May 2010Vol. 11, No. 4Conferences
Upcoming national conferences on adoption and child welfare through August 2010 include:
June 2010
- 2010 Family Group Decision Making and Other Family Engagement Approaches Conference
Fostering All the Connections
American Humane
June 22–25, Burlington, VT
- Substance Exposed Newborns: Collaborative Approaches to a Complex Issue
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center/University of California, Berkeley
June 23–24, Alexandria, VA
http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/SEN2010 - APSAC's 18th Annual National Colloquium
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
June 23–26, New Orleans, LA
http://www.apsac.org/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=231148
July 2010
- 2010 National Adoption Conference
The Age to Engage in Adoption
National Council for Adoption
July 6–9, National Harbor, MD
- International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference
The Family Research Laboratory and the Crimes Against Children Research Center
July 11–13, Portsmouth, NH
http://www.unh.edu/frl/conferences/index.html - Training Institutes 2010
New Horizons for Systems of Care: Effective Practice and Performance for Children and Youth With Mental Health Challenges and Their Families
National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
July 14–18, Washington, DC
- The 13th National Child Welfare Data and Technology Conference
The Children's Bureau's National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology
July 19–21, Bethesda, MD
August 2010
- FFTA 24th Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care
Being the Light at the End of the Tunnel
Foster Family-Based Treatment Association
August 1–4, Nashville, TN - Pathways to Adulthood 2010
National Independent Living/Transitional Living Conference
The National Resource Center for Youth Services
August 24–26, Chicago, IL
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/conferences.shtml
Further details about national and regional adoption and child welfare conferences can be found through the Conference Calendar Search feature on Child Welfare Information Gateway:
http://www.childwelfare.gov/calendar/index.cfm