Bonnie E. Carlson is currently focusing her research on a meditation intervention group for clients in treatment for substance abuse. Dr. Carlson helped start one of the first domestic violence programs in the country and has conducted research on family violence since 1974. Her areas of expertise include domestic violence; child abuse; incest; sibling abuse; dating violence and drug and alcohol abuse in women.
 
Dr. Carlson will join Arizona State University in August, 2007 as Chair of the Department of Social Work at the West Campus.  She received her Masters degree in Social Work in 1974 and her Doctorate in Developmental Psychology and Social Work at the University of Michigan in 1980.
 
Respondent is Felipe Castro, M.S.W., Ph.D. – ASU Psychology Professor - Associate Editor, Prevention Science - Associate Editor, American Journal of Public Health - Robert Wood Johnson Mentor : Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse.

Conference Program

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
            Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
            Opening Remarks/Annual Report

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
            Keynote Address: Issues in the Treatment of Drug Abuse among Women
            Bonnie Carlson, Ph.D.; Professor, School of Social Welfare
            University at Albany- State University of New York.
            Respondent: Felipe Castro Ph.D.; Professor, Department of Psychology
            Arizona State University

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
            Graduate Student Research Poster Session *Titles listed below

11:00 a.m. – Noon
            Closing Remarks/Reception
 

 Poster Presentations

• Connecting ethnic identity and substance use risk among Mexican-origin 5th graders: Differences by gender and time in the U.S.A 
   
• The Role of Ethnic Identity in Forming a Latent Measure of Acculturation
  
• Groupwork as a Supplement to Classroom Based Prevention
  
• School Ethnic Majority Effects on keepin’ it REAL Program Outcomes
  
• Parent-Child Acculturation Gaps in Latino Immigrant Families and Youth Problem Behaviors
  
• Factors Associated with Hopelessness among Hispanic Mothers
  
• Substance Use, Mental Illness and Violence: The co-occurrence of problem behaviors among young adults
  
• Guanajuato Youth and Health
  
• Exposure to Violence and Associated Health-risk Behaviors among Adolescent and Young Adults
  
• HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior: Results from a Survey of Students Enrolled in a College Course on AIDS in America
  
• Arizona Mining Towns Youth Study: Progress Report
  Stress in the Borderlands:  A multi-dimensional exploration of stress among Mexican immigrants