Past Workshops/Speeches on Adoption
Adoption Council of Ontario Education Day, Keynote Speech, Toronto, ON – Oct. 18, 2013; Keeping the Promise: Managing the Reality with Post Adoption Support
ACO Education Day, Toronto, ON – Oct. 18, 2013; Parenting Strategies for Traumatized Children
North American Council for Adoptable Children Conference, Kansas City, Missouri — July 24, 2014; Preparing to Adopt Traumatized Children
Niagara & Region Family and Children’s Services, St. Catharines, ON—Nov 2014; Adopting Older Children—Facing the Challenge
Adopt4Life Provincial Parent Association, Keynote Speech, London, ON–Nov. 22, 2014; Keeping the Promise: Going the Distance
Adoption Council of Ontario, Adoption Resource Exchange, Cambridge ON—March 7, 2015; Adopting Older Children: Facing the Challenge
Barker Adoption Foundation Conference, Bethesda, Maryland—March 21, 2015; Keys to Adopting an Older Child
North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) Long Beach, California—August 1, 2015; Truth from the Trenches of Adoption
Dufferin Children’s Aid Society, Orangeville, ON—Nov 18, 2015; Keeping the Promise: Going the Distance
Adopt4Life Professional Development Day for Staff, Toronto, ON—March 23, 2017; The Silent Impact of Vicarious Trauma
Adopt4Life Provincial Adoptive Parent Association Webinar—January 31, 2018; Keeping the Promise: Going the Distance
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