Children's Bureau Express

Conferences

Call for Abstracts

The Children's Bureau has announced a Call for Abstracts for its 15th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, "Supporting Promising Practices and Positive Outcomes: A Shared Responsibility." The conference will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, April 18 to 23, 2005. The Call for Abstracts will be available on the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information website at http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/profess/conferences/cbconference/index.cfm no later than May 12; abstracts must be mailed and postmarked by June 15.

Upcoming national conferences on adoption and child welfare through August 2004 include:

June

National Foster Care Conference "Footsteps to the Future" (Daniel Memorial Institute; June 3 through 5, Jacksonville, FL; http://conferences.danielkids.org).
National CASA Conference (National CASA Association; June 5 through 8, Washington, DC; http://nationalcasa.org/htm/events.htm).
2004 Conference on Family Group Decision Making "From Margin to Mainstream" (American Humane; June 6 through 9, Harrisburg, PA; www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pc_fgdm).
7th National Summit on Fatherhood (National Fatherhood Initiative; June 7 through June 9, Atlanta, GA; www.fatherhood.org/summit04home.htm (Editor's note: this link is no longer available)).
APSAC Forensic Interview Clinic (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children; June 14 through 18, Norfolk, VA; www.apsac.org).
Training Institutes 2004: Developing Local Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents with Emotional Disturbances and Their Families (National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health; June 23 through 27, San Francisco, CA; http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/institutes.html(link no longer available).
Summer Seminars by the Sea (Chadwick Center for Children & Families; June 28 through July 16, San Diego, CA; www.chadwickcenter.org).

July

Victimization of Children & Youth: An International Research Conference (Family Research Laboratory; July 11 through 14, Portsmouth, NH; http://www.unh.edu/frl/conference2003/index.html (link no longer available).
National IV-E Training Conference "Weaving Resources for Better Child Welfare Outcomes" (University of Oklahoma/School of Social Work; July 12 through 14, Santa Fe, NM; www.conferencepros.com/conferences/CWPEP/index.htm).
Putting the Pieces Together: 1st National Conference on Substance Abuse, Child Welfare and the Dependency Court (National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare; July 14 through 15, Baltimore, MD; www.cffutures.com/National_Center/SavetheDate/SavetheDate.pdf).
AdoptUSKids National Adoption and Foster Care Recruitment Summit "Answering the Call -- Partnering with Communities of Faith" (July 15 through 16, Washington, DC; www.cwla.org/conferences/2004adoptUSkidsstd.htm).
Foster Family-based Treatment Association's 18th Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care (July 18 through 21, Nashville, TN; www.ffta.org/conference.html - Editor's note: this link is no longer available).
67th National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Annual Conference (July 18 through 21, Portland, OR; www.ncjfcj.org/dept/conference/seminars/).
Advocacy in Action: Becoming a Powerful Voice for Youth! (Independent Living Resources, Inc.; July 20 through 22, Chapel Hill, NC; http://www.ilrinc.com/eposter/productdetail1.asp?catalogID=257 (link no longer available).
Investigation and Prosecution of Child Fatalities and Physical Abuse (American Prosecutors Research Institute's National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse; July 26 through 30, Chicago, IL; http://www.ndaa-apri.org/education/apri/investigation_child_fatalities_abuse_july_2004.html (link no longer available)
30th Anniversary NACAC Conference "30 Years of Celebrating Families" (North American Council on Adoptable Children; July 29 through 31, Minneapolis, MN; www.nacac.org/conference.html).

August

APSAC's 12th Annual Colloquium (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children; August 4 through 7, Hollywood, CA; www.apsac.org).

Further details about national and regional child welfare conferences can be found in the "conferences" section on the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information website at http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/profess/conferences/index.cfm.

Further details about national and regional adoption conferences can be found in the "conferences" section on the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse website at http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/conferences/index.cfm.

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