| Keynote AddressConference participants attend the keynote address. |
Building Strong Families Conference
The Mid-Atlantic Council on Family Relations and supporting universities and agencies are sponsoring this conference for the purpose of:
- Recognizing the critical role in families
- Encouraging research and dissemination of information about families
- Fostering dialogue among family professionals and educators
- Promoting family life education
- Providing continuing education for professionals
The goal of the 2008 conference, Responding to Families in Trauma,is to explore topics such as divorce, loss, PTSD, financial issues, emergency situations, family communication/dynamics with health-related stressors, challenges for military families, natural disasters, and many others.
Workshop presentations are intentionally structured to be interactive and applied, and may include descriptions of successful programs, research findings, curriculum, panel discussions, participation exercises, and other creative formats.
The Mid-Atlantic Council on Family Relations (formally known as the Pennsylvania/Delaware Council on Family Relations) is the regional affiliate of the National Council On Family Relations
(NCFR). Our membership includes family professionals in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
Our Purpose: To plan and act together on concerns relevant to all forms of marriage and family relationships.
- To promote and coordinate educational efforts to help and strengthen families
- To encourage research and dissemination of information on family issues
- To further effective social action promoting strong, diverse and vibrant families
Networking Time
Student participants and family professionals discuss workshop material between sessions. |
Plan Ahead for 2009
Family Ethics and Moral Values
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Messiah College
Looking Back (past conferences)
- 2007 - Families and Health (Conference Schedule)
- 2006 - Families Surviving Loss (Conference Handouts) (Conference Schedule)
2005 - Families in Transition (Conference Handouts)
- 2004 - Celebrating the International Year of the Family
- 2003 - Creating Healthful Families: A Tool Box
- 2002 - Bridging Generations: The Modern Family in Motion
- 2001 - The Power of Positive Expectations: Schools, Families, and Communities
- 2000 - Raising Healthy Children in a Diverse Society
- 1999 - Men in Families
- 1998 - Evaluating the Effectiveness of Family and Community-Based Programs
- 1997 - Healthy Families: A Challenge for the Year 2000
- 1996 - Relationships Among Those Over 50
- 1995 - Rebuilding Families After Divorce
