla, Ph.D.
The Psychological Wellbeing of Immigrant and Refugee Children and Adolescents: Understanding Factors that Contribute to Risk and Resilience
4:30 - 5:30pm Chinoiserie A & B (23rd floor) - Set up Posters
(All posters must be removed by 9:30pm)
5:30 - 7:00pm Chinoiserie A & B (23rd floor) - Poster Presentations, Reception & Book Sales
Friday - June 24, 2005
  7:00 - 9:00am   Gallery Hall (4th floor) - Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm Gallery Foyer (4th floor) - Registration
9:00 - 9:45am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Session
Michael D. DeBellis, M.D., MPH
Trauma and Its Effects on Child Brain Development
9:45 - 10:15am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Ann C. Crouter, Ph.D.
10:15 - 10:30am Gallery Hall (4th floor) - Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:15am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Session
David R. Williams, Ph.D.
Human Rights Violations and Mental Health in South Africa
11:15 - 11:45am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Session
Moderator: Harold W. Neighbors, Ph.D.
11:45am - 1:15pm Chinoiserie B (23rd floor) - Lunch
1:30 - 3:00pm Concurrent Early Afternoon Workshops
Workshop 4 - Chinoiserie A (23rd floor)
Elizabeth Wieling, Ph.D., Bent Storå, Mona Mittal, Ph.D.
Trauma in a Global Context: Towards the Development of Evidence-based Family/Community Preventive and Clinical Interventions for Populations Exposed to Traumatic Events
Workshop 5 - Library (2nd floor)
Susan Gore, Ph.D.
Young Adult Life Situations and Protective Resources in the Aftermath of Childhood and Adolescent Traumas and Disadvantage
Workshop 6 - Board Room (2nd floor)
LeShawndra N. Price, Ph.D., Margarita Alegría, Ph.D.
NIH Grants 101
3:00 - 3:30pm Palm Court (2nd floor) - Refreshment Break
3:30 - 5:00pm Concurrent Late Afternoon Workshops
Workshop 7 - Chinoiserie A (23rd floor)
Abigail T. Panter, Ph.D.
Modeling Context in Developmental and Transitional Change Research Questions
Workshop 8 - Library (2nd floor)>
Laura K. Murray, Ph.D.
Empirically Valid Trauma-Focused Treatment for Children
Workshop 9 - Board Room (2nd floor)
Michele R. Cooley, M.Ed., Ph.D., Jorielle R. Brown, Ph.D.
Assessing Youth's Exposure to Community Violence: Issues in Conducting Research and Interventions
6:00 - 8:00pm Chinoiserie A & B (23rd floor) - FRC Legacy Award Dinner
Honoring Linda M. Burton, Ph.D. and Gerald R. Patterson, Ph.D.
Saturday - June 25, 2005
  7:00 - 9:00am   Gallery Hall (4th floor) - Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00am Gallery Foyer (4th floor) - Registration
9:00 - 9:45am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Session
Spero M. Manson, Ph.D.
Wounded Spirits, Ailing Hearts: Recent Advances in Understanding Trauma Among American Indians
9:45 - 10:15am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Teresa D. LaFromboise, Ph.D.
10:15 - 10:30am Gallery Hall (4th floor) - Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:15am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Session
Fran H. Norris, Ph.D.
Cross-Cultural Research on Disasters and Trauma: Challenges, Approaches, and Progress
11:15 - 11:45am Gallery (4th floor) - Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Vonnie C. McLoyd, Ph.D.
11:45am - 1:15pm Chinoiserie B (23rd floor) - Lunch
1:30 - 3:00pm Concurrent Afternoon Workshops
Workshop 10 - Chinoiserie A (23rd floor)
Cheryl A. Boyce, Ph.D. and Victoria S. Levin, M.S.W.
Demonstrating the NIH Peer Review Process
Workshop 11 - Library (2nd floor)
Peter J. Guarnaccia, Ph.D.
Using Focus Groups to Explore Cultural Issues in Mental Health
Workshop 12 - Board Room (2nd floor)
Harold W. Neighbors, Ph.D.
Race and Psychopathology: Identifying Personal Problems and Mental Disorders in the Community and the Hospital
3:15 - 4:00pm Gallery (4th floor) - Discussion, Future Direction, and Conference Closing


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