Adventist Family Life Professionals on Campus

Conference on Family Research and Practice begins

Hundreds of professionals who focus on families will be attending the Adventist Conference on Family Research and Practice starting Thursday evening (July 16) on the campus of Andrews University near South Bend, Indiana. The annual meeting brings together family counselors, social workers, educators and staff from the denomination’s Family Ministries Department.

Dr. Stanley Scott, a research professor of psychology and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver, will be the keynote speaker. His research focuses on the prevent of marital distress and divorce, commitment and couple development in romantic relationships, cohabitation dynamics and their role in relationships and family outcomes. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.