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November 2017
ATN Peer Support Groups for Adoptive Families
Four Sunday Sessions: 3:00-4:30 PM Sept 24, Oct 22, Nov 19, Dec 10, 2017 Adoption Playgroups for Children, 5-9 years old Fun, multiracial playgroups, facilitated by adult and teen adoptees, for adopted kids from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Themes around identity, family and friends, and adoption story are explored. The groups provide a “safe space” for kids to build relationships within the adoptee community. For Tweens, 10-13 years old A peer-support group that embraces issues, as they come up,…
Find out more »September 2018
Families with Children from China Annual Picnic
OCA and FCC are hosting our annual picnic this fall! This year OCA-Westchester is hosting at Van Saun County Park. Check out their website (https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/852/Van-Saun-County-Park) to see all the awesome things the park, including sports fields, train rides, and a zoo! We will be providing hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, drinks, and watermelon, but we also ask that you bring a dish as well (along with serving utensil(s)) to share with 8 people. There is also an ongoing service project…
Find out more »Korean Culture Day, sponsored by Connect-A-Kid
Come join us on September 15th as Connect-A-Kid, in partnership with the Korean Consulate General, hosts a day of fun and education for transracial adopted kids and families at the Korean Cultural Center. During the event there will be a special seminar on the topic of birth search for parents and interested adoptees. For those children that are too young to attend the seminar, other supervised activities will be available. This even is free and open to all Korean adoptees…
Find out more »ATN Peer Support Groups for Adoptive Families
Four Sunday Sessions: 3:00-4:30 PM Sept 16, Oct 14, Nov 18, Dec 19, 2018 Adoption Playgroups for Children, 5-9 years old Fun, multiracial playgroups, facilitated by adult and teen adoptees, for adopted kids from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Themes around identity, family and friends, and adoption story are explored. The groups provide a “safe space” for kids to build relationships within the adoptee community. For Tweens, 10-13 years old A peer-support group that embraces issues, as they come up,…
Find out more »November 2018
ATN Peer Support Groups for Adoptive Families
Four Sunday Sessions: 3:00-4:30 PM Sept 16, Oct 14, Nov 18, Dec 19, 2018 Adoption Playgroups for Children, 5-9 years old Fun, multiracial playgroups, facilitated by adult and teen adoptees, for adopted kids from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Themes around identity, family and friends, and adoption story are explored. The groups provide a “safe space” for kids to build relationships within the adoptee community. For Tweens, 10-13 years old A peer-support group that embraces issues, as they come up,…
Find out more »December 2018
ATN Peer Support Groups for Adoptive Families
Four Sunday Sessions: 3:00-4:30 PM Sept 16, Oct 14, Nov 18, Dec 19, 2018 Adoption Playgroups for Children, 5-9 years old Fun, multiracial playgroups, facilitated by adult and teen adoptees, for adopted kids from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Themes around identity, family and friends, and adoption story are explored. The groups provide a “safe space” for kids to build relationships within the adoptee community. For Tweens, 10-13 years old A peer-support group that embraces issues, as they come up,…
Find out more »April 2019
Smith College “Adoption Conversation”
Join us for a lecture and discussion on adoption, with wine and cheese. This special event, co-hosted with the Smith College Office of Alumni Relations, will bring together SSW alumni, SSW students, Smith College alumnae, and guests for an authentic insightful discussion on experiences and issues surrounding adoption.
Find out more »May 2019
“Let’s Talk Adoption” Conference
Keynote Speaker: Adam Pertman, CEO and Founder of the National Center on Adoption and Permanency Keynote Address: Rethinking Adoption in the 21st Century: Progressing from "Child Placement" to "Family Success" Over 30 workshops for pre-/post-adoptive parents, foster parents, child welfare professionals, adoptees, and kinship guardians. Continuing Education Hours (maximum of 5) NJ & PA Social Workers and Licensed Professional Counselors Provided by Rutgers University Office of Continuing Education
Find out more »AKA Adoptive Parent Series: Birth Country Cultural Identity Development
How important is it for international adoptees to be familiar with their birth country's culture? In this event, we will hear from two past and present Also-Known-As mentorship program parents about their experience and insight into helping their children develop a healthy awareness of their roots. Martha Crawford and Marjorie Williams will share their methods, challenges, successes, and reflections on the role that they, as white parents, played in trying to impart a sense of being Korean and Chinese, respectively,…
Find out more »July 2019
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Join us in Las Vegas next summer 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. We offer more than 80 sessions in topics such as: Supporting and preserving adoptive families Core issues in adoption Effective therapeutic techniques in adoption Kinship care and birth family connections Parenting children…
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