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Adoption Vanguard Award
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Session Descriptions
Schedule
Adoption Vanguard Award
Our Sponsors
Presentation Resources & Handouts
Book Table
CEUs & Attendance Certificates
Volunteer Lounge
Schedule At a Glance
Friday November 4, 2022
*The times listed are in Central Daylight Time
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM - Welcome!
Shannon Quist, Committee Chair & April Dinwoodie, AKA President
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Friday Morning Keynote Presentation
CEUs: 1.75 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Comfortable in the Uncomfortable: Bridging the gaps in the adoption community by doing the work...together, Melissa Guida-Richards, Keynote Speaker
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM - Lunch
Friday Afternoon Keynote & Sessions
*The times listed are in Central Daylight Time
Session 1 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Keynote Presentation
CEUs: 1.75 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Striving for ethical adoption practice: Are we there yet?
Patricia Martinez Dorner, MA, LPC, Keynote Speaker
Session 2 3:00 PM -4:30 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Adoption, Narcissism, and the Counseling Room, Katy Perkins LCSW-S and Melanie (JaeHee) Chung-Sherman, LCSW-S, PLLC
B. The Need For Transformation: How Faith Communities Have Hurt Adoptees and Their Families and How The Church Can Change, Sally Ankerfelt & Gayle Swift
Friday Evening (Optional) Programming - 6:00 PM
CEUs: 2.0 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Reckoning w/ the Primal Wound, Rebecca Autumn Sansom
This is an additional cart item that can be purchased during the conference registration process. We are so excited to be able to offer this event to conference attendees.
Saturday November 5, 2022
*All times listed are in Central Time zone
9:00 AM - Welcome - Announcements
9:30 AM - Adoption Vanguard Award
9:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Morning Keynote Presentation
CEUs: 1.0 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Adoption: Is the Loss Ever Healed? Lorraine Dusky, Keynote Speaker
Saturday Afternoon Sessions
Session 1 12:45 PM -2:15 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Adoption Annulment and Rehoming, Karlos Dillard
B. Decoding your DNA, Traci Onders & Amanda Reno
Session 2 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Rewriting the Truth: Making Room for Adoptee Narratives, Liz DeBetta
B. The Need for Nourishment: Adopted People and Disordered Eating, Katy Perkins, LCSW-S
Session 3 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Connect, Express, Breathe, Sara Easterly, Shae Lee, & Anna Grundström
B. Adoption Coercion Today, Rene Gelin
*Please note, the times listed above are in Central Daylight Time
*The times listed are in Central Daylight Time
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM - Welcome!
Shannon Quist, Committee Chair & April Dinwoodie, AKA President
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Friday Morning Keynote Presentation
CEUs: 1.75 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Comfortable in the Uncomfortable: Bridging the gaps in the adoption community by doing the work...together, Melissa Guida-Richards, Keynote Speaker
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM - Lunch
Friday Afternoon Keynote & Sessions
*The times listed are in Central Daylight Time
Session 1 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Keynote Presentation
CEUs: 1.75 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Striving for ethical adoption practice: Are we there yet?
Patricia Martinez Dorner, MA, LPC, Keynote Speaker
Session 2 3:00 PM -4:30 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Adoption, Narcissism, and the Counseling Room, Katy Perkins LCSW-S and Melanie (JaeHee) Chung-Sherman, LCSW-S, PLLC
B. The Need For Transformation: How Faith Communities Have Hurt Adoptees and Their Families and How The Church Can Change, Sally Ankerfelt & Gayle Swift
Friday Evening (Optional) Programming - 6:00 PM
CEUs: 2.0 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Reckoning w/ the Primal Wound, Rebecca Autumn Sansom
This is an additional cart item that can be purchased during the conference registration process. We are so excited to be able to offer this event to conference attendees.
Saturday November 5, 2022
*All times listed are in Central Time zone
9:00 AM - Welcome - Announcements
9:30 AM - Adoption Vanguard Award
9:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Morning Keynote Presentation
CEUs: 1.0 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
Adoption: Is the Loss Ever Healed? Lorraine Dusky, Keynote Speaker
Saturday Afternoon Sessions
Session 1 12:45 PM -2:15 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Adoption Annulment and Rehoming, Karlos Dillard
B. Decoding your DNA, Traci Onders & Amanda Reno
Session 2 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Rewriting the Truth: Making Room for Adoptee Narratives, Liz DeBetta
B. The Need for Nourishment: Adopted People and Disordered Eating, Katy Perkins, LCSW-S
Session 3 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM
CEUs: 1.5 Total for LMSWs, LPCs, LMFTs
A. Connect, Express, Breathe, Sara Easterly, Shae Lee, & Anna Grundström
B. Adoption Coercion Today, Rene Gelin
*Please note, the times listed above are in Central Daylight Time
