St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus, 101 Murray Street, New York, NY 10007
St. John's University presents the
Fourth Adoption Conference: “Families
Without Borders? Adoption Across Culture and Race”
This conference, hosted by St. John’s University, will focus on
transracial and transcultural adoption. Our continually growing
conference will feature two days of speakers, workshops and
presentations. There will be a screening and discussion of several
films Friday evening.
Keynote Speakers
- Dr. Ruth McRoy
- Dr. Amanda Baden
- Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao
- Dr. Betty Jean Lifton
- Dr. John Raible
- Hollee McGinnis (MSSW)
- Sue Harris (MSW)
Co-Sponsored by: Montclair State University (College of
Education and Human Services and CHDEL), Families with Children
from China Greater New York, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute,
American Adoption Congress, and New Jersey Adoption Resource
Clearing House, a program of Children’s Aid and Family Services,
Inc.
Date
Friday October 13 - Saturday, October 14, 2006
Location
St. John’s University
Manhattan
Campus
101 Murray Street, New York, NY 10007
Conference Program
Friday, October 13, 2006
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening
Remarks
Julia A. Upton, RSM, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Fagen, Ph.D.
Rafael A. Javier Ph.D. ABPP
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
Ruth G. McRoy, Ph.D., "Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions:
Bridging Policy, Practice and Reality”
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 - 12:15 a.m.
Breakout Sessions Workshops
- Jane A. Brown, MSW: Room 225, "What the Children Have Taught
Me: Working with Adopted Children and Their Non-adopted
Siblings" - Boris Gindis, Ph.D.: Room 226, "Psycho-Educational Assessment
of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children"
Carol Weitzman, M.D. & Ravit Avni-Singer, MSW, LCSW: Room
232, "Building the Bonds of Adoption" - Kathleen Hushion, LCSW, Maribeth Rourke, LCSW, Susan B.
Sherman, D.S.W., & Diana Siskind, LCSW: Room 233,
"International Adoption: Clinical Work with Parents and the
Children They Adopt from Africa, China, and Russia"
- Susan O'Connor Harris, MSW: Room 231, "An Ecological
Approach to Racial Identity Development in Transracial
Adoptees"
- Beth Hall, BA, Julie Randolph, MSW, JD, & Susan Ito,
MFA: Room 215, "Teen Club for Adopted and Foster Kids of
Color"
Paper Presentations: Room
227
- Hollee McGinnis, MSSW, "Policy: The Hague Convention & The
Convention on the Rights of the Child"
- Jae Ran Kim, MSW, "Considering Culture in Placement Decisions:
Conflicting Best Practices for the Indian Child Welfare Act
and Multiethnic Placement Act"
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
Boxed lunch available for purchase
12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Speaker
Betty Jean Lifton, Ph.D., "What All Adoptees Share"
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Keynote Panel
Hollee McGinnis, MSSW, "Who Are You Also Known As?"
Susan O'Connor Harris, MSW, "Come Celebrate My First
Birthday"
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Break out Sessions Workshops
- Francine Fishman, LMSW, Amanda L. Baden, Ph.D., & Nancy Kim
Parsons, MFA: Room 225, "Psychotherapy with Transracial Adoptees:
The Impact of the Therapist's Race in the Relationship"
- Ruth G. McRoy, Ph.D.: Room 226, “Dynamics of Transracial
Placements of Older Youth”
- John Raible, Ph.D.: Room 231, "Sharing the Spotlight:
Non-Adopted White Siblings in Transracial Families"
- Joyce Maguire, Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW, LMFT: Room 233, The
Transcultural Nature of all Adoptions (and all
Marriages/Partnerships)”
Paper Presentations: Room
227
- Pauline Park, Ph.D., "Discourses of Authenticity: The
Construction of Korean Adoptee Identity"
- John D. Palmer, Ph.D., "I want to be like 'White': Concerns
Regarding the Americanization of International and Transracial
Adoptees"
Paper Presentations: Room
232
- Elizabeth Vonk, Ph.D. & Josephine Crolley-Simic, Ph.D.,
"White Parents' Perceptions of Their Roles in the Racial
Socialization of Their Transracially Adopted
Children"
- Kathleen Ja Sook Berquist, Ph.D., "Adoption in Asian/Asian
American Families"
Poster Sessions: Room 118
- Kevin Wickes, Ph.D. & Olivia Chante Frazier, M.S.,
"Struggle of Becoming Integrated"
- Sonya Corbin Dwyer, Ph.D. & Lynn Gidluck, M.A., "Issues of
Race, Racism, & Racial Identity in Families of Asian Children
Adopted by White Parents"
- Lisa E. Brown, Psy.D. & David Brodzinsky, Ph.D., "The Role
of Perceived Similarity to Parents in Adopted Children's
Adjustment"
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Dinner on your Own
6:45 p.m.
Dessert and Coffee
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Film and Discussion
The Struggle for Identity
The Color of Fear
Saturday, October 14, 2006
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Frank A. Biafora, Ph.D.
Raymond DiGuiseppe, Ph.D.
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Panel
Amanda L. Baden, Ph.D., "Navigating Identity: Contextualizing Race
and Culture for Transracial and International Adoptees"
John Raible, Ph.D, " The Lifelong Impact of Transracial Adoption:
Learning from Adoptees and Their Non-adopted Siblings”
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 - 12:15 p.m.
Breakout Sessions Workshop
- Susan Ito, MFA, Beth Hall, BA, & Julie Randolph, MSW, JD:
Room 225, "Families Like Us: Camp for Adoptive Families of
Color"
- Barbara A. Rall, LCSW & Jaclyn Aronson: Room 232 , "East
Meets West: An Adoptive Mother and Daughter Tell Their Story
of Search and Reunion"
- Deborah Jill Chitester, MS., C.C.C/SLP: Room 226, "Second
Language Acquisition and the Internationally Adopted Child"
- Kim Park Nelson, Ph.D. & Jae Ran Kim, MSW: Room 231,
"Adoption Research from the Inside Out: Making Space for Adoptee
Researchers and Professionals"
Paper Presentations: Room
227
- Boris Gindis, Ph.D., "Facing A New Frontier? School Personnel
Working with Internationally Adopted Post Institutionalized
Children"
- Nancy Eng, Ph.D., "First Language Attrition in Chinese
Adoptees"
- Patrick P. McGuire, Ed.D., "The Role of Religion in the
Adoption Process of a Child/Children"
Paper Presentations: Room
233
- Katherine Jae Naftzger, LICSW, "Speaking to the Unspoken:
Adoptive Parent in Relation to Birth Parent Inside the Therapy
Room"
- Lisa Langer, Ph.D., "Issues in Adoption Disclosure: Anxiety
Related to Telling"
- Wei Cao, Ed.D. & Mary Anne Pitman, Ph.D., "Navigation in
the Land of Unknown: How Children Adopted from China Construct
Their Identities"
12:15 -1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
Boxed lunch available for purchase
12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Speaker
Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW, LMFT, "Borders and Margins in
Adoption and the Peacekeeping Role of the Adopted One"
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Transracial Adoptive Triad
Panel
Rafael A. Javier, Ph.D., ABPP (Moderator)
Martha Satz, Ph.D., John D. Palmer, Ph.D., Krista McCoy, MSW, LSW,
Jeremy Robbi, MA
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Breakout Sessions Workshops
- Deborah Haynor, MSW & Lorie A. Miller, MBA: Room 226,
"Transracial Families: The Racial Identity Development of White
Parents"
- Jane A. Brown, MSW: Room 225, "The Impact of Adoption on
Siblings"
- Elliotte Harrington: Room 231, "Preparing Prospective Parents
for International Adoption"
- Jane Platt, Ph.D.: Room 233, Parent Panel- "Identity: Parenting
Across Race and Culture"
- Rita Taddonio, LCSW: Room 230, "Institutionalization: What Are
Its Effects and How Do We Address Them?”
Panel
- Hollee McGinnis, MSSW (Moderator): Room 232, International
Transracial Adoptees
Paper Presentations: Room
227
- Amanda L. Baden, Ph.D., "Psychotherapy with the Adoption Triad:
Adoption Sensitive and Competent Counseling"
- Julie Randolph MSW, JD & Beth Hall, MSW, "Building
Connections"
- Elizabeth Vonk, Ph.D., Richard R. Masatti, MSW, & Tom
Gregoire, Ph.D. “The Role Of Post-Adoption Support In Transracial
Adoptive Parents’ Cultural Competence.”
4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Break
5:00 p.m.
Final Remarks
Frank Biafora, Ph.D.
5:30 p.m.
Book Signing and Cocktail Party
More Information
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Development Programs
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