April 22, 2017

6:00 pm / 9:30 pm

Venue

Betty Taubert Girl Scout House


37 Wayside Ln, Scarsdale, NY 10583, USA

Adoptive Parents Committee (APC)


Organizer

APC Mini-Conference, on Saturday, April 22nd, from 6 to 9:30 PM at the Betty Taubert Girl Scout House, 37 Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, NY.  

Please click here to register.  We hope to see you all there!
 
SCHEDULE
 
6:00pm – 6:45pm:  Registration and Light Dinner
 
6:45pm – 7:45pm: Session 1 (choice of 4 workshops)
 
8:00pm – 9:00pm: Session 2 (choice of 3 workshops)
 
9:00pm – 9:30pm: Networking and Dessert
 
WORKSHOPS AND SPEAKERS
 
Session 1
Open Adoption
Rebecca Mendel, JD
 
Adopting While Already Parenting
Carolyn Berger, LCSW 
 
Adoption Costs
Michele Fried – Adoption STAR
 
Post Adoptive Support 
Tomasine Oliphant and Pat O’Brien: Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York 
Session 2 
Speaking to Extended Family and Others on Adoption
Anne Malave, Ph.D.
 
How to be Selected by Birth Parents
Nina Rumbold JD, & Denise Seidelman, JD
 
Understanding Adoption at Different Ages & Stages
Angela Rudden – Spence Chapin