February 2014Vol. 15, No. 2Conferences
Upcoming national conferences on child welfare and adoption through May 2014 include:
March 2014
- Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference
University of South Florida/Department of Child & Family Studies
March 2–5, Tampa, FL
http://cmhtampaconference.com/ - Prevent Child Abuse Texas' 28th Annual Conference on the Prevention of Child Abuse
Prevent Child Abuse Texas
March 3–4, San Antonio, TX
http://www.PreventChildAbuseTexas.org - The 5th International Conference on Adoption and Culture
Florida State University
March 27–30, Tallahassee, FL
http://english.fsu.edu/asac/asac_cfp_long.pdf
April 2014
- New World of Adoption Conference 2014
University of Massachusetts Amherst/Rudd Adoption Research Program
April 11, Amherst, MA
http://psych.umass.edu/ruddchair/annualconference/ - 32nd Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
April 13–16, Fort Lauderdale, FL
http://www.nicwa.org/conference - 19th National Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect
Making Meaningful Connections
Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families
April 29–May 2, New Orleans, LA
http://www.pal-tech.com/web/NCCAN19/
May 2014
- 17th Annual Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families
May 28–30, Washington, DC
http://www.wrconference.net - 21st Annual Foster Care Conference
Footsteps to the Future
Daniel Memorial
May 28–30, Daytona Beach, FL
http://www.danielkids.org/page.aspx?pid=443 - 8th Biennial St. Johns's Unversity Adoption Conference
Sleeping Giants in Adoption: Power, Privilege, Politics and Class
St. John's University in collaboration with Montclair State University
May 29–31, Queens, NY
http://adoptioninitiative.org
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: