Upcoming Conferences


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Updated: 07/15/2008


 

Date July 21-23, 2008
Time  
Sponsor National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology
Conference The 11th National Child Welfare Data and Technology Conference
Making IT Work: Achieving Safety, Permanency and Well-being for Youth
Location Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
Hyperlink http://www.nrccwdt.org/nrc_conf/pres_2008_outline.html
Notes This conference will focus on “Making IT Work: Achieving Safety, Permanency and Well-being for Youth.” This year we want to examine the collection and use of data that influence youth in foster care. This is a unique subgroup of our child welfare population that is in critical need of improved outcomes.



 
Date July 31-August 2, 2008
Time  
Sponsor North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
Conference 34th Annual Conference
Location Ottawa, Ontario
Hyperlink http://www.nacac.org/conference/conference.html
Notes

From July 30 to August 2, 2008, the North American Council on Adoptable Children will hold its 34th annual conference in Ottawa, Ontario. The conference is open to everyone interested in the welfare of children and families, including adoptive, foster, and birth parents, kinship care providers, child welfare professionals, and other child advocates.



 

Date September 15-17, 2008
Time  
Sponsor Child Welfare League of America
Conference Western Region Training Conference: It Takes Courage and Compassion to Serve Children and Families: Tools for Competence and Confidence
Location Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oregon
Hyperlink http://www.cwla.org/conferences/2008westernrfp.htm
Notes  


 

Date October 24 -25, 2008
Time  
Sponsor St John's University in collaboration with Montclair State University
Conference The Fifth Biennial Adoption Conference
Identity and the Adopted Teen: Surviving the Crucible of Adolescence
Location St. John's University Manhattan Campus
Hyperlink http://www.stjohns-montclairadoptionconferences.org
Notes The Fifth Biennial Adoption Conference is being held at the St. John's University Manhattan Campus and will again be a two-day event. We are currently in the planning stages for this event.

04/16/2008

We are pleased to announce our call for papers.

We hereby invite professionals, researchers, scholars, practitioners and graduate students to submit papers and research manuscripts that address issues likely to affect adopted adolescents in their journey toward their identity formation. The topics should include comparison in identity formation between adoptive and non-adoptive adolescents and all members of the triad, including the biological and parents and biological and adoptive extended families, etc.


 

Date November 1, 2008
Time 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sponsor Concerned Persons for Adoption (CPFA)
Conference 27th Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption”
Location Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ
Hyperlink www.cpfanj.org
Notes

Keynote Address: Twelve Things the World Needs to Know About Adoption
Presented by Adam Pertman Author of Adoption Nation
Plus 36 workshops on:
How to adopt; types of adoption; parenting issues;
adoption issues; school issues and more
Continuing Education Hours for NJ Social Workers,
Guidance Counselors, and Teachers



 
Date November 2, 2008
Time All Day
Sponsor Presented by Adoptive Families Today: Stars of David: Families with Children from China
Conference The 15th  Annual Midwest Adoption Conference: The Road Continuous
Location Trinity International University - Deerfield, IL
Hyperlink www.midwestadoption.org
Notes An educational conference organized by adoptive parent support groups designed to serve all members of the adoption triad including adoptive and foster parents, pre-adoptive parents, birth parents, adult adopted persons and adoption professionals. Featuring Dr. John Raible. For more information, log onto the website.



 
Date February 23-25, 2009
Time All Day
Sponsor Center For Family Connections
Conference 4th International ACTION Conference on Post Adoption Services
Location Hotel Marlowe, Cambridge, MA
Hyperlink http://kinnect.org
Notes We invite you to attend, present, collaborate, exhibit or advertise!  Call for proposals attached ~ Deadline August 20, 2008.
Further information will be available shortly. Contact Katherine Walker at 617-547-0909 or katherinew@kinnect.org
with any questions.



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