SAVE THE DATE Bring the Conference Home FFTA 34th Annual Conference on Treatment Family Care Virtual Conference  September 23-24, 2020 We can’t meet in person this summer, but that won’t stop FFTA’s team of leaders, presenters, exhibitors and sponsors from delivering the only … [Read more...]

With overwhelming support from 90% of the originally scheduled presenters, the 17th summit is going virtual. The 17th Hawai`i International Summit is a multidisciplinary gathering of professionals working together to tackle the major issues in fields dealing with violence, abuse, and trauma. … [Read more...]

The San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment is directed to a multidisciplinary audience in the fields of child maltreatment and family/community violence. The purpose of the Conference is to develop and enhance our professional skills in prevention, recognition, and … [Read more...]

Promoting parent and family engagement NHSA’s 37th annual Parent and Family Engagement Conference is the only national event that focuses on how Head Start parents, families, and staff can best partner to promote both family engagement and children’s development. The 2019 Parent and Family … [Read more...]

Save the Date! If you have been touched by adoption or foster care, this is the conference you will want to attend! Join us virtually August 26–29, 2020 for this four-day educational event that covers a wide variety of foster care and adoption topics—to meet the diverse needs and levels of … [Read more...]

Although people of color have a long history of informal care of communitythe national discussion of adoption often leaves out conversations about the experiences of adoptive families headed by people of color. Too often child welfare professionals have approached families of color from a place of … [Read more...]

The composition of the self is multifaceted and holistic. We all have pieces and aspects of self that we nurture, celebrate, and shine out into the world. And equally, we have pieces and aspects of self that we suppress, hide, and relegate to our innermost corners. In the tradition of Jungian … [Read more...]

  As the landscape of adoption providers continues to be heavily dominated by for profit entities and “do-it-yourself” online matching services, solid ethics in voluntary infant placement and adoption become all the more critical. This workshop will raise questions about current practices in … [Read more...]

Racial identity for adopted and fostered people of color, especially when they are transracially adopted, is complex, as they navigate the multiple intersections of race in a racialized world. For those who either look racially ambiguous and/or embody multiple racial identities this complexity is … [Read more...]

Racial identity for adopted and fostered people of color, especially when they are transracially adopted, is complex, as they navigate the multiple intersections of race in a racialized world. For those who either look racially ambiguous and/or embody multiple racial identities this complexity is … [Read more...]