Second International Congress
“Acceptance, Rejection, and Resilience within
family, school, and social-emotional contexts”

Biennial Meeting
Dates: July 3-6, 2008
Location: Rethymno, Crete
Venue: University of Crete

First Announcement

International Society for
Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
School of Primary Education University of Crete

The International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection and the School of Primary Education, University of Crete, have the pleasure to officially announce that the Second International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection will be held in Rethymno town on the island of Crete (at the University of Crete), from the 3rd through the 6th of July 2008.

Submission of proposals
Prospective participants are encouraged to submit proposals for papers, symposia, workshops, and poster presentations on any aspect of interpersonal acceptance-rejection. Relevant topics include:

• Parental acceptance-rejection and parenting education
• Psychological and emotional maltreatment
• Clinical and developmental implications of interpersonal acceptance-rejection
• Peer acceptance-rejection
• Educational implications of teacher, peer, and parental acceptance-rejection
• Acceptance-rejection of children with special needs
• Victimization and bullying in school age children
• Acceptance-rejection in intimate adult relationships
• Acceptance-rejection in the context of adult offspring’s caregiving of ageing parents
• Methodological issues in the study of interpersonal acceptance-rejection
• Resilience promotion within school settings
• Psychotherapy and psychoeducational interventions
• And many others

Congress Program
The Congress will include a rich scientific, clinical, and applied program, as well as stimulating social events. It will also provide the opportunity to meet like-minded colleagues and students from around the world. All this will take place in a setting of great historical interest and natural beauty. The detailed program will be ready in due time. Website of the Congress:    www.isipar08.org

Official language of the Congress  English (simultaneous translation in Greek)

Contact Details                          
Prof. Elias Kourkoutas
E-mail hkourk@edc.uoc.gr
Office phone 0030/28310/77647
Office fax 0030/28310/77596
Gallos, 74100, Rethymnon Campus
University of Crete, Greece

Local Official Agency              
Ibis El Greco S.A.                       
Mrs. Maria Leventi
Incentives & Conferences Dept.
E-mail mleventi@ibiselgreco.gr
phone  0030/2810/301711
FAX     0030/2810/301689
10, Meteoron Str.
71307, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Organizing Committee
President             I. Kourkoutas, Assist. Professor, University of Crete
Vice President      Fatoş Erkman, Assoc. Professor, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Members
I. Pyrgiotakis        Professor, Head of the Department, University of Crete
M. Vamvoukas      Professor, University of Crete
E. Michailidou       Assoc. Professor, University of Crete         
K. Bassetas          Assoc. Professor, University of Crete
E. Vassilaki          Assist. Professor, University of Crete
I. Spantidakis Assist. Professor, University of Crete
F. Issari Lecturer, University of Crete
A. Mouzaki           Adj. Assist. Professor, University of Crete
A. Giovazolias      Lecturer, University of Crete

We all look forward to seeing you in Rethymno! Until then,

Warm regards,

Ronald P. Rohner, President
International Society for Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection

Director, Ronald and Nancy Rohner Center
for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Connecticut, USA
rohner@uconn.edu

Ilias Kourkoutas, President of the Organizing Committee
Assist. Professor, School of Primary Education, University of Crete
hkourk@edc.uoc.gr

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