4th International EUSPR Conference and Members Meeting European Society for Prevention Research 13th - 15th November 2013 Le Centquatre, Paris, France Understanding differences in prevention outcomes It is well known that differences in health and wellbeing within and between populations are influenced by a range of biological and social factors. Ho…
Read moreHelping Families Change Conference 201313-15 February 2013. Los Angeles, California Theme: Every family: Enhancing outcomes for vulnerable children, families, and communities. The HFCC is of interest to practitioners, policy makers and researchers working with families in the health, education and welfare sectors, and to graduate students with an interest in child and family issues. Supp…
Read moreThe Eighth International PATHS® Curriculum Learning ConferencePATHS® Diffusion: New findings, new challenges. Pre-conference of the 4th European Network for Social and Emotional Competence (ENSEC) Conference in Zagreb - HR.Conference Hosts:Mark T. Greenberg, PhD Penn State University (USA)Josipa Basic, PhD University of Zagreb (HR)Davide Antognazza, EdM SUPSI/DFA (CH)Conference Sched…
Read moreTesting Crime Prevention – Or Selling a Product? Conflicts of Interest in CriminologyProfessor Manuel Eisner Professor of Developmental and Comparative Criminology, University of CambridgeInstitute of Criminology Public Seminar SeriesThursday 11th October 2012, 5.30pmSeminar Room B3, Institute of Criminology,Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DAA drinks reception in the basement foyer will follow…
Read moreEradicating Child Maltreatment: Interventions with children and families - policy and practiceThe Institute of Child Health, London November 9, 2012Aims of the conferenceThis conference marks the 50th anniversary of Henry Kempe's seminal paper - the Battered Child Syndrome. It aims to consider interventions with children and their families that contribute to the eradication of child maltreatment.…
Read moreEuropean Society for Prevention Research Conference 20123rd International Conference and Members’ Meeting “Common risk and protective factors, and the prevention of multiple risk behaviours"Several health related behaviours share common risk factors and comprehensive programmes could be effective by addressing them together. Health services have tended to overlook the potential for prevention…
Read moreParenting: A Public Health Issue2 July 2012, 9.00am - 4.30pmAmerican Express Community Stadium, BrightonBrighton & Hove City Council's Parenting Team is pleased to announce a conference on parenting as a public health issue featuring international experts from the fields of parenting and public health.Evidence based parenting programmes have proven their effectiveness in improving the health and e…
Read moreKeynote speakers will include Linda Lantieri, director of the Inner Resilience Program. And David Kiser, the Music Director for Children Inc. For more information, contact [email protected]…
Read moreThe SPR Annual Meeting provides a unique opportunity to advance this vision by providing a centrally integrated forum for the exchange of new concepts, methods, and results from prevention research and related public health fields; and by providing a forum for the communication between scientists, public policy leaders and practitioners concerning the implementation of evidence-based preventive in…
Read moreDr. Catalano will discuss the logic underlying the Communities that Care (CTC) approach, a system that provides the structure for community efforts to address youth issues, focusing on risk and protective factors through a community-wide, multi-step training process. The CTC model, developed by Drs. Catalano and David Hawkins, has been rigorously evaluated and found to have significant positive i…
Read moreThe SRA Executive Council and Program Committee invite submissions for the 14th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) to be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre, March 8-10, 2012. Meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 AM on Thursday and end at 5:15 PM on Saturday. Preconference sessions will be held on Wednesday, March 7.…
Read moreThe University of York's Institute for Effective Education is holding a conference on translating what works into practice. Speakers include:Baroness Estelle Morris, former Secretary of State for the Department for Education and SkillsRichard Bartholomew, Chief Research Officer, Children, Young People and Families Directorate, Department for EducationMichael Little, Director of the Social Research…
Read moreThis event in London is planned to pick up on the themes that will be developed at that the WHO Global Conference that will take place in Rio in September. It will consider the practical actions that can be taken at the global and European levels based on the recommendations of the Rio conference. A particular focus will be on building active European and global networks and partnerships.Reflectin…
Read moreFor more than ten years the convention has brought together delegates from youth offending teams, police, local authorities, secure establishments, sentencers, probation and other key stakeholders and policy makers.It is a must-attend event for all managers and practitioners in the youth justice system. Leading speakers will address the current issues of governance, policy and practice. The wide r…
Read moreTom is both Professor and Director at the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies, Indiana University, and Past-President of the Society for Family Psychology, American Psychological Association. He has been heavily involved with the development of the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) clinical model and its national and international dissemination, and is one of the leading researchers in the tran…
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