National Efforts-Heart Gallery of Lane County

Family Building - National Efforts in Adoption Support

November 4: Adoptive Families Today, with Stars of David and Families with Children from China, is hosting the 14th annual Midwest Adoption Conference at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, IL. Contact: 847-382-0858; adopadvo@aol.com; www.adoptivefamiliestoday.org.

November 14–16: The American Humane Association will hold its 2nd annual Conference on Differential Response in Child Welfare in Long Beach, CA. Contact: Candy Larue (303-858-0871; candyl@americanhumane.org).

November 18: Adoptive Parents Committee, Inc. (APC) will host its 27th annual tri-state conference, “Adoption: Children Are the Hope of the World,” at the Montclair State University Conference Center in Montclair, NJ. Contact: 201-920-0502; apc07@optonline.net; www.adoptiveparents.org/conference.htm.

November 18–21: The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) is hosting its 11th European regional conference, “Supporting Prevention and Recovery from Child Abuse and Neglect: Role of Professionals, Communities and Families,” in Lisbon, Portugal. Contact: eventmanager@ispcan.org; www.ispcan.org/euroconf2007.

November 30–December 2: ZERO TO THREE National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families is sponsoring its 22nd national training institute, “Imagining a Better Future,” at the Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando, FL. Contact: 202-624-1760; www.zerotothree.org/nti.

December 7–9: The Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health will hold its 19th annual conference at the Hyatt Regency Washington Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Contact: Scott (919-219-2342; scott@bcinnovations.com); www.ffcmh.org/conference.htm.

December 10–11: ChildSafe is hosting its annual child abuse conference at Norris Conference Center in San Antonio, TX. Contact: Patricia Kittle (210-675-9000; patriciak@childsafe-sa.org); www.childsafe-sa.org/events_conference.html.

December 10–12: The Child Welfare League of America will present its national adoption and foster care training conference, “Shared Beliefs, Shared Values: Achieving Excellence in Adoption and Foster Care,” at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, LA. Contact: Millicent Williams (202-942-0253; mwillia@cwla.org); www.cwla.org.

2008

January 28–February 1: The Chadwick Center for Children and Families is hosting an international conference on child and family maltreatment at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, CA. Contact: 858-966-4972; sdconference@rchsd.org; www.chadwickcenter.org.

February 25–27: The Child Welfare League of America presents its national conference, “Children 2008: Outcomes, Service Integration, and Public Policy,” at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. Contact: 703-412-2400; www.cwla.org.

March 1–5: The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is holding its annual conference, “We Are Making a Difference: Leadership, Innovation, and Investment in Maternal and Child Health,” at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, VA. Contact: 410-654-3010; amchp@designingevents.com; www.amchp.org/news/2008/index.html.

March 2–4: Black Administrators in Child Welfare will host its annual conference, “Listening to the Voices of Our Youth, Our Legacy,” at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, MD. Contact: 202-783-3714; bacw@blackadministrators.org.

March 6–9: The Society for Research on Adolescence is hosting its 12th biennial meeting at the Hilton Chicago Hotel in Chicago, IL. Contact: Birgit Swanson (734-926-0610); biennialmeeting@s-r-a.org; www.s-r-a.org.

March 12–14: The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) presents its annual conference, “Strengthening Connections between Parents and Children Affected by Substance Abuse, HIV, and Incarceration,” at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Francisco, CA. Contact: 510-643-8390; aia@berkeley.edu; http://aia.berkeley.edu/strengthening_connections/index.html.

March 17–19: The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Boulder presents its Blueprints Conference, “Sharing in the Mission to Help Youth and Their Families,” at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Denver, CO. Contact: Sharon Mihalic (303-492-1032; sharon.mihalic@colorado.edu); www.blueprintsconference.com.

March 26–29: The American Adoption Congress will host its 29th annual conference, “Adoption in a Global Community: Redefining Kinship in the 21st Century,” at the Portland Downtown Waterfront Marriott in Portland, OR. Contact: Sharon Pittenger (503-794-0915; sharon.pittenger@gmail.com); www.americanadoptioncongress.org.