ADOPTION IN AMERICA 2007: What We Know and How it Matters for Children and Families - November 16, 2007 Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Adoption Research and Practice Conference in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Social Work CONFERENCE SUMMARY [PowerPoint]
CONFERENCE AGENDA | CONFERENCE FACULTY The University of Maryland School of Social Work in collaboration with the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute is presenting a day-long conference focused on cutting edge issues in the field of adoption today. Join us for the day with Dean Richard P. Barth and a distinguished group of researchers who will present and discuss a variety of important topics including a keynote address by Dr. Ruth G. McRoy speaking on “Barriers to Adoptions from Foster Care." Other key topics to be presented are: “Life After Adoption: Post-Adoption Needs and Services”; “Public Child Welfare and International Adoption: Issues and Considerations”; “Complex Issues in Adoptive Families: Gay and Lesbian Families and Adoptive Kinship Networks” and “Preparing Adoptive Families to Manage the Mental Health and Developmental Needs of Their Children." The conference format will include presentations and discussions in an atmosphere to promote dialogue. LINKS:
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Senior Research Fellows who will be presenting
The School of Social Work's Ruth H. Young Center for Families and Children We gratefully acknowledge travel support from the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning at Hunter College School of Social Work CONFERENCE FACULTY Richard Barth, PhD, Dean, School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore
David Brodzinsky, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Developmental and Clinical Psychology, Rutgers University
Harold Grotevant, PhD, Distinguished University Teaching Professor of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
Victor Groza, PhD., Grace F. Brody Professor in Parent-Child Studies, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve
Jeanne Howard, PhD, Professor, Illinois State University
Dana Johnson, MD, PhD, Professor and Director of the Division of Neonatology and Director of the International Adoption Clinic, University of Minnesota
Holle McGinnis, MSSW, Policy & Operations Director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Ruth McRoy, PhD, Director, Center for Social Work Research, University of Texas at Austin
Adam Pertman, Executive Director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Ellen Pinderhughes, PhD,Chair, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University
Scott Ryan, PhD, Associate Professor, Florida State University’s College of Social Work
Susan Smith, Co-Director, Center for Adoption Studies, Illinois State University
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