USC | School of Social Work

Research

Program

OCTOBER 22, 2009
MORNING
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM	Welcome by Dean Marilyn Flynn, PhD University of Southern California
Session Chair – Joan Levy Zlotnik, PhD Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
9:20 AM – 9:40 AM	“Culturally Based Intervention Development: The Case of Latino Families Dealing with Severe Mental Illness” Concepcion Barrio, PhD University of Southern California
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM	“Reducing Health Disparities via Integrating Mental Health Care within the General Health Care System: A Call for Innovative Social Work Research and Education” Kathleen Ell, DSW University of Southern California
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM	“Engaging ‘Hard to Reach’ Urban Youth and Families: It Takes a Village” Mary McKay, PhD Mount Sinai School of Medicine
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM	Break
10:40 AM – 11:45 AM	Commentator – Lawrence Palinkas, PhD University of Southern California General Discussion
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM	Lunch Buffet
AFTERNOON
Session Chair – John Brekke, PhD University of Southern California
1:15 PM – 1:35 PM	“The Effectiveness of Social and Character Development Programs in Elementary Schools” Mark Fraser, PhD University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
1:35 PM – 1:55 PM	“Preventing Childhood Aggression and Bullying: Implications for School Based Intervention Research from the Denver Public Schools Trial” Jeffrey Jenson, PhD University of Denver
1:55 PM – 2:15 PM	“Moving Toward Effective Community Prevention Practices: Opportunities for Social Work Education” J: David Hawkins, PhD University of Washington
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM	Commentator – Edward Mullen, DSW Columbia University General Discussion
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM	Break
3:45 PM – 4:05 PM	“Improving Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness: Evaluating Chicago’s Crisis Intervention Team Model” Amy Watson, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago
4:05 PM – 4:25 PM	“Facilitating Parenting for Incarcerated Women: Outcomes of a Model Program for Pregnant Incarcerated Women” Sheryl Kubiak, PhD Michigan State University
4:25 PM – 5:10 PM	Commentator - Robert Schilling, PhD University of California, Los Angeles General Discussion

OCTOBER 23, 2009
MORNING
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
Session Chair – John Landsverk, PhD Child and Adolescent Services Research Center
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM	“Hypnotherapy under Fire: Efficacy of Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Iraq War Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress” Jeffrey Yarvis, PhD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
9:20 AM – 9:40 AM	“How Supported Employment Fits Nine Ideal Features of an Evidence Based Practice” Gary Bond, PhD Dartmouth Medical School
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM	“Critical Time Intervention: A Time-Limited Model for Preventing Homelessness in High-Risk Groups” Daniel Herman, PhD Columbia University
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM	Commentator – Paula Nurius, PhD University of Washington General Discussion
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM	Break
Session Chair – Haluk Soydan, PhD University of Southern California
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM	General Facilitated Discussion – Lessons learned; Next steps; who are the stakeholders?; What is the agenda?; Role of funders (NIH); Place of academic research; Partnerships with agencies, providers and consumers; Are there unique contributions of social work research
Adjournment
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM	Lunch Buffet
AFTERNOON
1:45 PM – 4:45 PM	Post-Conference Workshop – John Brekke, PhD University of Southern California Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W. National Institute of Mental Health and colleagues This workshop will be led by John Brekke, PhD, Kathy Ell, DSW, and Denise Juliano-Bult, MSW from NIMH. The workshop will provide: 1) an overview of successful grant preparation procedures for federal proposals; 2) a review of NIH priorities, mechanisms and initiatives relevant to social work; 3) a chance to troubleshoot specific proposal ideas with funded investigators and NIMH staff.