New Jersey Adoption Resource Clearing House

Internationally recognized, the Crimes Against Children Conference is the premier conference of its kind, providing practical and interactive instruction to those fighting crimes against children and helping children heal. There were more than 6,900 professionals from around the world in attendance in 2020!

The conference is presented annually by the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. The conference is conducted to provide training to those employed by government or nonprofit agencies in the fields of law enforcement, child protective services, social work, children’s advocacy, therapy, and medicine who work directly with child victims of crime.

CWLA is pleased to invite you to join us for Fostering School Success: How Caregivers and Social Workers Can Support the Education Needs of Children virtual training. This engaging skill-building opportunity that will share how to improve school experiences and long-term outcomes for children who have experienced trauma. Participants in this training will:

• Develop an understanding of common barriers to educational access and engagement for youth who have experienced trauma.
• Learn practical strategies for cultivating resilience at home that will lead to improved school performance.
• Advance their knowledge of the education system and supports available to children with special needs and circumstances.
• Expand their collaboration and advocacy toolkits to ensure children and youth have access to high quality schooling.

This four-part training is appropriate for foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers, and social workers and staff who have an interest and responsibility to better support children and youth in school as well as their educational achievement. Using case examples, discussion, skill-building exercises, and opportunities for Q&A, this training draws on the latest research in trauma and learning.

Virtual Training
September 21 & 28 and October 5 & 12, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern Time

Meet our Burundi Adoption Team and learn more about adoption from this beautiful African country. Children of age 2-10 years old need families.

This year, National Adoption Month will focus on teen adoption and engaging youth in permanency planning. The theme for the 2021 initiative, “Every Conversation Matters,” recognizes that authentic youth engagement depends on building authentic relationships, which can begin with a single conversation.

A virtual conference for Youth ages 14-21+ with I/DD, Their Families and the Professionals who serve them.

Pre-register at:

http://www.njyouthtransition.life/register.html

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount.

A practical, developmentally grounded discussion for parents of color about talking to children of color about race in the context of the white Supremacy that permeates their world and ours. Parents will explore how to introduce and expand conversations in a manner reflective of their child’s developmental stage and be presented examples of how other families, educators and scholars think about strategies for balancing race-based pride with discussing the realities of oppression.

PST Time, CA

Start: Oct 6, 2021 11:00 PM
End: Oct 6, 2021 12:30 PM

If you are curious about international adoption, or know someone who is, please join Gladney’s Asia Program Director live on Zoom as she introduces international adoption through Gladney’s China and Taiwan programs!

Learn about the many older children, siblings and young children with special needs who are waiting for families in the Philippines. We will review the process, time line and answer questions about how to adopt through this route.

Meet our Colombia Adoption Team and learn more about adoption from Colombia. Children of all ages need families, including siblings. Flexible requirements, including singles and LGBTQ applicants. Explore if adoption from Colombia is right for your family!

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount.

Considering transracial adoption begins with asking oneself the question: What is your motivation. Is it focused on what your child would need or your own desire or need to become a parent? Transracially adopting parents (parents adopting across racial lines) are better prepared to be successful if they are educated in advance about race, racism and how these issues will play out in the context of a family in which children and parents do not share the same racial identity. Even when they know race matters, many families, especially white adults, have questions about whether or not to be colorblind in a “postracial” context in order to avoid the pain and possible damage of racism. Preparing others for a racialized life begins with honesty about your own navigation of your personal racial landscape.

PST Time, CA

Start: Oct 20, 2021 11:00 AM
End: Oct 20, 2021 12:30 PM

This 2-day conference features noted national and Michigan experts who will address a range of topics in the field of child abuse prevention, assessment, and treatment. In addition to the keynote presentations and plenary session, attendees will have a choice of over 30 workshops focusing on recent advances and best practices in the areas of prevention, medical issues, child advocacy, and law enforcement.

The Families Learning Conference is for passionate people looking for innovative family learning strategies and practices to build stronger communities. Attending will provide exposure to a network of peers and funders, industry knowledge, and new teaching methods to take a more holistic approach to family engagement. Attendees are educators spanning preschool to adult learning, staff of community-based organizations and coalitions, librarians, parent leaders, funders, and researchers.

Join Wide Horizons For Children Staff to learn more about adopting a child with a special need. Will discuss a range of topics including the types of needs most commonly seen in children adopted internationally. You might be surprised to learn what may be called “special needs” by other countries. This is a unique a opportunity to explore if adopting a child with special needs is right for you.

This programming is for adults only. At-Door registration will increase to $150 per day.

Each day will feature a keynote speaker followed by 2 afternoon sessions of 6 workshops per session, for a total of 12 workshops per day. Participants will choose 2 workshops per day.

Oakland, CA

Start: Nov 5, 2021 8:30 AM
End: Nov 6, 2021 5:00 PM

This unforgettable and inspiring conference features today’s most pressing issues in the anti-trafficking field. Presentations and workshops focus on skill-building, survivor experiences, cross-discipline collaboration, task force development, case studies and lessons learned. The JuST Conference continues to stand by the motto that each person has a role to play in preventing and ending commercial sexual exploitation, and that a collaborative community response is critical.

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount.

Whether a child joins a family through domestic infant adoption, the child welfare system or international adoption, that event happens within the context of a larger system. Given that adoptive families are formed when children are separated or removed from their first/birth families, all who are touched by adoption must reflect on the ethical dilemmas inherent in it in order to help youth process their experience.

PST Time, CA

Start: Nov 17, 2021 11:00 AM
End: Nov 17, 2021 12:30 PM

Conference participants have the opportunity to attend numerous workshops, seminars, and panel discussions. Led by professionals and experts in the adoption field – including attorneys, social workers, physicians, adoptive parents, agency representatives, adoptees and educators – the workshops provide up-to-date information as well as a forum for discussions.

Our conference is for those who are considering adoption as a way to build their family, for those who have already adopted, and for those professionals and advocates who are involved in the adoption and foster care fields.

**This event is open to anyone and registration includes RECORDINGS OF ALL THE WORKSHOPS.

Schedule

Friday 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Saturday 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Sunday 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Join Wide Horizons For Children staff to learn more about adopting a older child. Children over the age of 5 in our international programs are in the greatest need for families. We’ll discuss a range of topics from who are the kids to program options to finances. This is a unique opportunity to explore if adopting an older child is right for you!

$36 per person non-member. Special pricing Pact member receive 25% discount.

Are you planning a transracial adoption (either domestic or international), or are you already parenting across racial lines? In order to successfully meet your child’s needs, you must be prepared to think about and learn about race, white privilege, white fragility, racism and how to honestly interrogate your own whiteness. Hear directly from transracial adoptees and a transracial adoptive parent about the challenges and experience of transracial adoption. This webinar will not support a “color-blind” but rather a “color-affirming” approach. This webinar is designed for white transracial adoptive parents as well as professionals working with these families.

PST Time, CA

Start: Dec 1, 2021 11:00 AM
End: Dec 1, 2021 12:30 PM