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2007 Adult Development Symposium, Boston

Pre-conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, SRCD Biennial Meeting

2007 SRCD Biennial Meeting is held Thursday, March 29, 2007, through Sunday, April 1, 2007

The Society for Research in Adult Development is dedicated to the study of positive adult and life-span development from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The Adult Development Symposium will meet:

Wednesday, March 28, 8:00am - 8:00 pm

Thursday, March 29, 8:00am - 11:00 am

Pre-conference of the Society for Research in Child Development

Topics include:

Measurement, Models and Methodological Issues.

IQ tests and Stage

Rasch Analysis and Stage

What should we do with old tests and instruments that do not work very well?

Dynamics of Positive Change

Periods

Professional Development:

Stage of Work Status

Organizations and Development

Coaching

Supporting Disruptive Creativity that may lead to long term organizational survival

Organizational culture; Company Success in a World Economy and Stage

Educational Atmosphere and stage

Education of the Unemployed

Education in the Prisons

Altruistic, Attachment, Alienation, and Behavior:

Adoption

Caring for Parents

Community Organization

Adult Attachment; Love and Hate; Marriage and Partnering; Parenting; Sexuality; Adulthood in Non-Partnered individuals

Antisocial Behavior

Addiction

Criminal Behavior

Terrorist Behavior

Periods, Seasons and Non-stage Development:

Human Potential

Transcendence

Consciousness Studies

Stage Change

Sources of

Adult Education

Therapy as Development: With and Without Stage Change; Development of Therapists or Clients

Ego Development: Development of the Self

Emotional Development: Loss and Depression; Ambition and Joy

Moral and Ethical Development

Religious and a-religious

Spiritual Development

Problem Solving

Social Development

Cultural and Societal Development

Cultural Differences in Adult Development

Futurism

Gender differences in Adult Development

Political Development

Government Building

Terrorism Reduction

Physical Development:

Exercise

Sports

Arts

Maintenance of Functioning

Challenges to conventional wisdom are especially welcome.

Format of Presentations:

The sessions are comprised of interactive, paper/poster presentations. The emphasis will be on visual presentations accompanied by dialogues with small groups of people. Most people informally interact with presenters in this venue around the posters. A brief presentation to the group at large will precede the poster period. Full papers or short summaries should be made available.

Symposium Fees: (*includes membership to SRAD)

Professional $60.00

Student $35.00 (Student scholarships are available)

Please note that this year's symposium is taking place in conjunction with The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD). In addition to the above fees, attendees are expected to register for the SRCD meeting.

Payment Options:

To pay online using a credit card please click on the appropriate PayPal icon below. Please note that this will be a secure transaction.

Professional $60.00

Student $35.00

Alternatively, you may send a check (made payable to the Society for Research in Adult Development) to:

Michael Lamport Commons, Ph.D.

Program in Psychiatry and the Law

Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts Mental Health Center

234 Huron Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138-1328

Email the following information for all for all presenters and co-presenters

Name

Address

Email address

Affiliation

Title

Telephone number

Where you heard of this announcement

150 word abstract to Michael Lamport Commons

Commons@tiac.net