CALENDAR
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MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS
January
5-7: The first annual "Relevance of assessment and culture in education," (RACE), Tempe, Ariz. RACE is a national meeting devoted to issues of culture in the context of educational assessment, psychological assessment, pedagogy and counseling as it applies to both research and practice. Contact: Marla Bennett, (480) 727-6591, e-mail: race2000@asu.edu.
27-30: The Collaborative Family Healthcare Coalition (CFHcC) presents "The next phase: collaborative family healthcare goes mainstream," Bethesda, Md. Contact: www.cfhcc.org.
February
6-8: "Addressing tobacco in managed care," Atlanta, is jointly sponsored by the American Association of Health Plans, and their Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care (ATMC) National Technical Assistance Office Partners. Contact: AAHP, (877) 291-AAHP (2247) or (202) 778-3269, web site: www.aahp.org/services/initiatives/tobacco.
17-22: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting "Science in an uncertain millennium," Washington, D.C. Contact: AAAS, Registrar, Meetings Dept., 1200 New York Ave., Washington, DC, (202) 326-6450, fax: (202) 942-1065, web site: www.aaas.org.
18-20: Annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Arlington, Va. Contact: (608) 836-3787, e-mail: srnt@thamq.com, web site: www.srnt.org.
24-27: 16th annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), New Orleans. The meeting will explore issues concerning diagnosis, therapy and administration of pain medicine. Topics will be examined from social, legal, clinical and physiological perspectives.Contact: AAPM, 4700 W. Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60025-1485, (847) 375-4731, fax: (847) 375-4777, e-mail: aapm@amctec.com, web site: www.painmed.org.
25-29: The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) annual scientific meeting and workshops, Baltimore. Contact: ASCH, (312) 645-9810, fax: (312) 645-9810.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The eighth annual International Conference on Conflict Resolution (ICR), "Sharing tools for personal/global harmony," St. Petersburg, Russia, is accepting submissions for presentations to explore conflict resolution within diverse contexts, including arts/creativity, cross-cultural, ecology, economics/business, education, gender, global/regional conflict, health/healing arts, human rights, organizational/community, psychotherapy, and transpersonal/spiritual. Deadline for submissions is March 6. Contact: Common Bond Institute (USA), Steve Olweean or Sandra Friedman, Co-coordinators, 12170 S. Pine Ayr Dr., Climax, MI 49034, (616) 665-9393, e-mail: solweean@aol.com.
The Journal of Threat Assessment (JTA), a new scholarly journal that will begin publication in 2000, is accepting manuscripts devoted to the assessment and management of threats and violence in various contexts, including homicide, stalking, obsessional harassment, assault, sexual offenses, group violence, hostage situations, kidnapping and abductions, suicide, serial and mass murder, implied or direct threats of violence, protective measures for victims, workplace violence, domestic violence, school violence, threats against public figures and domestic and international terrorism. Manuscripts should be 30 pages or less, prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th edition. There is no deadline for submissions at this time. Contact: Joseph T. McCann, PsyD, JD, Editor, JTA, 31 Beethoven St., Binghamton, NY 13905.
AWARDS
The Summer Research Institute, Ithaca, NY, sponsored by the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect will select 12 researchers to perform secondary analysis on child welfare datasets with on-site support. This opportunity includes guest lectures and networking opportunities. Applications are due by Feb. 14. Contact: Andres Arroyo, e-mail: DataCAN@cornell.edu, web site: www.ndacan.edu.
The Society for the Study of School Psychology (SSSP) is accepting applications for its annual General Purpose Awards Competition. The award honors psychologists in the following categories: scientific contributions to psychology; applications of scientific knowledge to school psychology practice; and development of scientific aspects of school psychology as a specialty in the profession. Grant amounts vary. Call for complete rules of submission. All materials must be received by Feb. 15. Contact: Beeman N. Phillips, SSSP Past President, Department of Educational Psychology, SZB 504, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1296, (512) 471-4407 or (512) 471-4155, e-mail: beeman.phillips@mail.utexas.edu.
--L. Mattas-Curry
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