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April 2017

Effective Strategies for Working with Involuntary Clients: International Perspectives WELCOME

By |2017-11-27T17:22:35-06:00April 26th, 2017|Categories: , |Tags: |

This international conference on working with involuntary clients, gathering ideas from research, policy, and practice about strategies for effective practice in child welfare, corrections, social welfare and family services, health/mental health substance use/abuse and domestic violence. Issues related to the dynamics of working with this population will be discussed, with an emphasis on the importance [...]

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August 2012

Call for proposals for the 39th North American Council on Adoptable Children conference

By |2016-12-01T19:33:14-06:00August 15th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) is looking for submissions for their 39th annual conference, to be held in Toronto, Ontario next August 7-10, 2013. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, November 2, 2012. From the NACAC website: NACAC encourages adoptive and foster parents, child welfare professionals, adoptees, birth parents, former foster youth, [...]

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June 2012

North American Council on Adoptable Children conference

By |2016-12-01T19:33:17-06:00June 27th, 2012|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , , , , |

The North American Council on Adoptable Children will hold its 38th annual conference in Crystal City, VA on July 25-28, 2012. This year's theme, Celebrating Families: Valuable Lessons from Children, Parents and Professionals, begins with a pre-session workshop with Dr. Bruce Perry, noted expert on child trauma. Dr. Perry is a Senior Fellow at the [...]

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December 2011

Upcoming adoption conference: New Worlds of Adoption

By |2016-12-01T19:33:20-06:00December 9th, 2011|Categories: Stability, Permanency, and Adoption|Tags: , |

Save the date! The Rudd Adoption Research Program at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst Department of Psychology holds an annual conference. This year's conference, New Worlds of Adoption: Navigating the Teen Years, will be co-hosted by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. Minnesota has several connections with this year's conference. The Rudd Chair is [...]

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October 2011

Round Table on Early Childhood

By |2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 13th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , |

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and the Center for Early Education and Development are cosponsoring a Round Table Discussion regarding how early childhood development and child welfare practice interact. This event will be held on Thursday, November 3rd at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The discussion, entitled "Mobilizing Hope: Using a Developmental [...]

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September 2011

Brain Development & Child Welfare Policy and Practice

By |2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00September 27th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: , , , , , , |

Dr. Jack Shonkoff, co-editor of From Neurons to Neighborhoods, spoke at the symposium "Applying the Science of Early Childhood Development to Child Welfare Policy and Practices" in Oregon last month. Shonkoff, along with Philip A. Fisher a University of Oregon psychology professor, emphasized the neurological basis for the developmental, social, and behavioral problems of very [...]

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