Selected Presentations

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• Conference Rationale and Overview
  Sarah L. Friedman, Ph.D., Research Director, Health Research and Policy, CNA
• Scientific Frameworks for Understanding and Promoting Resilience
  Chair: Tuppett Yates, Ph.D., University of California at Riverside
• Resilience and well-being: Definition, Measures and Interventions
  J. Douglas Coatsworth, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University
• Creating Optimal Policy and Practice for Children’s Healthy Development
  Stephen Buka, Sc.D., Professor and Chair, Epidemiology, Brown University
• National, State, and Local Initiatives: Education Programs
  Mary Keller, Ed.D., President and CEO, Military Child Education Coalition
• National, State, and Local Initiatives: Tragedy Assistance Programs for Survivors
  Heather Campagna, EdS, MA, FT, National Director of Youth Programs
• Barriers and Pathways to Program Participation
  Paula Rauch, MD, Director, Marjorie E. Korff Parenting At a Challenging Time, and Director, Family Support Home Base Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Legacy for Children
  Ruth Perou, Ph.D., Child Development Studies Team Leader, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Evaluation of a Curriculum
  Linda Cavalluzzo, Ph.D., Vice President, Resource Analysis, CNA
• The Public Health Approach to Program Evaluation
  Carolyn M. Clancey, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Specific Programs for Military Children and Their Evaluation
   William R. Beardslee, MD, Judge Baker Children’s Center, Harvard University
• Strong Families Strong Forces
  Ruth Paris, Ph.D., Boston University
• Sesame Street
  Shelly M. MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D., Director, Military Family Research Institute, Purdue University
• After Deployment: Adaptive Parenting Tools
  Abigail Gewirtz, Ph.D. University of Minnesota
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Programs
  Peg Burchinal, Ph.D., Director, Data Management and Statistics Unit, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Randomized Controlled Trials
  Jon Baron, JD, President, Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
• Quasi Experimental Designs
  Peter Z. Schochet, Ph.D., M.Phil., Senior Fellow, Mathematica Research Policy
• Comparative Effectiveness Framework
  Anne M. Doucette, Ph.D., Director, The Evaluation Institute, The George Washington University
• Meta Analytic Approaches for Determining Effective Program Components
  Sandra Wilson, Ph.D., Peabody College, Vanderbilt University