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Conferences

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

July

• Summer Seminars by the Sea (Chadwick Center for Children & Families; June 28 through July 16, San Diego, CA; www.chadwickcenter.org).
• Victimization of Children & Youth: An International Research Conference (Family Research Laboratory; July 11 through 14, Portsmouth, NH; www.unh.edu/frl/conference2003/index.html).
• 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).
• Summer Intensives on Adoption and Complex Families (Adoption Resource Center and Center for Family Connections; July 12 through 16; Provincetown, MA; www.kinnect.org/training.html#summer).
• 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 -- 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; www.ilrinc.com/eposter/productdetail1.asp?catalogID=257).
• 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; www.ndaa-apri.org/education/apri/investigation_child_fatalities_ abuse_july_2004.html).
• 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).
• Destination Future 2004: National Youth Leadership Conference "Uniting the Voices of Youth" (National Resource Center for Youth Services; August 20 through 22, Chevy Chase, MD; www.nrcys.ou.edu/upcoming.htm).
• Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse: Equal Justice for Children (American Prosecutors Research Institute's National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse; August 30 through September 3, New Orleans, LA; www.ndaa-apri.org/education/apri/ investigation_child_abuse_sept_2004.html).

September

• Fifth National Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome (National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome; September 12 through 15, Montreal, Canada; www.dontshake.com).
• 9th International Conference on Family Violence: Working Together To End Abuse (Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute; September 17 through 22, San Diego, CA; www.fvsai.org/Conference/9th%20Conference/9thInfo.htm).
• 15th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect (International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; September 19 through 22, Brisbane, Australia; www.congress2004.com -- this link is no longer available).
• Raising Kin: The Psychosocial Well-being of Substance-affected Children in Relative Care (National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center; September 27 through 28; Chicago, IL; http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/annual_conference.html).
• "Growing Pains" National Independent Living Conference (Daniel Memorial Institute; September 29 through October 2; San Antonio, TX; http://conferences.danielkids.org/page4.htm).

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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