September 2008Vol. 9, No. 7Conferences
Upcoming national conferences on adoption and child welfare through December 2008 include:
October
- Seventh North American Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
October 5–7, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 2008 Alliance National Conference
The Power of Purpose/The Purpose of Our Power
Alliance for Children and Families
October 28–30, Baltimore, MD
- Council on Social Work Education 54th Annual Meeting
Social Work Policy and Practice: Linking Theory, Methods, and Skills
Philadelphia, PA, October 30–November 2
- NAEHCY 20th Annual Conference
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
October 31–November 3, Arlington, VA
November
- 2008 Conference on Differential Response in Child Welfare
The American Humane Association
Columbus, OH, November 12–14
- Eighth National Structured Decision Making Conference
Weaving SDM Into Practice
The Children's Research Center
November 12–14, Sacramento, CA
December
- Time and Effort: Perspectives on Workload Roundtable
The American Humane Association and Consortium on Workload
Santa Fe, NM, December 3–5
- 23rd National Training Institute
Connecting Science, Policy, and Practice: Improving Outcomes for Infants and Toddlers
ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
Los Angeles, CA, December 4–7
Further details about national and regional adoption and child welfare conferences can be found through the Conference Calendar Search feature on the Child Welfare Information Gateway website: