A Warm Welcome

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Meet Our Keynote

Frances Dunn Butterfoss"Effecting community change requires collaborative work based on a deep understanding of how groups come together and maintain their capacity to work together. Fran Butterfoss is arguably the most experienced and informed individual in the country on community engagement and ongoing participation."
- Noreen M. Clark, Ph.D. Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan


550 in Attendance

Over five hundred fifty researchers, administrators, policymakers, family members, youth, clinicians and other stakeholders from all over the nation (and internationally) gathered in Tampa Florida in early March to attend the 23rd Annual Children’s Mental Health Research & Policy Conference...

APA Fellows Attend

In March, four fellows from the American Psychological Association 's (APA) Minority Fellowship Program were invited by the Department of Child & Family Studies to attend the national Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference in Tampa, Florida...

Visit Our New Conference Website!

Visit our new conference website and view plans for the 25th Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference March 4 - 7, 2012.