2016 Conference At-A-Glance
37th Annual American Adoption Congress
International Conference
Schedule At-A-Glance
NOTE: Please be aware of times that Registration will be open.
These times will be adhered to so those on the Registration Desk may attend workshops
Disclaimer: Please be aware that this is the latest draft schedule of the 2016 AAC Conference.
However, this information is subject to change based on a variety of factors.
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International Conference
Schedule At-A-Glance
NOTE: Please be aware of times that Registration will be open.
These times will be adhered to so those on the Registration Desk may attend workshops
Disclaimer: Please be aware that this is the latest draft schedule of the 2016 AAC Conference.
However, this information is subject to change based on a variety of factors.
Register Now
Day/ Date |
Date/ Time |
Session | Workshop Title | Presenter(s) | Credentials |
Wednesday 03/30/2016 |
1:30 PM 3:30 PM |
REGISTRATION OPEN REGISTRATION CLOSED |
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3:45 PM - 4:00 PM |
Welcome | ||||
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
KEYNOTE | Knowing Where We Came From, Informs Where We Should Be Going | Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao | Ed.D., LCSW, LMFT | |
5:30 PM 6:45 PM |
Dinner on your own | ||||
6:15 PM 8:15 pm |
REGISTRATION OPEN REGISTRATION CLOSED |
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7:00 PM - 8:15 PM |
Welcome to AAC 2016! | Pam Hasegawa Susan Friel-Williams |
BA, English |
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8:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
FILM | We're Not Blood | Jeff Togman | PhD | |
Thursday 03/31/2016 |
6:30 AM- 9:00 AM |
Breakfast | |||
6:30 AM- 7:30 AM |
Moving Meditation Yoga | Cathy Koley | |||
6:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
REGISTRATION OPEN REGISTRATION CLOSED |
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Opening Remarks | Cynthia McGuigan | |||
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
KEYNOTE | To be Seen and Heard: How Adoptees Empower Themselves to Create Social Change | Amanda Woolston | MSS, LSW | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Break | ||||
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM |
100 Series | Workshop Sessions | |||
101 | Stories Matter.. Black German American Adopted | Rosemaria Pena | M.A., PhD Candidate | ||
102 | Empowered Poetry: Our Voices, Our Stories | Dr. Garnet Wind | Ed.D | ||
103 | The Impact of Infertility on Adoptive Parenting | Phyllis Lowinger | MS, LCSW, ACSW | ||
104 | Liberation Among Landmines: Race and Culture in Adoption & Foster Care | Krista Woods, Katy Perkins |
LCSW LMSW-AP |
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105 | Someone Like Me: Identity Lessons I have Learned | Pam Sweester | BS in Journalism | ||
106 | Post Placement Services to Birth Parents: Retreats and Support Groups | Lori Scobee Caroline McDermott |
BA, LSW |
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Art Room | ||||
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM |
Regional Lunch - Boxed | ||||
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM |
200 Series | Workshop Sessions | |||
201 | Youth Visual Studio-Providing Youth Voice in Heart Gallery Recruitment | Beverly Gmerek Kristi Griffith-Jones |
Masters Prevention Science, BS Mass Communication, VCU |
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202 | An Adoptive Father's Epiphany | John Brooks | |||
203 | Donor Conception: Past, Present and Future That Needs Action | Kris Probasco | LCSW, LSCSW | ||
204 | Search and Reunion: Ask an Angel | Vanessa Waite Natalie Manolakis Kimberley Haskitt Jennifer Johnston |
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205 | The Heart of an Adoptee| Recognizing Grief | Reshma McClintock | |||
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
SPOKEO Coffee BREAK | ||||
3:30 PM 5:00 PM |
REGISTRATION OPEN REGISTRATION CLOSED |
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3:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
Support Groups | ||||
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
Dinner on Your Own | ||||
State Representative Gathering |
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7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
PLAY | The Ice Cream Gene | Susan Ito | MFA in creative writing | |
9:00 PM - 11:30 PM |
Hospitality Meet-up | ||||
Friday 04/01/2016 |
6:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Breakfast | |||
6:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
REGISTRATION OPEN | ||||
8:30 AM- 3:45 PM |
REGISTRATION CLOSED | ||||
7:00 AM- 8:00 PM |
Moving Meditation Yoga | Cathy Koley | |||
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Art Room | ||||
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
Announcements and Give-Aways |
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
KEYNOTE | Adoptees in the wild: Navigating adoption Microaggressions and identity challenges in adoption | Dr. Amanda Baden | PhD | |
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Break | ||||
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM |
300 Series | Workshop Sessions | |||
301 | Six Word Adoption Memoirs | Andrew Tash Derek Frank |
JD, MA, MA MA |
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302 | Panel: Individual Keynote Presenters | Amanda Baden, Mark Hagland, Amanda Transue-Woolston |
PhD BA, MS MSS, LSW |
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303 | Connecting the Dots: Adoption and the Modern Family | April Dinwoodie Kathleen Nielsen |
MSW, Ph.D Candidate | ||
304 | Colorado: Two Years, Five Bills, Four Unanimous Votes! | Rich Uhrlaub Hon. Lori Saine Shane Madsen Betsy Clark Murry |
M.Ed J.D. |
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305 | It Takes Two to Hug: Strengthening Attachment in Adoptive Families | Jeannine Zoppi | PhD,MA, BS, | ||
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
Awards Luncheon | ||||
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM |
400 Series | Workshop Series | |||
401 | Mitigating & Managing Collateral Damage: Impact of Adoption on 1st Family | Susan Bednarz Denise Roessle Kathy Aderhold Richard Kish |
Nurse and Nurse Mid-Wife |
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402 | 'Flip the Script: Adult Adoptee Anthology' published by the An-Ya Project | Mei Mei Akwai Ellerman Susan Harris O'Connor Mi Ok Brunning Meggin Nam Holtz |
PhD, MA,BAr MSW LCSW BFA |
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403 | How to Choose an Adoption Competent Therapist |
Dr. Joyce Pavo Maguire | Ed.D.,LCSW, LMFT | ||
404 | Male Adoptees - Cowboy Up or Man Down? |
Rich Uhrlaub | M.Ed | ||
405 | The Donor Sibling Registry (DSR) - A Global Registry for Donor Families | Wendy Kramer | B.A. Communication Arts | ||
406 | Opening a Closed International Adoption: The Journey | Lee Varron Jose Varron |
M.Ed, LICSW |
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3:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Break | ||||
3:45 PM - 5:30 PM |
REGISTRATION OPEN | ||||
5:30 PM | REGISTRATION CLOSED | ||||
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM |
Support Groups | ||||
5:00 PM - 7:15 PM |
Dinner on Your Own | ||||
5:15 PM 7:15 PM |
Representative and Board of Directors Meetup | ||||
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
FILM | You Follow: A Search for One's Past | Nisha Grayson | ||
9:30 PM - 11:00 PM |
Hospitality Meet-up | ||||
Saturday 04/02/2016 |
6:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Breakfast | |||
6:30 AM 8:15 AM |
REGISTRATION OPEN REGISTRATION CLOSED |
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8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Art Room | ||||
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Birth/First parent KEYNOTE PANEL |
From Rocky Mountains to the High Plains: The Courage and Grit of Women Who Relinquish | Marilyn M Waugh Delores Teller Kathleeen Nielsen |
MA BS,MSW, LCSW Ph.D Candidate |
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9:30 AM - 9:45 AM |
Break | ||||
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM |
500 Series | Workshop Session 5 | |||
501 | The Adult Adoptee's Codebook for Effective Mental Health Care | Julie Lopez | LICSW, Ph.D | ||
502 | Ethics in Search - Discussion of Search Procedures from Ethical Standpoints | Susan Friel-Williams Debra Allen Mary Wilson |
Licensed Investigator Certified AZ Confidential Intermediary |
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503 | Open Adoption Over Time: The Rest of the Story | Rebecca Falco Rachelle Damron Tina Miller-Primus Kimberely James Kevin J Falco |
J.D., M.A., M.T.S |
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504 | Walking Softly in the Wildness: Expect the Unexpected | LeAnne Parson | Certified Professional Life Coach Energy Leadership Master Practitioner |
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505 | Black Adoptees/Black Adoption, Race & Adoption Narratives | Shannon Gibney Amadine Gay |
MA; MFA, MA |
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506 | Claiming our Space | Nancy Verrier | LMFT | ||
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Break | ||||
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM |
600 Series | Workshop Sessions | |||
601 | Adoption/Addiction | Nicole Burton Daryn Watson |
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602 | Bi-Racial Adoption in the Era of the Civil Rights Movement | Lisa Richesson | |||
603 | Adoption Agencies: Moving from Opponent to Ally | Dana Stallard |
LMSW |
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604 | From Group Care to Family Life | Toni Heineman | LCSW, DMH | ||
605 | Blazing Subtle Trails | Lori Holden Addison Cooper |
MSW, LCSW |
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606 | Adoptee Romantic Radar Revisited | Ron Nydam | PhD, B.A.,M.Div,D.Min | ||
12:30 PM | Art Room - Pick up of all Art | ||||
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM |
Lunch on Your Own | ||||
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM |
700 Series | Workshop Sessions | |||
701 | DNA Tests Change Everything! | Kevin Thomas | |||
702 | The Journey to Parenthood: Finding the Humor Within the Adoption Process | Debbie Scheer | BA in communication studies | ||
703 | Rehoming in Adoption: Clinical Exploration into the Darker Side of Adoption | Amy Curtis Melanie Chung-Sherman |
LPC LCSW-S, CTS, LCPAA |
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704 | Internet Searching for Family: How to Blaze that Trail | Marilyn Mendenhall Waugh | MA | ||
705 | Recognizing Relinquishment As a Critical Variabal | Delores Teller | BS,MSW, LCSW | ||
706 | Three Generations, Three Perspectives of First/Birthmothers | Marienne O'Brien Arlene Donovan |
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
AAC Coffee Break | ||||
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
KEYNOTE | “Race: The Final Frontier? Unlocking the ‘Undecipherable Codes’ in Transracial Adoption” |
Mark Hagland | ||
5:15 PM - 8:00 PM |
Dinner on Your Own | ||||
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
Mt Sophris Reception | ||||
Sunday 04/03/2014 |
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM |
Farewell Breakfast Social |