March 2011Vol. 12, No. 2Conferences
Upcoming national conferences on child welfare and adoption through June 2011 include:
April 2011
- 29th Annual "Protecting Our Children" National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
Honoring Our Traditions: Sustaining Our Families
National Indian Child Welfare Association
April 17–20, Anchorage, AK - NABSW 43rd Annual National Conference
Beyond the Rhetoric: A Call for Social Action
National Association of Black Social Workers
April 19–22, New Orleans, LA
http://www.nabsw.org/MServer/Events.aspx?eventID=1168&calendarDate=19042011
May 2011
- Pathways to Adulthood 2011
National Independent Living/Transitional Living Conference
The University of Oklahoma OUTREACH National Resource Center for Youth Services
May 4–6, Denver, CO
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/conferences.shtml - Black Administrators in Child Welfare, Inc., National Conference
The Power of Change: Reducing Disproportionality
May 15–17, Philadelphia, PA - Tenth Annual National Citizen Review Panel Conference
A Force for Change
May 18–20, Charleston, SC
June 2011
- One Child, Many Hands: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Child Welfare
The Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice & Research
June 8–10, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/onechild - 2011 Conference on Family Group Decision Making and Other Family Engagement Approaches
American Humane Association
June 8–11, Henderson, NV
Further details about national and regional child welfare and adoption conferences can be found through the Conference Calendar Search feature on the Child Welfare Information Gateway website: