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Conference 2013

NEW WORLDS OF ADOPTION: Contact Between Adoptive and Birth Families: What Works?

April 11th &12th, 2013

PRESENTERS:

Marla Allisan
Susan Ayers-Lopez
Amanda Baden
Mary Beek
Judy Cockerton
Janie Cravens
Rachel Farr
Janice Goldwater
Harold Grotevant
Christopher Langelier
Ruth McRoy
Jenae Neiderhiser
Elsbeth Neil
Susan Ogden
Adam Pertman
Susan Livingston Smith
Emma Ward
Gretchen Miller Wrobel

TOPICS:

Contact issues in domestic infant, child welfare, and intercountry adoptions
Clinical practice issues and mediation relating to contact
Legal aspects of communication agreements between adoptive and birth parents
Research perspectives and findings relating to contact
The role of social media in searching and contact
First-hand accounts of young adults, adoptive parents, and birth parents involved in contact