Opening Social Success!

Hello MAF students,

Thanks to all of you who attended the MAFSO opening social - there was a great turnout! We wanted to make the links to IAMFT (the Illinois Association of Marriage and Family Therapy) and AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy) links available to you.

AAMFT (Annual Conference Sept. 23-26th 2010 Atlanta, Georgia)

IAMFT (February 17-19th, 2011)

Also, Here is the Link to the Google Document for Questions, you may also email any of the MAFSO board with Questions (We'd be happy to answer)

Jennifer Ernst -jernst@my.adler.edu

Mubeena Siddiqui- msiddiqui@my.adler.edu

Targol Hassankhani - thassankhani@my.adler.edu

Kelty Johnson- kjohnson@adler.edu

As of right now, MAFSO is a flat hierarchy. This means there is no official "president" or "vice-president" ect. You are welcome to email me (kjohnson@adler.edu) with any questions or comments for the newsletter or blog.

Illinois Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Conference

Hello Marriage and Family Students!

The Illinois Association for Marriage and Family Therapy is holding it's next conference:

February 17-19, 2011 in Elgin, Illinois.

The reason we are announcing this so soon is that there are some great opportunities for students to be involved in this conference - All of these opportunities are a great way to boost your Vitae, you can:

• Propose a Poster Presentation of their research. (See link to Proposal Submittal Form.)
• Propose a 1.5-hour Workshop Presentation or a 3-hour Co-presentation. (See link to Proposal Submittal Form.)
  Deadline October 15, 2010.
• Volunteer at the Conference, and get their registration waived for that day. (See link to Volunteers Wanted flyer for bulletin boards within your department.)
• Be nominated for a Student Scholarship to defray their Conference Fees. (See link to Student Scholarship Nomination Form)

Click here for the Presentation Proposal Submission Form

Click here for information about Student Volunteer opportunities

Click here for the Student Scholarship Nomination Form

Click here for the IAMFT 2011 Annual Conference web page