By Dan Nonte, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-4314
Posted 1-13-09
GREENSBORO, NC – The UNCG Child and Family Research Network has organized a Jan. 29-30 conference on how best to protect adolescents from themselves.
The stakes are high. Forty-seven percent of high school students have had sex, 43 percent regularly drink alcohol, 10 percent have driven while under the influence, 20 percent regularly smoke marijuana and 18 percent have carried an illegal weapon, according to a survey by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Adolescence is a key point for altering risky life patterns that take a devastating toll on society and young people themselves,” said Dr. Susan Calkins, coordinator of the Child and Family Research Network. “No single scientific discipline or community group can solve this problem alone.”
The conference – “Translating Biobehavioral Models of Adolescent Risk to Prevention Science: From Development to Implementation” – will be held in UNCG’s Elliott University Center. The first day, Thursday, Jan. 29, is open to the public; registration is required for the second day, Friday, Jan. 30. Both sessions are free.
For more information, contact the Child and Family Research Network at (336) 334-9707 or cfrn@uncg.edu. Additional information about the conference, and online registration for the second day, is available at the network’s web site: http://cfrn.uncg.edu/.
Day 1: “Behavioral Models of Adolescent Risk”
Location: UNCG Elliott University Center Auditorium
Facilitators: Dr. Susan D. Calkins, UNCG Department of Psychology and Department of Human Development and Family Studies; and Dr. George F. Michel, UNCG Department of Psychology
• 9-9:15 a.m. – Welcome, Dr. Rosemary Wander, UNCG Associate Provost for Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships
• 9:15-10:15 a.m. – “A social neuroscience perspective on adolescent risk taking,” Dr. Laurence Steinberg, Temple University
• 10:15 a.m.-11:15 p.m. – “Sensitivity to ethanol and other hedonic stimuli in an animal model of adolescence: implications for prevention science?” Dr. Linda Spear, State University of New York
• 11:30-12:30 a.m. – “Puberty: A central event in shaping stress reactivity,” Dr. Russell Romeo, Barnard College
• 2-3 p.m. – “A neurobiological model of risky adolescent behavior based on behavioral, clinical and neuroimaging evidence,” Dr. B.J. Casey, Cornell University
• 3-4 p.m. – “Gene-environment interplay in adolescent risk,” Dr. Terri Moffitt, Duke University
• 4-4:30 p.m. – General Discussion, Dr. George Michel
Day 2: “Translation to Prevention and Intervention: Implications for Deployment”
Location: UNCG Elliott University Center, Alexander Room (registration required - space limited)
Facilitators: Dr. Julia Jackson-Newsom, UNCG School of Education; and Dr. Terri L. Shelton, UNCG Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships
• 8:30-8:45 a.m. – Welcome, Dr. Rosemary Wander, UNCG Associate Provost for Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships
• 8:45-9:45 a.m. – “Using bio-behavioral models to reduce risks of adolescent impulsivity,” Dr. Daniel Romer, University of Pennsylvania
• 9:45-10:45 a.m. – “Implications of the study of parent alcoholism for earlier substance use preventive interventions,” Dr. Andrea Hussong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 11-noon – “Implementation of parent-based interventions to reduce high-risk drinking in effectiveness trials,” Dr. Robert Turrisi, Pennsylvania State University
• 1:30-2:30 p.m. – “Links between pubertal onset and anxiety and aggression: contributions of race, gender and temperament,” Dr. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University
• 2:30-3:30 p.m. – “Translating models of antisocial behavioral development into efficacious interventions to prevent adolescent violence,” Dr. Kenneth Dodge, Duke University
• 3:45-4:45 p.m. – “Deployment and universal prevention: policy and politics,” Dr. Jane Costello, Duke University Medical Center
