6th Annual CPFA Mini-Conference for kids ages 7-14 and their parents October 14, 2017

(Doors open at 8:30 AM for registration and light breakfast)

Space is limited so please register early!

FREE for current CPFA members, $25 fee per family for non-members.*

This fee will entitle your family to a year of CPFA membership.

Our half day series of workshops are open to pre-adoptive parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, foster children and adoptees.  Our workshops will include:

“Stuck No More: A New Look on Parenting” presented by Rebecca Gallese, LCSW

“A Parenting Workshop on Search and Reunion” presented by Elizabeth Hovemeyer, LCSW, MSW

“Five Things Parents should Know about Attachment and Complex Developmental Trauma” presented by Catherine Bianchi, PhD

Adoptive Parent panel:  Parenting Children with Social, Emotional and Learning Challenges

Young Adult Adoptee Panel (for ages 7-9 and 10-14)

The Tip Top Program – Children’s Workshop (for ages 7-9 and 10-14) plus Adult Workshop , presented by Susan Merkel, LSW, MSW

“Flip Out and Back Calm:  Understanding Your Brain and Fortune Teller Stress Release Craft Workshop (for ages 7-9 and 10-14)”, presented by Cynthia Lapidus, BSW, CSW.

Fun and Games:  Give children an opportunity to socialize, play games and be creative.