The Face of Family in the Future: Social, Economic, and Cultural Issues and Trends



 


 


The Face of Family in the Future: Social,
Economic, and Cultural Issues and Trends


2001
Pre-Conference


 


 



                     


 


 


Sponsored by the Divisions of


Family Economics & Resource Management


and


Family
Relations & Human Development


American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences


 


Thursday, June 28 & Friday, June 29, 2001


 


Rhode
Island Convention Center


Providence,
Rhode Island


 

Come to historic Providence!  Enjoy a day-and-a-half of professional
renewal with your colleagues from FERM and FRHD in this relaxing and beautiful
environment!  Keynote speakers are
Barbara Settles, Professor, Department of Individual and Family Studies and
Policy Fellow, Department of Urban Affairs ad Public Policy at the University
of Delaware and Jan Hogan, Professor, Family and Social Science at the
University of Minnesota.  Rhode Island
child advocate Henry Shelton, Director of the George Wiley Center, will be our
luncheon speaker.  An excellent review
of current practice will be provided in concurrent paper and panel presentations,
and in the curriculum and poster session showcase.


 


Program
Overview


Thursday, June 28


Noon – 4:00 PM                      Registration


 


1:00 – 2:45 PM                       Opening Session


                                                Welcome


Keynote
Address: Barbara Settles, Professor, University of Delaware


 


2:45 – 3:00 PM                       Break


 


3:00 – 4:00 PM                       Concurrent Sessions


 


4:00 – 4:15 PM                       Break


 


4:15 – 5:30 PM                       Concurrent Sessions


 


5:30 – 7:30 PM                       Reception and Improvisational Theater Group,
Impov Jones


Network with conference
participants and enjoy an improvisational performance relating to the face of
families in the future.


 


Friday, June 29


7:00 – 8:30 AM                      Registration


Continental
Breakfast and Curriculum and Poster Showcase


 


8:45 – 10:00 AM                    General Session


                                                Keynote
Address: Jan Hogan, Professor, University of Minnesota


 


10:15 – 11:15 AM                  Concurrent Sessions


 


11:15 – 11:30 AM                  Break


 


11:30 AM – 12:30 PM            Concurrent Sessions


 


12:45 – 2:15 PM                     Networking Luncheon


                                                Speaker:
Henry Shelton, Director George Wiley Center


                                                Pawtucket,
RI


 


2:30 – 3:30 PM                       Concurrent Sessions


 


3:30 – 3:45 PM                       Break


 


3:45 – 4:45 PM                       Concurrent Sessions


 


Look for future information about the
pre-conference on the following website


v    http://hec.osu.edu/people/shanna/ferm/


Concurrent Sessions Include:

 

v   
Building and utilizing reliable senior
sexual health information networks

v   
Families and the future: integrating
theory and research on family caregiving and Alzheimer’s disease

v   
Income security for an aging population:
A global challenge

v   
Family poverty in the United States: Its
extent and degree, causes and consequences, and relationship to gender and
race

v   
Who gets sanctioned under welfare
reform? Evidence from child support enforcement in Illinois

v   
Process evaluation as a tool for program
development and enhancement: a case study of the personal actions to
health project

v   
The second time around

v   
What consumers gain in television
shopping programs: an informational perspective on TV shopping

v   
Before and after: the perceived impact
of the MONEY 2000 program upon participants’ personal finances

v   
The financial well-being of Marine Corps
families

v   
Student credit card debt: Looking beyond
the financial issue

v   
Issues facing rural youth and a
framework for positive change

v   
Maternal age at transition to parenthood
as a predictor of children’s perceptions of well-being

v   
Business tensions and success in farm
family businesses

v   
Home centered recreation: strengthening
family values

v   
Integration of the levels of change into
family resource management theory

 




Text Box: Concurrent Sessions Include: v Building and utilizing reliable senior sexual health information networks v Families and the future: integrating theory and research on family caregiving and Alzheimer's disease v Income security for an aging population: A global challenge v Family poverty in the United States: Its extent and degree, causes and consequences, and relationship to gender and race v Who gets sanctioned under welfare reform? Evidence from child support enforcement in Illinois v Process evaluation as a tool for program development and enhancement: a case study of the personal actions to health project v The second time around v What consumers gain in television shopping programs: an informational perspective on TV shopping v Before and after: the perceived impact of the MONEY 2000 program upon participants' personal finances v The financial well-being of Marine Corps families v Student credit card debt: Looking beyond the financial issue v Issues facing rural youth and a framework for positive change v Maternal age at transition to parenthood as a predictor of children's perceptions of well-being v Business tensions and success in farm family businesses v Home centered recreation: strengthening family values v Integration of the levels of change into family resource management theory


Travel Information – Visit the
AAFCS website, http://www.aafcs.org/meetings/92nd_annual.html
for travel and housing information. 
Discounts are available and reference codes are provided.

 

 


 


 



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 





Keynote Speakers

 

 


 


 






Dr. Barbara Settles

 




Dr. Barbara Settles is a
professor in the Department of Individual and Family Studies and Policy
Fellow, Department of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of
Delaware.  She is a well-recognized
national and international scholar in the field of family studies.  She consults at the local level with
daycare providers in high-risk areas to evaluate ways of involving parents
in supporting the child’s development. 
She enjoys teaching and mentoring students and professionals who are
interested in the well-being of all families.

 


Dr. Jan Hogan is a
professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of
Minnesota.  Jan is past president
of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) and a past-Chair of the
Family Economics and Resource Management Division of AAFCS.  Her scholarly interests include
decision making, gender roles, financial issues, resource management, and
family ecology.  Jan’s current
research focuses on asset building with limited resource families.

Dr. Jan
Hogan

Dr. Henry Shelton is Director of the
George Wiley Center in Providence, RI. 
The George Wiley Center is a state-wide educational and advocacy
organization seeking justice and equity for all Rhode Islanders.  Much of the work of the Center is
achieved through community education and awareness and community
organization and development. 
Current legislative initiatives include a state-wide refundable
earned income tax credit, emergency housing assistance, and food-stamp
outreach.


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2001
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American
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and continental breakfast and lunch on Friday, June 29.


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                                                                                    University of Nebraska


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2001.


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