Foreign calendar.Feb. 27-Mar 1: Conference: Child Welfare League of America; www.cwla.org/conferencesMar. 1-4: Therapeutic approach to the suicidal patient suicidal patient Psychiatry A Pt at ↑ risk of committing suicide in the near future Risk factors–♂: ≥ age 60, widowed, divorced, white, Native American, living alone, unemployed or having financial difficulties, substance abuse Risk ; Aeschi, Switzerland; Aeschi Working Group; www.aeschiconference.unbe.ch Mar. 2: Conference: Substance Abuse and The American Woman; New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) was established in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. The stated, official goals of the organization, now called the National Center on Substance Abuse at Columbia University, are Mar. 13-15: Pacifice Rim Conference on Disabilities: University of Hawaii (body, education) University of Hawaii - A University spread over 10 campuses on 4 islands throughout the state. http://hawaii.edu/uhinfo.html. See also Aloha, Aloha Net. Center on Disability Studies; Honolulu; www.pacrim.hawaii.edu Apr. 2-6: International Congress of Elderly Health, Istanbul, Turkey. www.geriatrics geriatrics (jĕrēă`trĭks), the branch of medicine concerned with conditions and diseases of the aged. Many disabilities in old age are caused by or related to the deterioration of the circulatory system (see arteriosclerosis), e.g. 2006.org/ Apr. 3-7: Sexual Assault Response Team sexual assault response team A team of health care professionals–eg, ER physician, forensic nurse, social worker, specifically trained in responding to victims of sexual assault–rape; SARTs combine '… Training Program; Rockville, MD, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Armed Forces Institute of Pathology A section of the US military which provides consultations, reference atlases and educational programs for pathologists ; www3.afip.org Apr. 10-12: Founding meeting of the International Research Society for Public Management; Glasgow; s.p.osborne@aston.ac.uk Apr. 24-28: Information & Communications Technology application for people with disabilities & aging people. Workshop; Damascus, Syria, [E] babdulra@cise.ufl.edu Apr. 26-29: Conference: Society for Arts in Healthcare; Chicago; www.thesah.org Apr. 28-30: International Conference on Healthy Ageing & Longevity; Melbourne, AU; www.longevityinternational.com May 25-28: Convention: American Psychological Society; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; www.psychologicalscience.org May 31-June 2: Juvenile Justice National Symposium: San Francisco; Child Welfare League of America; www.cwla.org June 5-8: National Center on Family Group Decision Making; San Antonio, TX; www.familypower.org June 12-16: International Congress for the Psychotherapy of Schizophernia and other Psychoses; Madrid./www.ispsmadrid2006.com/ June 14-16: Conference: International Association for Forensic Mental Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract ; Amsterdam; www.iafmhs.org June 23-25: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Biennial Convention; Long Beach, Cal; www.spssi.org.convention.html June 27-July 1: Annual Conference; International Society on Infant Studies; Kyoto, Japan; www.isisweb.org/conferences.htm July 6-10: Biennial Conference: International Association for Relationship Research; Rethymnon, Crete, Greece; k.kafetsios@psy.soc.uoc.gr for meet July 8-11: International Conference on Infant Studies; Brisbane AU; www.isisweb.org July 11-15: International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology, Isle of Spetses; Greece; www.iaccp.org July 12-14: International Conference on Computers; Helping People with Special Needs; Linz, Austria; www.icchp.org July 16-20: International Congress of Applied Psychology, Athens, Greece; www.erasmus.gr July 23-28: Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists; Sydney Australia; www.wfot.org.au/wfot2006/ July 30-Aug. 3: International Conference: International Federation of Social Workers; Munich; [E] info@socialwork2006.de Aug. 10-13: Convention of the American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization representing psychology in the US. Description and history The association has around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. ; New Orleans; www.apa.org Aug. 12-17: Congress of Correction: Tampa, FL; American Correctional Association The American Correctional Association is an association of providers of services to prisons in the United States. It holds an annual trade show where products used in prisons are shown to prospective purchasers. It was formerly known as the American Prison Association. ; www.aca.org Aug. 27-Sept. 2: World Congress: International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates; Belfast, Northern Ireland; www.judgesandmagistrates.org Aug. 28-Sept. 1: Congress: International Association of Schools of Social Work; Santiago de Chile; www.globalsocial.work2006.cl Sept. 3-6: International Congress on Child abuse and Neglect; York, UK; International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; www.ispcan.org Sept. 27-30: International Conference on Volunteer Administration; Minneapolis; dale_safrit@ncsu.edu Oct. 13-15: International Conference on Healthy Ageing and Longevity; Melbourne, Australia; www.longevity-international.com. Oct. 16-20: Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting; San Francisco; www.hfes.org Oct. 18-20: International conference on restorative practices; Bethlehem, PA; iirp.org/beth06/ Oct. 21-25: Blackbaud's Conference on Philanthropy; Charleston, SC; conference@blackbaud.com Oct. 30-Nov. 2: Congress on Autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. Spectrum Disorders; Cape Town, South Africa; www.autismcongress.com Nov. 16-19: Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, USA. www.aabt.org Dec. 1-4: International Conference: Disabled People; Johanesburg, South Africa; info@dpi.org www.communityaction.ca receives visitors from more than 25 countries each month. |
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