MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS

February

26?28: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Washington. Contact: Susan Kilbourne, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20001-2002, (202) 662-9425.

March

6?9: The second annual meeting of the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe (BFE), Davos, Switzerland. Contact: Danielle Matto, BFE, P.O. Box 21, 3440AA Woerden, The Netherlands, phone: 31-348-420-420.

April

2?4 The 1st annual assessment psychology conference, Orlando, Fla., will provide psychologists and other professionals with the opportunity to learn about advances in the field of psychological assessment from leading assessment psychologists in APA. Contact: Alan Jay Raphael, PhD, 1000 Brickell Ave., Suite 910, Miami, FL 33131, (800) 285-0493.

24?25: ?The intricate world of the gifted individual,? Cleveland, Ohio, is a forum on the psychology of the gifted. Contact: Lori Gourley, (330) 672-7935, e-mail.

May

2?5: ?Mental consequences of war and persecution,? Hamburg, Germany, is the sixth world congress of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR). Contact: WAPR, P.O. Box 302480, D-20308 Hamburg, Germany, phone: 49-40-3569-2446, e-mail.

7?9: Public Health in the 21st Century: Behavioral and Social Science Contributions, Atlanta, organized by APA will highlight and demonstrate the importance of applying behavioral and social sciences to health promotion and disease prevention and control. For more information, contact Julia Silva, PhD, APA, 750 First St., N.E. Washington, DC 20002-4242, (202) 336-5817.

27?30: The International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston. Contact: Cynthia Bradford, Cognitive and Neural Systems Department, Boston University, 677 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02215, fax: (617) 353-7755.

28?31: ?The future of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychiatry: prospects for the 21st century,? Toronto, Ontario, is the 42nd annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (AAP). Contact: AAP, 47 E. 19th St., 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003-1323, (212) 475-7980.

30: ?Issues in social-emotional development,? Claremont, Calif., is the second annual applied developmental conference at the Claremont Graduate University. Contact: Claire Kopp, PhD, Claremont Graduate University, School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont, CA 91711-3955, (909) 607-3715.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Behavioral Sciences and the Law seeks manuscripts for a special issue on behavioral science and mental health issues in law enforcement. The deadline for submissions is March 1. Contact: Charles Patrick Ewing, JD, PhD, 723 O?Brien Hall, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, (716) 645-2770.

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) is requesting proposals for its 42nd annual meeting, to be held Oct. 5?9 in Chicago. The proposal deadline for lectures, panels, symposia and workshops is March 9; poster proposals are due April 20. Contact: HFES, P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1369, (310) 394-1811.

?Work and family: today?s realities and tomorrow?s visions,? to be held Nov. 6?7 in Boston, seeks manuscripts on combining family responsibilities and employment. The conference is co-sponsored by the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, the Sloan Foundation and the Business and Professional Women?s Association. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 28. Contact: Mary O?Neill, (202) 293-1100, ext. 182.

Healthsouth Braintree Rehabilitations Hospital is accepting research and paper proposals on the evaluation and management of individuals with stroke and traumatic brain injury. Deadline for submissions is March 16. Accepted work will be presented at the 19th Annual Neurorehabilitation Conference, to be held Nov. 8?10 in Boston. Contact: Kristine Lundgren, Center for Communication Disorders, 250 Pond St., Braintree, MA, (800) 997-3422, ext. 2192.

The Society for the Multidisciplinary Study of Consciousness invites submissions for its first annual meeting, to be held Aug. 17?18 in San Francisco. Deadline for submission of abstracts is March 15. Contact: Larry Vandervert, PhD, (509) 533-3583, fax: (509) 533-3149.

The Impact of Deafness on Cognition conference, to be held April 13?14 in San Diego, is accepting abstracts for poster sessions. The submission deadline is Feb. 25. Contact: Diane Clark, Department of Psychology, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA 17257, (717) 532-1292.

The Journal for Early Adolescence seeks manuscripts for a special issue on positive social behaviors during early adolescence. Deadline for submissions is May 15. Contact: Gustavo Carlo, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska?Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0308.

Behavioral Sciences and the Law seeks manuscripts for a special issue on mental illness and criminal responsibility. Deadline for manuscripts is Sept. 1. Contact: Alan Felthous, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 301 University Blvd., 77555-0428, (409) 772-6883.