2010
March 8, 2010 Blue Earth County PEO Adoption as a Lifestyle Mankato, MN April 27, 2010, 10:00 a.m. MACMH Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference Parenting Strategies for Neuro-Atypical Children Duluth, MN April 29, 2010 North Dakota Family Based Conference 12 Survival Tips Learned From Parenting 12 Children (Keynote) and Developmental Stages in Foster and Adopted Children (afternoon session) Fargo, ND August 7, 2010, 10:45 a.m. North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) 36th Annual Conference Knowing When You've Reached the End and It's Time to Turn Around Hartford, CT 2009
April 2, 2009 9:30 a.m. Parent Community Network Parent Conference Surviving Parenthood Grand Forks, ND aaa a April 2, 2009, 7:00 p.m. Parent Community Network Parent Conference Surviving Parenthood Erskine, MN aaa April 8, 2009, 3:30 p.m. Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota Conference 12 Survival Tips Learned From Parenting 12 Children St. Cloud, MN aaa April 28, 2009 1:00 p.m. MACMH Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference 12 Survival Tips Learned from Parenting 12 Children Duluth, MN aaa May 4, 2009 9 a.m. - 3 pm Texas Department of Family & Protective Services Myths and Methods of Matching Amarillo, TX aaa June 17, 2009, 10 - 4 Delaware Valley Adoption Council Developmental Stages in Foster and Adopted Children Near Philadelphia, PA J July 28, 2009 Brown County, MN Adoption Support Groups New Ulm, MN August 12-15, 2009 NACAC's 35th Annual Conference Parenting Adopted Teens: Different Developmental Stages and the Attachment Cycle Part Two Columbus, Ohio September 11-12, 2009 Pre-Adoption Training 16 Hour Pre-Adopt Training Mankato, MN September 26, 2009 Stand by Me Keynote: Twelve Survival Tips and Seminar: Developmental Stages and Attachment St. Cloud, MN October 2, 2009 Lubbock Interagency Adoption Council Developmental Stages in Foster and Adopted Children and Disruption Prevention (2 sessions) Lubbock, TX October 3, 2009 Minnesota Foster Parent Association Annual Conference 40 Tips for Effective Foster Parenting of Teens (co-presenting with Randy Ruth) Eden Prairie, MN October 9, 2009 100th Oklahoma Wesleyan University Homecoming Book Signing Bartlesville, OK October 14, 2009 Fergus Falls Library Book Signing Fergus Falls, MN October 16, 2009, 9-12:00 Permanent Family Resource Center Getting Matched: Facts, Myths and a Glimmer of Hope Fergus Falls, MN November 14. 2009 TAP, Inc. Adoptive, Foster and Kinship Conference 12 Survival Tips Learned from Parenting 12 Children and Developmental Stages in Foster and Adopted Children Philadelphia, PA November 17, 2009, 5-8 p.m. Blue Earth County Historical Society Book Signing Mankato, MN November 18, 2009, 5-8 p.m. Rock County Community Library Book Signing Luverne, MN November 19, 2009 7 p.m. Belgrade Avenue United Methodist Church Adoption Orientation Mankato, MN November 23, 2009 Family Support for Adoptive Parents Group Surviving the Holidays New Ulm, MN November 29, 2009 Brookings Wesleyan Church There is No James 1:28 Brookings, SD November 30, 2009 MN West Community and Tehcnical College Adoption Orientation Worthington, MN
2008
July 2008 You Gotta Believe Erickson's Devlopmental Stages in Adopted Children Brooklyn, NY aaa September 2008 Indiana Association on Adoption and Child Care Services Keynote Speech, Myths of Matching Indianapolis, IN aaa October 2008 Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation Post-Adoption Support and Resources, Mentoring Mom's Panel
Conference Closing Session
St. Cloud, MN aaa October 2008 Texas Department of Family & Protective Services Myths and Methods of Matching Why Large Families are a Great Resource for Waiting Children
Erickson's Devlopmental Stages in Adopted Children
Ft. Worth, TX
2007
February 2007 Washington Department of Social and Health Services Myths of Matching Seattle and Tacoma, WA aaa June 2007 Texas Department of Family & Protective Services Matching Families with Children San Antonio and Austin, TX aaa July 2007 NACAC's 33rd Annual Conference Blogging Down the Adoption Superhighway AND How to Advocate for Your Family in the Selection Process
Tampa, FL aaa October 2007 Texas Department of Family & Protective Services Matching Families with Children Hurst, TX and Wichita Falls, TX aaa December 2007 Child Welfare League of America Adoption Conference Transitioning Children from Residential Living into a Home Setting New Orleans, LA 2006
February 2006 Texas Department of Family & Protective Services Large Adoptive Families: A Viable Option for Waiting Children The Myths of Matching
El Paso, TX March 2006 Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation What was I Thinking? Closing Remarks, State Conference St. Paul, MN May 2006 Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation Issues and Answers in Foster Care and Adoption Panel Granite Falls, MN b bb July 2006 NACAC's 32nd Annual Conference Parenting with Humor Long Beach, CA aaa August 2006 You Gotta Believe Teens and Twens Radio Show Brooklyn, NY aaa October 2006 Child Welfare League of America Adoption Conference Myths of Matching Dallas and Abilene, TX December 2006 You Gotta Believe Staff Training, Pre-Adoption Training, and Post-Adoption Support Group Presentation Brooklyn and Long Island, NY 2005
February 2005 Texas Department of Family & Protective Services Large Adoptive Families: A Viable Option for Waiting Children The Myths of Matching
San Antonio, Houston, and Austin, TX aaa April 2005 Florida Department of Children and Families Large Adoptive Families: A Viable Option for Waiting Children The Myths of Matching
Jacksonville, Tampa and Orlando, FL aaa July 2005 Adopt America Network Matching Techniques Toledo, OH August 2005 NACAC's 31st Annual Conference Making Interjurisdictional Placements Happen Pittsburg, PA November 2005 Washington Department of Social and Health Services Large Adoptive Families: A Viable Option for Waiting Children The Myths of Matching
Bellvue, Pasco and Vancouver, WA 2004
February 2004 AdoptUsKids Starting an Online Adoption Support Group -- Grantee Training Orlando, FL aaa May 2004 Texas Department of Family & Protective Services Large Adoptive Families: A Viable Option for Waiting Children The Myths of Matching
Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX aaa July 2004 Adopt America Network "My Journey from Perfectly Normal to Raging Lunatic and Back" Toledo, OH July 2004 NACAC's 30th Annual Conference Large Adoptive Families: A Viable Option for Waiting Children Minneapolis, MN September 2004 Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation Adoption Basics Marshall, Minnesota October 2004 Foster and Adoptive Care Association of Minnesota Opening Address Brainerd, Minnesota
2003
April 2003 Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation Closing Session Speaker -- For Parents By Parents Annual Statewide Conference St. Paul, MN aaa September 2003 Minnesota Department of Human Services The Myths of Matching St. Paul, MN