NICHD Network on Psychosexual Differentiation
Meeting 2, March 26-28, 2004
Agenda

Topic: Predictors of Psychological Outcome -
Moving Beyond Basic Biology and Rearing to the Complexities of the Social Environment
Location: Decatur, Georgia (Atlanta)


Thursday, March 25/Friday, March 26, 2004 - Arrival
Accomodations at the Holiday Inn Select, 130 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030,
phone 404-371-0204

Thursday, March 25, 2004
7:30 PM:
Dinner - Watershed, 404 West Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur; 404-378-4900

Friday, March 26, 2004 (Holiday Inn Select, Conference Plaza, Ground Floor)
Breakfast in hotel
9:00 AM:
Welcome and Introduction (S. Berenbaum)
Reprise of the network purpose and activities
Overview of Meeting 1 (Penn State)
Objectives of Meeting2
9:30 AM:
The complexity of psychological outcome, Overview (D. Sandberg)
Intersex case presentations
Social influences as mediators and moderators of outcome
Pathways to mental health and illness
10:15 AM:
Primate models of relevance to the network, 1 (K.Wallen)
Sexual differentiation: Causes and consequences of peers and parents
Discrimination of sex in self and others
11:15 AM:
Break
11:45 AM:
Primate models of relevance to the network, 2 (M. Sanchez)
Neural and behavioral consequences of early experiences
12:30 PM:
Rodent models of relevance to the network (H. Patisaul)
Phytoestrogens and behavior
1:00 PM:
General Discussion
1:45 PM:
Transportation leaves for primate center; box lunch on bus
2:30 PM:
Tour of Yerkes National Primate Research Center
4:45 PM:
Leave Yerkes, Adjourn formal meeting for the day
7:00 PM:
Dinner - Eurasia, 129 East Ponce De Leon Avenue, Decatur, 404-687-8822

Saturday, March 27, 2004 (Holiday Inn Select, Conference Plaza)
Breakfast in hotel
8:30 AM:
Adverse effects on human behavioral development, 1
Developmental perspectives (A. Angold)
9:30 AM:
Adverse effects on human behavioral development, 2
Chronic illness and mental health (A. Quittner)
10:30 AM:
Break
11:00 AM:
Adverse effects on human behavioral development, 3
Parent-child interactions when the child is "different" (R. Das Eiden)
12:00 PM:
General discussion
12:45 PM:
Lunch - on your own in nearby restaurants
2:00 PM:
Peers: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Sex-segregation: causes and consequences (C. Martin)
3:00 PM:
Peer response to differences (e.g., neglect, stigma) (W. Bukowski)
4:00 PM:
Break
4:30 PM:
General discussion
5:30 PM:
Network logistics
Start discussion (to allow participation of network members who need to leave early on Sunday);
to be continued on Sunday morning
Pilot studies
Lab exchange
Web site; other resources
Writing assignments
Local groups (at institutions of network members)
Preparations for Meeting 3 (Evanston, IL, outside Chicago)
6:30 PM:
Adjourn formal meeting for the day
7:15 PM:
Dinner - Café Alsace, 129 East Ponce De Leon Avenue, 404-373-5622

Sunday, March 28, 2004 (Holiday Inn Select, Conference Plaza)
Breakfast in hotel
9:00 AM:
Network logistics
as above
10:30 AM:
Break
10:45 AM:
General discussion
12:30 PM:
Adjourn Meeting 2; box lunch