“New Worlds of Adoption: Navigating the Teen Years”

Fri 30th, March 2012
8:00am - 5:30pm
UMass Amherst - Student Union Ballroom

Keynote Speaker:

MEGAN R. GUNNAR, PH.D.
Regents Professor, University of Minnesota, Director of the Institute of Child Development. "Post-institutionalized Children Become Teenagers: Early Deprivation and the Developing Teen Brain"

Panel Discussion:

Panel and Audience Discussion of Clinical and Research Implications of Keynote Address. Panelists include: 

  • Ellen Pinderhughes
  • Sally Powers
  • David Scherer
  • Susan Smith
  • John Sobraske

Poster Presentations:

Attendees will learn about current adoption research projects and programs.                     

Concurrent Sessions:

Confirmed topics include:

  • Adolescents & Identity with Amanda Baden
  • Experiences of Adolescent Birth Mothers with Ruth McRoy
  • Medical Perspectives on International Adoption: Adolescent Growth, Health, andDevelopment with Dana Johnson and Laurie Miller
  • The Internet & Adoption: Reinventing the Wheel with Adam Pertman and Mary Fournier
  • Youth Speak: The Teen Years from the Inside Out with Kim Stevens and a panel of teens who have experienced adoption
  • Who Am I? Where Do I Belong? with David Brodzinsky and Sally Popper 

General: $95
Students/ Seniors (65+): $45
Organization Group Rate 4ppl+(Conditions Apply): $70 
*Prices increase by $35 after March 13th

 

Ceu's:

5.0 Social Work: $45
5.0 Psycholgy: $45   

www.umass.edu/adoptionconference