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	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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