Adoption researchers need to study and respond to adoption trends in order to best help serve children and families. With this in mind, graduate students and recent Ph.D.s with a strong interest in a career involving adoption research are invited to participate in the 2022 Rudd Summer Adoption Research Institute, May 22 – 27, 2022. The week is kicked off with a Welcome Dinner on the evening of Sunday, May 22, and concludes after a group lunch on Friday, May 27.

Registration information: A large portion of the costs will be underwritten by the Rudd Adoption Research Program at UMass Amherst. We are pleased to be able to offer this Institute for $595, which includes 4 1/2 days of sessions, materials, daily lunches, two dinners, and coffee breaks. Applicants will be responsible for their own travel to Amherst and housing. On-campus dorm-style and hotel options will be available.

Professionals who deal with child maltreatment are under a tremendous amount of stress trying to provide services to their clients and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just as they give so much of their time and energy to their critical work, it is equally as important that they have the tools to care for themselves and know how to offset the stressors of their jobs.  Developing and maintaining a regular self-care practice is important in supporting overall wellness and managing the stress in their lives. The session will cover recognizing stress symptoms, how the brain responds to stress, positive reframing techniques, how to recognize adaptive versus maladaptive coping strategies, creating a self-care plan and the importance of maintaining it during the pandemic.

APSAC’s 29th Colloquium will bring high-quality learning opportunities to child maltreatment researchers and practitioners across experience levels and professions. Sessions will be designated as beginning, intermediate, or advanced level content.

We are excited to launch LGBTQ2+ Families Then and Now! This new, FREE 6-week webinar series offers conversations with a diverse range of families who identify as LGBTQ2+ at different stages of family life, from those with young children to those whose children have “grown and flown.” The series aims to explore the changing landscape of LGBTQ2+ parenting during the last several decades. All are welcome to join these powerful conversations.

This year’s theme, Transforming the Workplace of the Future: A Commitment to Wellbeing and Inclusion challenges the public and non-profit organizations to (re)imagine, define and lead in shaping a future workplace that empowers individuals to reach their fullest potential.

FREE!

Parenting a child with a history that includes loss and trauma requires parents to have a bigger parenting toolbox. This parenting webinar and group will focus on ways to add effective tools to support children from hard places. Come learn and share with others as we build our toolbox and let others borrow as needed.

The Strategies for Parenting a Child with a History of Loss and Trauma Series will be held via Zoom on Tuesdays (June 14th, June 21st, June 28th, July 12th, July 19th, August 2nd) from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EST. The series will lead off with a webinar and then subsequent parent support group meetings.

This event is free thanks to funding from the Jockey Being Family Foundation!

• The first 600 registrations are FREE each month thanks to Jockey Being Family and Jockey International.
• Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter and be one of the first to receive our next free code!
• 30 days of extended access is included in your registration.
• Certificates of Attendance and Continuing Education Credits are available.

We are excited to launch LGBTQ2+ Families Then and Now! This new, FREE 6-week webinar series offers conversations with a diverse range of families who identify as LGBTQ2+ at different stages of family life, from those with young children to those whose children have “grown and flown.” The series aims to explore the changing landscape of LGBTQ2+ parenting during the last several decades. All are welcome to join these powerful conversations.

• The first 600 registrations are FREE each month thanks to Jockey Being Family and Jockey International.
• Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter and be one of the first to receive our next free code!
• 30 days of extended access is included in your registration.
• Certificates of Attendance and Continuing Education Credits are available.

Join more than 700 child welfare professionals at the only international conference on family focused treatment services. The primary objective of the Conference is to equip professionals with the skills and knowledge they need to deliver high quality family focused treatment services and interventions to children and families that are served both inside and outside of the formal child welfare system.

Save the Date for the 2022 Conference!

If you have been touched by adoption or foster care, this is the conference you will want to attend!

Mark your calendars: July 19-22, 2022, for the next, virtual North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) conference.

Join us 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 experience of adoptive and foster parents, child welfare professionals, and people who were adopted or in foster care.

“Bridging Theory to Practice: Learning & Unlearning to Drive Effective Advocacy”

The annual conference is an opportunity for us to bring together professionals from child welfare and other intersecting fields and further the goals in NACC’s strategic plan through the exchange of ideas, information, and collective efforts. Most conference attendees are attorneys (representing children, parents, and agencies) and judges who work in child welfare court systems.

Engage with over 700 child and family serving professional from across the state. Attendees include social workers, parent educators, court appointed special advocates, family resource center staff, clinicians, law enforcement and others.

The theme of NCC 2022 is “Emerging Forward, Together”. COVID-19 took a significant toll on the Nation becoming the most challenging times we’ve ever faced. Unpaid family caregivers were impacted by the pandemic in four categories: environmental, technological, societal, and economic. As the Nation is on the path of recovery, The Family Resource Network puts emphasis on the necessity to address the issues in conjunction with the others. The effectiveness of the recovery relies solely on how well policymakers, leaders, and professionals work together. The National Caregivers Conference is committed to creating a space to collaborate, learn and support.

Registration Fee: $70

Buffet Breakfast Included

Registration: 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM