Conferences

Upcoming national conferences on adoption and child welfare through December 2004 include:

October

• 16th Annual ATTACh Conference on Attachment and Bonding (The Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children; October 3 through 6, Richmond, VA; www.attach.org/conf_2004_2004Conference.htm -- this link is no longer available).
• Indian Child Welfare Training Institute (National Indian Child Welfare Association; October 4 through 8, Reno, NV; www.nicwa.org/services/training/institutes/index.asp).
• Adoption Exchange Association 2004 Biennial Conference (October 7 through 9, Santa Fe, NM; www.adoptea.org/html/conference_info.html).
• 2nd Annual "It's My Life" Conference (Casey Family Programs; October 12 through 14, Sacramento, CA; www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUpMember?PG=1522364182300&P= 1522364191152296300&Info).
• 6th National Structured Decision Making Conference "Strengthening SDM Implementation for Improved Outcomes" (Children's Research Center; October 13 through 14, Long Beach, WI; www.nccd-crc.org/crc/sdmconf.html -- this link is no longer available).
• NCALP and Fostering Results 2004 National Symposium "Permanency by the Numbers: Improving Dependency Caseflow Management Through Data-Driven Strategies" (National Center for Adoption Law and Policy; October 18 through 19, Columbus, OH; www.law.capital.edu/adoption/Symposium_recap.htm).
• 2004 Child Welfare League of America Biennial Leadership Summit: "Is the System Broken? Creating the Will, Wisdom and Ways to Meet the Needs of America's Children" (October 20 through 22, Hilton Head, SC; www.cwla.org/conferences/2004biennialrfp.htm).
• 2004 National Youth Services Summit: Transitioning At-Risk Youth to Employment and Self-Sufficiency (The Performance Institute; October 25 through 27, San Diego, CA; www.performanceweb.org/social/s171/s171.htm -- this link is no longer available).

November

• Adolescence and The Transition To Adulthood: Rethinking Public Policy For A New Century (Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago; November 8 through 9, Chicago, IL; www.about.chapinhall.org/conferences/conferences.html).
• 2004 National Adoption Training Conference "All in the Family: Achieving Excellence in Adoption" (Child Welfare League of America; November 8 through 10, Los Angeles, CA; www.cwla.org/conferences/2004adoptionrfp.htm).
• Children's Rights Council 15th Annual National Conference "The Best Parent is Both Parents" (November 11 through 13, Toledo, OH; www.crc2004.org/pages/1/index.htm -- this link is no longer available).
• 66th Annual National Council on Family Relations Conference (November 17 through 20, Orlando, FL; www.ncfr.org/conference_info/index.asp).
• APSAC's Second Annual Trauma Treatment Clinic (American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children; November 29 through December 3, Maui, HI; www.apsac.org).

December

• 19th National Training Institute "A Changing World for Babies" (Zero to Three; December 3 through 5, Sacramento, CA; www.zerotothree.org/nti00/index_main00.html -- this link is no longer available).
• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health 16th Annual Conference (December 9 through 12, Washington, DC;www.ffcmh.org/conference.html - this link is no longer available).

Further details about national and regional adoption and child welfare conferences can be found through the "Conference Calendar Search" feature on the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information (http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/profess/conferences/index.cfm) and National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/conferences/index.cfm) websites.

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