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The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) will host its 9th biennial convention on July 21-24, 2012, in Charlotte, NC. The topic for the conference involves societal change, such as environmental disasters, migration, economic upheaval, and social movements, and how researchers, activists, and policy-makers can learn and respond to these social problems. The deadline for submitting proposals for the conference has been extended to February 20, 2012. Submission types include symposia (90 minutes) interactive discussions (1 hour), 15 minute presentations, and poster presentations.

The January NewsBlast from the Washington Fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association includes information related to the following topics:


News from the Hill

• Rethinking Children’s Mental Health: Perceptual Barriers to Policy in Media and Mind


• AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Meeting


• Stress in America


• Changing the Frame: Child Well-Being as a Guide for Budgets and Policy


• National School Choice Week


• Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies


• Grant Reform and New Transparency Act

Research & Resources

• Reducing Prejudice & Promoting Equity in Childhood


• Mental Health Linked with Parent Educational Attainment


• Stress Decreases Brain Matter and Limits Ability to Cope


• Psychosis & Immigration at a Young Age


• Latinos’ Perceptions of the Economic Recession


• “Response to Intervention” & Schoolwide Learning Supports


• SPSSI Online Advocacy Center

Upcoming Events, Webinars, & Requests for Comments

• Baltimore School Choice Discussion & Dinner


• Child Welfare, Race, & Disparity: New Findings, New Opportunities


• Diversity Across Europe: Implications for Nursing


• Advancing Children’s Right to Education Online Dialogue


• SPSSI Convention on Changing Societies: Learning from and for Research, Social Action, and Policy


• International Conference on Violence in Healthcare


• Annual Meeting of Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities: Focus on Reentry


• Georgetown Center for Child and Human Development Training Institutes


• Research Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada


• Chief Operating Officer at Horizons for Homeless Children

JanuaryNewsBlast2012.pdf