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Posted September 29th, 2008 by dawn

There is less than 3 weeks to the deadline date for proposals to present at the 2009 NACAC conference in Columbus Ohio.

If you can help parents, professionals, and advocates gain skills and knowledge, please
consider presenting at NACAC’s 35th annual conference on August12–15, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio. 

Until Friday, October 17, 2008, NACAC encourages adoptive and foster parents, child welfare professionals, adoptees, birth parents, former foster youth, researchers, therapists, and other child advocates to submit workshop and institute proposals for the 2009 conference. Three-hour institutes will take place on Thursday, August 13. Ninety-minute workshops will be scheduled from Thursday morning through Saturday afternoon.

Guidelines

Sessions may have up to three presenters. If multiple presenters submit proposals to discuss similar issues, NACAC may ask them to present as a panel. Presenters who are NACAC members do not have to pay registration fees, but are expected to donate their time and expenses as a contribution to waiting children and the adoption community.

Proposed presentations should address topics such as models of post-legal adoption services, family recruitment and retention, parent group activities, or other adoption-related subjects. Follow the format below and provide a detailed outline and a statement suggesting what participants will gain from the presentation.

NACAC makes final session selections after board members, staff, and conference committee participants review each proposal. We will notify prospective presenters about final session decisions in January 2009.

NACAC is not responsible for verifying the originality of submissions, and cannot be held liable for presenters’ copyright infringements or other ownership rights violations.

Topic Areas

Below is a list of topic areas from which to choose when describing the type of presentation you are proposing. Pick one topic that best fits your presentation:

  1. Adoption Agency Issues & Concerns
  2. Adoptive & Foster Parent Support Groups
  3. Advocacy & Public Policy
  4. International Adoption
  5. Kinship Care
  6. Parenting
  7. Parenting Children with Challenges
  8. Permanency Options
  9. Post-Adoption Services
  10. Preparing Parents for Adoption
  11. Race, Culture, & Diversity in Adoption
  12. Recruiting Permanent Families
  13. Search & Openness in Adoption
  14. Supporting Children
  15. Teen Issues—for a teen audience
  16. Therapeutic Techniques—advanced
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Dawn Friedman is the founder of Open Adoption Support. a writer, and mom to two. She journals at this woman's work.

not that I would be able to

On September 30th, 2008 cindy.psbm says:

not that I would be able to be part of this interesting workshop. I sounds very interesting anyways. I just want to ask. Number 13, why is search and openness in the same catagory?

Not sure how anything I have

SchmennaLeigh's picture
On September 30th, 2008 SchmennaLeigh says:

Not sure how anything I have to say would fit under any of those category umbrellas. Hmm.