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Other Organizations'
Training Events
2010
March
March 17: Co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, The Center for Grief and Loss for Children at Hathaway Sycamores Child and Family Services, and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, the 6th annual conference on childhood grief and traumatic loss—“Restoring Joy to Children and Their Familes”—will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. Contact: 323-409-4292;
http://ican-ncfr.org; http://icanlkerr.startlogic.com/ican/documents/ 2010Griefsavethedate.pdf.
March 18–21: American Adoption Congress will hold its spring conference, “Voices of Adoption: Speaking Our Truth, Restoring Our Rights,” at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento in Sacramento, CA. Contact: pdj27@aol.com; www.americanadoptioncongress.org/national_ conferences.php.
March 22–25: The National Children’s Advocacy Center is hosting its 26th National Symposium on Child Abuse, “Its All about the Children,” at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL. Contact: Marilyn Grundy (256-327-3863; mgrundy@nationalcac.org); www.nationalcac.org/professionals/ index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=158&Itemid=130.
April
April 7: The Rudd Adoption Research Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst presents its 2nd Rudd Adoption Conference, “New Worlds of Adoption: Linking Research with Practice,” at the Campus Center Hotel, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Contact: Stephanie Covelli (413-545-3905; scovelli@psych.umass.edu); psych.umass.edu/ruddchair/conferences.
April 9–10: The Department of Psychiatry and the Cambridge Health Alliance Physicians Organization at Harvard Medical School are offering a training, "Child Psychotherapy," at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA. Contact: 617-384-8600; hms-cme@hms.harvard.edu; http://cme.med.harvard.edu/
April 10–13: The National Organization of Forensic Social Work will hold its 27th annual conference, “Forensic Social Work: Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice,” at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, GA. Contact: Paul Brady (pbrady@nofsw.org); http://www.nofsw.org/html/annual_conference.html.
April 11–14: The National Indian Child Welfare Association is hosting its 28th annual “Protecting Our Children” conference on child abuse and neglect at the DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Portland, OR. Contact: Laurie Evans (503-222-4044; laurie@nicwa.org); http://www.nicwa.org/conference/.
April 15–16: The Center on Children and the Law at the American Bar Association is sponsoring a Fostering Connections National Summit, “Charting a Better Future for Youth,” at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York, NY. Contact: 312-988-5000; www.abanet.org/youthatrisk/.
April 16–19: the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association will hold its 29th annual conference, “Spring into Action,” at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta, GA. Contact: 800-628-3233; sandy@nationalcasa.org; www.casaforchildren.org/site/c.mtJSJ7MPIsE/b. 5405963/k.A2FE/Annual_Conference.htm.
April 17: The Adoption Community of New England presents its 37th annual New England adoption conference, “Identity in Adoption: Glimpses beneath the Masks,” at Bellingham High School in Bellingham, MA. Contact: 508-366-6812; info@adoptioncommunityofne.org; adoptioncommunityofne.org/pages/annual-ne-adoption-conference.php.
April 18: Adoptions Together will hold its 15th annual Kids Connection Conference, “Traditions and Family Rituals,” in the Montgomery County Center at Johns Hopkins University in Rockville, MD. Contact: Devon McLaughlin (301-422-5110; dmclaughlin@adoptionstogether.org) www.adoptionstogether.org/specialevents.asp.
April 25–27: The Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health will hold its annual child and adolescent mental health conference at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) in Duluth, MN.Contact: 651-644-7333; www.macmh.org/programs_services/education/conference/ conference.php.
April 27–30: The American Association of Children’s Residential Centers' annual conference, in conjunction with the Alliance for Families and Children national leadership conference on child welfare issues, are holding an event, “Celebrating Our Roots, Nurturing Our Future,” in the Greater Boston area in MA. Contact: 877-332-2272 ; aacrc-dc.org/ content/celebrating_our_roots_nurturing_our_future.
April 29–30: The Center for Race and Gender at the University of California Berkeley is hosting a conference, “Families on the Faultlines: Re-Imaging Race, Kinship, and Care,” at Barrows Hall on campus. Contact: 510-643-8488; familiesonthefaultlines@gmail.com; crg.berkeley.edu/ content/families-faultlines.
April 29–May 2: The Michigan Association for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents is hosting a spring training conference, “Every Child…Every Family…One Michigan,” at the Causeway Bay Hotel in Lansing, MI. Contact: Alma Schmidt (248-425-1655; almaprill@aol.com); www.mafak.msu.edu/.
April 29–May 2: The Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture, co-founded within the English Department of the University of Pennsylvania, will hold its 3rd international conference, “Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies,” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. Contact: 617-253-1000; asac2010@mit.edu; web.me.com/shaslang/ASAC_2010_Conference/Welcome.html.
May
May 7–8: The New York State Citizens’ Coalition for Children presents its 21st annual foster care and adoption conference, “Moving Forward,” at the Albany Marriott Hotel in Albany, NY. Contact: Susan Collins (607-398-9112; scollins@nysccc.org); nysccc.org/conference/2010-conference.
May 7–8: The Department of Psychiatry and the Cambridge Health Alliance Physicians Organization at Harvard Medical School are offering a training, "Mediation and Psychotherapy: Refining the Art," at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA. Contact: 617-384-8600; hms-cme@hms.harvard.edu; http://cme.med.harvard.edu.
May 10–11: The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services’ Children’s Administration and the Children’s Justice Task Force are sponsoring the 18th annual Children’s Justice Conference at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Seattle, WA. Contact: Thomasenia James (360-902-7966; jamt300@dshs.wa.gov); www.dshscjc.com/.
May 12–14: Daniel Memorial Institute is hosting its 17th annual national foster care conference, “Footsteps to the Future,” at the Hilton Clearwater Beach in Clearwater Beach, FL. Contact: Stephanie Waugerman (904-296-1055; swaugerman@danielkids.org); www.danielkids.org/sites/web/content. cfm?id=275.
May 17–20: Indian Country Trauma Center is offering a Project Making Medicine training about child physical and sexual abuse, “Honoring Children, Mending the Circle,” at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, OK. Contact: 405-271-8858; www.icctc.org.
May 27–29: Black Administrators in Child Welfare, Inc. will hold its annual conference, “The Power of Change: Reducing Disproportionality,” at the Chicago Marriott Downtown in Chicago, IL. Contact: Rita Graham (202-783-3714; rgraham@blackadministrators.org); www.blackadministrators.org.
May 29–June 2: The National Foster Parent Association presents its 40th annual education conference, “A Voyage of Hope: Sailing for Permanency,” at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott Hotel in Baltimore, MD. Contact: 253-683-4246; www.nfpaonline.org/content/?page=CONFERENCEINFO.
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