Symposium Information

    

22nd National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work

April 2010
Stillman Hall

More information on the 22nd National Symposium will be available in the fall and presenters will be selected in the winter. The schedule will be similar to that of the 21st National Symposium listed below.

21st Keynote flyer

21st Symposium brochure

Agenda

• 8:30am
• Main Lobby - Registration
• McMillin Room (115 Stillman Hall) - light refreshments
• 9am - Welcome
• Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President, The Ohio State University
• Dr. Theresa Early, Director, PhD Program, The Ohio State University
• Presener Awards
• Dr. William Meezan, Dean, The College of Social Work, The Ohio State University
• 9:30am - Keynote - Dr. Jeffrey Jenson, University of Denver
• Dr. Jenson is the Philip D. and Eleanor G. Winn Professor of Children and Youth at Risk and Associate Dean for Research at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver.
• "Prevention Science and Adolescent Problem Behavior:  Advances and Opportunities"
• 10:30am - Break
• 10:45am-12:30pm - Doctoral Research Presentations
• Session 1
• Heeyoung Kim, PhD - Louisiana State University, 2008
• "The Effects of Children's Perceptions of Attachment Security and Emotion Regulation on School Disengagement among Elementary School Truants"
• Phyllis Platt, PhD - University of Kentucky, 2008
• "Promoting Change Through a School-Based Model of Comprehensive Student and Family Support:  Kentucky's Family Resource and Youth Services Centers
• Session 2
• A. Tyler Perry, PhD - University of Washington, 2008
• "'HIV' is in All of Us:  Contagious Communication and the Production of Viral Knowledge"
• R. Thomas Sherba, PhD - Case Western Reserve University, 2009
• "Associations Among Violence Exposure, Mental Disorder, SUD and HIV"
• Session 3
• David Kondrat, PhD - The Ohio State University, 2008
• "Expanding Understanding of Mental Health Recovery:  Effects of Stigma and Working Alliance on the Quality of Life of Persons with Severe Mental Disabilities Receiving Community-Based Case Management Services"
• Christina Studts, PhD - University of Louisville, 2008
• "Improving Screening for Externalizing Behavior Problems in Very Young Children in Primary Care:  Applications of Item Response Theory"
• Session 4
• Khushmand Rajendran, PhD - University at Albany
• "Impact of Relationship with the Caregiver and Positive Future Expectations on Behavioral and Emotional Resilience in Adolescents in Child Welfare"
• Christine Norton, PhD - Loyala University Chicago, 2008
• "Understanding the Impact of Wilderness Therapy on Adolescent Depression and Psychosocial Development"

Information for Attendees

• Transportation and Parking - Visitors
  Parking Garage fee is $3
• Continuing Education
  The symposium provides a maximum of 2.5 CEUs at no charge. Simply complete and have signed the necessary forms available at the registration desk
• Student Class Sign In Sheets
  If the professor of your course has requested a class sign in sheet, it will be available at the student registration table in the main lobby.
• The Symposium is free of charge and open to the public.