Adoption 2001: A
Family for Every Child
Friday, May 11, 2001
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2. Adoption
and Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure
What is known about the long term effects.
How adoption services can address the needs of affected children
and their adoptive families. Madelyn Freundlich,
Children’s Rights, Inc.
3. Fulfilling the Promise of
ASFA
Federal and state initiatives to
achieve full implementation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act.
A status report on NY’s performance. Junius Scott &
Carolyn Baker, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services;
Nancy Martinez, NYS Office of Children & Family
Services
4. Adoption
Legacies
The intergenerational effects of
adoption on the adoptee and birth and adoptive parents. Susan
Badeau, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation
5. Post Adoption Support for
Kinship Families
Understanding the differences
between kinship and other adoptive families and meeting their
specialized needs. Suzy Sanford, Edwin Gould Services for
Children; Will Henry, Lakeside Family & Children’s
Services & Rainbow Psychological Services.
6. Recruitment
and Retention: Two Sides of the Same Coin - Part
I
Effective recruitment methods and
the care and feeding of prospective adoptive parents. Zena
Oglesby, Institute for Black Parenting
7. Searching for a Past
The adopted adult’s unique
process of finding identity. How to support an adoptee’s need
to know their history. Jayne
Schooler
8. Understanding Angry & Aggressive Youth
What are the underlying reasons
for anger and aggression in youth and ways to address them.
Kenneth Hardy, PhD, University of Syracuse
9. A
Guide to Interjurisdictional
Adoptions
Creative ways to remove barriers
to interagency, intercounty, and interstate adoptions. Susan
Badeau, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation
10. The Adoption
Revolution
A Boston Globe reporter and
adoptive parent describes profound changes in adoption and
nationwide effects. Adam Pertman, Author, Adoption Nation: How
the Adoption Revolution Is Transforming
America
11. Recruitment
and Retention: Two Sides of the Same Coin - Part
II
Effective recruitment methods and
the care and feeding of prospective adoptive parents. Zena
Oglesby, Institute for Black Parenting
12. "Triggers" and Adoption-Related
Crises
Understanding the emotional
traumas in a child's life before adoption and the triggers that
may later precipitate crisis in the adoptive family. Jayne
Schooler
13. Resources for the
Adoption Community
Discussion of a university-based
program to inform and support adoptive parents and professionals
and improve adoption practice. Peter Gibbs, PhD, University of
Massachusetts Center for Adoption Research and
Policy
14. Setting
Limits: The Challenge of Effective
Discipline
Personality styles and their own
experiences as children influence parents’ approach to
discipline. How self-awareness and improved techniques can result
in more effective discipline. Martin Kaufman,
PhD
15. Foster Care to Adoption:
Eliminating the Drift
How to plan and celebrate the
transition from foster care to adoption. Why foster families need
rituals and support as much as "new" adoptive families. Maris
Blechner & Helene Gershowitz, Family Focus Adoption
Services
Friday, May 11, 2001
16. Grief
and Loss in Adoption and Foster
Care
Understanding the grieving
process and helping the child through difficult times. Denise
Goodman, PhD
17. Treating
Attachment Disorders: What Works, What Doesn’t - Part
1
How attachment in children
develops and where things can go wrong. Effective parenting
methods to strengthen attachment. Arthur Becker-Weidman, PhD,
Center for Family Development
18. Court
Appointed Special Advocates for Foster
Children
A progress report on NYS’s
CASA programs. What they accomplish and how to get involved. Darlene Ward, Moderator, CASA: Advocates for Children of NYS
(CASANYS)
19. Working with Adopted
Adolescents
The challenges of adolescence,
for the child, the parents, and helping professionals.
Understanding adopted adolescents’ needs and responding
effectively. Will Henry, Rainbow Psychological Services &
Lakeside Family & Children's Services
20. Individualized Adoption
Plans
Based on the IEP (Individualized
Education Plan) model, how to develop and use Individualized
Adoption Plans (IAP) for waiting children. Helene Gershowitz,
Family Focus Adoption Services
21. The
Impact of Abuse and Neglect on Child
Development
How normal child development is
affected by abuse and neglect. Assessing a child’s
developmental age versus the chronological age and responding
constructively. Denise Goodman, PhD
22. Children
with Attachment Disorders: What Works, What Doesn’t - Part
II
Effective therapeutic
interventions when professional help is needed. Includes videos of
treatment sessions and a client testimonial. Arthur
Becker-Weidman, PhD, Center for Family Development
23. Promoting
Permanency: A View from the
Bench
Reasonable efforts, law guardian
representation, timely decision-making, foster parent
participation, and other influences on achieving permanency for
foster children. Judge Mary McMaster Work, Ulster County Family
Court
24. Hands-on Concurrent
Planning: Beyond Theory
Putting concurrent planning
principles into practice. Practical how-to's, steps to take,
language to use, challenges that may be encountered, and outcomes
to expect. Jan Flory, Children's Aid Society
25. Taking Care of
Yourself
Do you take better care of other
people than you do yourself? How we get into this trap and how to
get out of it. Maris Blechner, Family Focus Adoption
Services
26. Parenting
the Sexually Abused Child
The preparation and skills
adoptive and foster families need. Differentiating between normal
sexual behavior and sexually reactive behavior and responding
appropriately. Denise Goodman, PhD
27. Pre-Finalization Support
for Adoptive Families
What do families need after
placement and before finalization? Addressing spoken and unspoken
expectations and needs. Suzanne d’Aversa, Parsons Child
and Family Center
28. New
York City’s Marisol Panel: Lessons
Learned
The major findings of the Special
Child Welfare Panel for the Marisol class action lawsuit and
implications for child welfare throughout New York State.
Madelyn Freundlich, Children’s Rights, Inc.
29. Parent Group
Roundtable
An opportunity for adoptive and
foster parent group and association leaders to share program
ideas, challenges, successes. Susan Collins, Facilitator, NYS
Citizens’ Coalition for Children, Inc.
30. Living
with ADD
Coping skills for the day-to-day
challenges of life with children who have attention deficits.
Susan Badeau, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation