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When:
July 17, 2024 @ 8:00 am – July 18, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
2024-07-17T08:00:00-05:00
2024-07-18T17:00:00-05:00
Who
- All adoptive, foster, and kinship parents
- Child welfare professionals
- Individuals with lived experience with adoption, foster care, and kinship care
Whether you are a foster or adoptive parent seeking support and guidance, a child welfare professional looking to enhance your knowledge and skills, or someone with firsthand experience with the child welfare system, this conference is designed for you.
All sessions are intentionally designed to inspire, inform, and encourage all members of the adoption and foster care community! Workshops from expert speakers will cover a range of topics, including:
- The impact of trauma and loss
- Core issues in adoption
- Effective therapeutic techniques in adoption
- Kinship care and birth family connections
- Parenting children with disabilities and challenges
- Older children and youth
- Race, culture, and diversity in adoption and foster care
- Supporting children and families in adoption and foster care
- Recruiting families for children