Events

Monthly Office Hours

LeaRn With NDACAN
Special Office Hours Series 2024-2025

We are thrilled to announce that the 2024-2025 Office Hours series will feature live 30-minute courses on teaching data users to code in the R programming software, followed by 30-minutes of open support time and breakout groups. Each 30-minute R course will feature instruction and live coding, include a handout covering the core concepts and codes of the lesson, and be accompanied by an assignment for participants to complete between sessions to practice the skills taught in the course. The dataset used in the course and for the assignments will be made available through the website for the purposes of the course. The workshops will be recorded and turned into a webinar series on the NDACAN website. The workshops will build on each other, and videos will be made available within one week of the workshop so that participants who miss a session can watch before the next live session. The course will be free and requires advanced registration. We hope that you'll join us for this special Office Hours series and LeaRn to code R with NDACAN!

Schedule (EST)
LeaRN with NDACAN Course from 11AM - 11:30AM
Open Support from 11:30AM - 12PM

September 20: Introduction to R
October 18: "Tidyverse" Functions
November 15: Basic Data Management
January 17: Linking Multiple Years
February 21: Descriptive Statistics
March 21: Data Visualization
April 18: Introduction to Regression
May 16: Introduction to Advanced Modeling

Registration link for the LeaRn With NDACAN Special Office Hours Series:
https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtce-rrjguE9Xx7Xk-ggIfD6Rxe-Jf7hwc

Summer Training Series

Join us for the 2024 National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect's Summer Training Series. The theme of the 2024 series is best practices in the use of our data. Presentations will take place on Wednesdays from 12PM - 1PM (EST) and focus on the unique strengths and limitations of NDACAN data, common issues in their use, and general approaches to support rigorous analyses. The Summer Training Series helps participants advance research projects using our data and increases the impact of such work. The presentations are free but advanced registration is required through the link provided below.

Summer Training Series 2024 Schedule:
Wednesdays from 12PM - 1PM (EST)

July 10^th — NCANDS Strengths and Limitations

Introduction: Cara Kelly, Ph.D., Childrens Bureau - ACF
Presenter: Sarah Sernaker, M.S., NDACAN, Duke University

July 17^th — Assessing Reporting Issues in NCANDS and AFCARS

Presenter: Alexander F. Roehrkasse

July 24^th — AFCARS Strengths and Limitations

Presenter: Sarah Sernaker, M.S., NDACAN, Duke University

July 31^st — Survey Design and Using Weights

Presenter: Sarah Sernaker, M.S., NDACAN, Duke University

August 7^th — Approaching NSCAW III for Experienced and New Users

Presenter: RTI

August 14^th — NYTD Strengths and Limitations

Presenters: Tammy White, Ph. D, Childrens Bureau - ACF, and Sarah Sernaker, M.S., NDACAN, Duke University

Summer Training Series Registration Link:
https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hMgJK9UATlOOB-KTdCiNLA

Videos and Slides of Completed Series:

Summer Research Institute (SRI)

The SRI is NDACAN's annual on-line research workshop in which participants analyze Archive datasets over multiple days with close support and expertise provided by NDACAN professionals as-needed. The SRI also provides participating child abuse and neglect researchers an opportunity for networking and collaborating with each other. Please visit our Summer Research Institute page for more details. Please join our mailing list, the CMRL list serve or follow us on Twitter to receive announcements about the SRI.