Adoption Knowledge Affiliates

January 2010

January 18 - "So You’re Thinking About Adopting" presented by Janie Cravens, LCSW

February 2010

February 15 - "Advocating for Your Adopted Child Within the School System" presented by Carole Hurley.

March 2010

March 15 - Interactive Book Review co-facilitated by Robyn Gobbel, LCSW, Monica Faulkner, LMSW, and YOU.

April 2010

April 19 - "Dynamics involved with interracial adoptions" by Nyla Lengacher, LCSW.

May 2010

May 16 - Viewing of the documentary For the Life of Me.

June 2010

June 21 - Amy Pogrund will share her experience growing up with a sibling whose adoption story was very different from her own, as well as the recent experience of meeting her birthfamily.

July 2010

July 19 - "Attaching after Adoption: Practical Tips for Infants to Teens" presented by Robyn Gobbel, LCSW.

August 2010

August 16 - Jane Hall, attorney at law, will provide an overview of the Texas Legal System with regard to how it pertains to adoptions and termination of parental rights.

September 2010

September 20 - "Ten Conversations You Have to Have with Friend and Family about Your Adoption" presented by Janie Cravens, LCSW.

October 2010

October 18 - "Filling your Adoptive Family’s Backpack: For Back to School and Beyond" presented by Becky Harding and Deanne Brown.

November 2010

November 12 & 13 - AKA Annual Conference
November 15 - Conference Highlights