Society for Research in Adult Development

Call for Submissions to the 25th Annual Adult Development Symposium

March 9-10, 2010 ~ In Philadelphia

Sofitel Hotel
120 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Hotel Website

Submit proposals online by December 31, 2009

The Society for Research in Adult Development (SRAD;
www.adultdevelopment.org) is dedicated to the study of positive adult and life-span development from an interdisciplinary perspective.

SRAD’s 2010 Symposium is meeting as a preconference of the 13th Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting, March 11-13, 2010, at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (www.s-r-a.org)

Challenges to conventional wisdom are especially welcome in all submissions.
Topics include and are not limited to:
Secondary Education
Post-Secondary Education
Adult Education (Life Long Learning)
Professional Development Programs
Community Settings and Politics
Consultative Settings
Organizational Settings
Therapeutic Settings
Other Settings
Transitions from Adolescence
Emerging Adulthood
Life Periods and Seasons
Identity
Intelligence
Motivation
Pathology
Responsibilities
Roles
Cognitive Development
Emotional Development
Moral Development
Positive Development
Performance Development
Relationship Development
Religious Development
Stages in Adult Development
Spirituality Development
Whole-person Development
Wisdom Development
Measurement Methods
Methodological Issues
Fractals in Development
Models of Development

Submissions due December 31, 2009

TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS of your proposed presentation, and for ONLINE REGISTRATION, visit http://adultdevelopment.org/registration.php.

Format of Presentations:
The sessions are comprised of interactive 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 precedes the poster period. The poster period is followed by full group discussion. Full papers or short summaries should be made available as hard copy handouts.

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Symposium Fees
Professional $60 ($75 at the door)
Student $35 ($40 at the door)

(Limited, partial student scholarships for registration fee only may be available; contact commons@tiac.net)

Register for the Adult Development Symposium online:
http://adultdevelopment.org/register_now.html

Alternatively, you may register by mail; send a check (made payable to the Society for Research in Adult Development) with full contact information to:

Michael Lamport Commons, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
234 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138-1328

QUESTIONS? CONTACT Michael Lamport Commons at commons@tiac.net