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Welcome to rtcUpdates for April 2004!
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CONTENTS OF THIS UPDATE:
** 2004 BUILDING ON FAMILY STRENGTHS CONFERENCE--Still Time to Register
** RTC PUBLICATIONS & PRODUCTS--Online Search and Downloadable Publications
** DATA TRENDS--Recent Research Summaries
** FEATURED DISCUSSION--Poverty and Children's Mental Health - Continued
Discussion
** 2004 BUILDING ON FAMILY STRENGTHS CONFERENCE--Still Time to Register
Thought you'd missed your chance to attend the 11th Annual Building on Family Strengths Conference? No way! Registration information, an online registration form, and the conference agenda are easily accessed at the conference website (http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgConference.shtml). Although the deadline for early registration has passed, you can register online until Monday, May 3, or even at the door. (Though it makes the organizers' job much easier if you register sooner online, rather than later on site!)
Accommodations information is also available at our website: The Portland Hilton's toll-free reservation line is 1-800-HILTONS. Ask for the Building on Family Strengths conference rate, which the Hilton has just extended through April 23rd.
Highlights of the agenda include:
*A pre-conference workshop, designed for family member attendees,
presented by Elaine Slaton and Shannon CrossBear of the Federation of
Families for Children's Mental Health, on "Understanding Research and
Evaluation in Relation to Social Change"
*Dr. Jane Knitzer's opening address, entitled "Children's mental health:
Looking back, looking forward"
*Our Friday research plenary featuring Dr. Robert Friedman ("Creating
Informed choice for families: The link between individualized care,
data-based systems of care, and evidence-based practice") and Dr. Andy
Pumariega ("Cultural competence in systems of care: The evidence-base
for its rationale and effectiveness")
*A Saturday panel presentation, moderated by Joanne Fuller, with
panelists Dr. David Arredondo, attorney Kurt Kumli, and Judge Ray
Davilla ("Juvenile offenders with mental illness: What can be done,"
describing the country's first juvenile mental health court)
*More than 80 breakout sessions are scheduled over the course of the
conference, along with our traditional Friday evening poster session and
reception
Special events for children, youth, and families, conducted in collaboration with the Oregon Family Support Network, include a Thursday evening reception/game time (5:30-7:30), a Friday evening pizza party and trip to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's OMNIMAX theatre (to view "Top Speed"; see the description at www.topspeedfilm.com/broad.html), and a Saturday afternoon trip to the Oregon Zoo (http://www.zooregon.org).
Questions? Please contact Lyn Gordon, Conference Coordinator, at 503-725-4114 or via e-mail at gordonl@pdx.edu. See you at the conference! For more information about the Building on Family Strengths Conference, visit our Conference web pages at http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgConference.shtml
************************************************************* RTC PUBLICATIONS & PRODUCTS--Online Search and Downloads
* Enhanced Online Search Feature
The RTC has an enhanced publications search and order form. Search by
key phrases, type of publication, author, date of publication, and more.
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php
* Publications Available in PDF Format:
The RTC has added over two hundred "PDFs" of our publications to our
main publications page. Now you can download and print out more of our
Conference Proceedings, Monographs, Focal Point articles, Data Trends,
and other publications for free.
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php
** DATA TRENDS--Recent Research Summaries
* Mental Health Consultation in Child Care Centers (#96)
* Maternal Employment when Children Have Disabilities (#95)
* Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of Self-Determination for High
School Students with Disabilities (#94)
* Developing Fidelity Criteria and The Evaluation of Mental Health
Interventions (#93)
* Depictions of Mental Illness in Children's Media (#92)
* The Implications of Incarceration for Families and Children (#91)
Visit our "Data Trends" web page at
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgDataTrends.shtml
You can also search for and download all Data Trends from our
Publications web page
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgPublications.php
Search Tips:
* For a list of all Data Trends, choose "Data Trends" as Publication
Type and click "Get"
* For specific Data Trends topics type a keyword or phrase in "Phrase"
and click "Get"
** FEATURED DISCUSSION--Poverty and Children's Mental Health - Continued Discussion
The Featured Discussion from March 2004 continues this month. There have
been numerous responses to the discussion on poverty and children's
mental health, and we encourage you to read the responses and to add
your own. We also invite you to revisit previous discussions which have
continued to draw comments, such as "More questions than answers: Single
parenthood and child mental illness" and "Evidence-based practice in
children's mental health."
http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgFeaturedDiscussions.php
Funds to support this activity come from the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, Federal Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education.
The Research and Training Center makes its products accessible to diverse audiences. If you need a publication or product in an alternative format, please contact the Publications Coordinator: 503.725.4175, rtcpubs@pdx.edu.
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