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Dec/Jan 2010Vol. 10, No. 10Conferences

Upcoming national conferences on adoption and child welfare through April 2010 include:

January 2010

  • 24th Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment
    The Chadwick Center for Children and Families
    January 24–29, San Diego, CA
  • CWLA 2010 National Conference
    Children 2010: Leading a New Era

    Child Welfare League of America
    January 24–27, Washington, DC
    http://cwla.org/conferences/default.htm

February 2010

  • International Conference on Parent Education and Parenting
    The University of North Texas Center for Parent Education-and-International Sociological Association Committee on Family Research
    February 18–19, Denton, TX

March 2010

  • National Conference on Juvenile and Family Law
    National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
    March 14–17, Las Vegas, NV
    http://www.ncjfcj.org/content/view/1246/315
  • Sixth Annual Conference on Childhood Grief and Traumatic Loss
    Restoring Joy to Children and Their Families

    Los Angeles County Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect and Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services
    March 17, Pasadena, CA
  • American Adoption Congress 2010 Spring Conference
    March 19–21, Sacramento, CA
    http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/national_conferences.php

April 2010

  • NOFSW 27th Annual Conference
    Forensic Social Work: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice
    National Organization of Forensic Social Work
    April 10–14, Atlanta, GA
  • 28th Annual "Protecting Our Children" National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
    National Indian Child Welfare Association
    April 11–14, Portland, OR
    http://www.nicwa.org/conference
  • Families on the Faultlines: Re-Imagining Race, Kinship, & Care
    University of California, Berkeley, Center for Race & Gender
    April 29–30, Berkeley, CA
  • Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies: 3rd International Conference on Adoption and Culture
    Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture
    April 29–May 2, Cambridge, MA
    http://web.me.com/shaslang/ASAC_2010_Conference/Welcome.html

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:

http://www.childwelfare.gov/calendar/index.cfm