Training:

NACAC Adoption and Foster Care Conference

Jul 22
Thursday, July 22, 2021 – 7:15am
7:15am - 2:30pm

Join us virtually July 20–23, 2021 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.

Attendees will be able to participate live online, listen to recorded sessions, or do a mixture of both.

There are five keynotes—one each on Tuesday to Thursday, and two on Friday. For all other periods, there are two workshops to choose from. If you are attending live, you’ll choose one session to attend but will receive a recording of all sessions on the days you are registered for.

Be sure to visit the virtual exhibit hall before, between, and after sessions for ideas and resources.

More information here

Registration and Rates
Registration here.
If you need a registration invoice for a group, contact us at
conference@nacac.org.

The four-day 2021 NACAC conference is designed with flexible registration options depending on your role. Each registration is for one person or for a parenting couple who are viewing the sessions together.

If you want to register a group of five or more people, contact us at conference@nacac.org or 651-644-3036 for a group registration form. Groups of 10 or more receive a 10 percent discount.

Tuesday, July 20 to Friday, July 23

Member / Nonmember
4-day: $260 / $310
3-day: $215 / $265
2-day: $170 / $220


Location:

Online Training

See description for registration instructions.

Speakers and Topics

Keynotes

  • Michael Sanders, MSW, LISW, Jamole Callahan, and Adrian McLemore present I Want a Family, But I Want It My Way
  • Ross Greene, PhD, presents Collaborative & Proactive Solutions: Moving From Power and Control to Collaboration and Problem Solving
  • Dan Siegel, MD, presents Attachment, Attuned Parenting, and Reasoning: The Power of Showing Up
  • Michelle Young, MSW, RSW, presents Race and Equity Issues in Foster Care and Adoption
  • Bryan Post presents May the Force Be with You: The Power of Love in Healing Trauma

Workshops

The sessions inspire, inform, and encourage all members of the adoption and foster care community! Check out the session descriptions here and the schedule here.

We are offering workshops from expert speakers covering a range of topics, including:

  • The impact of trauma and loss
  • Core issues in adoption
  • Effective therapeutic techniques in adoption
  • Kinship care and birth family connections
  • Parenting children with disabilities and challenges
  • Older children and youth
  • Race, culture, and diversity in adoption and foster care
  • Supporting children and families in adoption and foster care
  • Recruiting families for children