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Psychotherapy With Young Adopted And Preadoptive Children With Histories Of Early Deprivation, Abuse And Disrupted Caretaking, Cynthia Monahon
Psychotherapy With Young Adopted And Preadoptive Children With Histories Of Early Deprivation, Abuse And Disrupted Caretaking, Cynthia Monahon
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Young children with histories of serious early adversity placed in adoptive and pre-adoptive families are often referred for therapy based on behavioral challenges and parental worry. What in "therapy" can make a difference in the developmental trajectory of these children and their critical relationships with their adoptive and/or birth parent? What might be considered "best practices" from the perspective of professionals and parents reflecting on past treatments? This workshop will explore the complexity and diversity of therapeutic work with these vulnerable young children and their parents as well as factors associated with positive outcomes based on extensive clinical experience. The …
Meeting The Complex Mental Health Needs Of Children Moving To Permanency Through Adoption And Guardianship: A Review Of The National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative For Child Welfare And Mental Health Professionals, Debbie Riley, Dawn Wilson
Meeting The Complex Mental Health Needs Of Children Moving To Permanency Through Adoption And Guardianship: A Review Of The National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative For Child Welfare And Mental Health Professionals, Debbie Riley, Dawn Wilson
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Associations Between Peer Attachment And Positive Adoption Affect Throughout Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood, Dominique K. Altamari, Krystal K. Cashen, Harold D. Grotevant
Associations Between Peer Attachment And Positive Adoption Affect Throughout Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood, Dominique K. Altamari, Krystal K. Cashen, Harold D. Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Psychological Presence Of Adult Adoptees: Exploring Birth Mother Perspectives, Addie Wyman Battalen, Christina Sellers, Krystal K. Cashen, Ruth G. Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
Psychological Presence Of Adult Adoptees: Exploring Birth Mother Perspectives, Addie Wyman Battalen, Christina Sellers, Krystal K. Cashen, Ruth G. Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Resonance: Resilience And Early Brain Development, Jessica Hanratty, Viren D'Sa, Sean Deoni, Rebecca Mclean, Susan Carnell, Vanja J. Klepac-Cera, Monique Lebourgeois
Resonance: Resilience And Early Brain Development, Jessica Hanratty, Viren D'Sa, Sean Deoni, Rebecca Mclean, Susan Carnell, Vanja J. Klepac-Cera, Monique Lebourgeois
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Expanding The Concept Of Birthparent Loss To Orphans: Exploratory Findings Of Adolescents In Institutions In South Korea, Hollee Mcginnis
Expanding The Concept Of Birthparent Loss To Orphans: Exploratory Findings Of Adolescents In Institutions In South Korea, Hollee Mcginnis
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Using Administrative Data To Understand Longitudinal Post Adoption Outcomes, Nancy Rolock, Kevin White, Kerrie Ocasio, Lixia Zhang, Rowena Fong
Using Administrative Data To Understand Longitudinal Post Adoption Outcomes, Nancy Rolock, Kevin White, Kerrie Ocasio, Lixia Zhang, Rowena Fong
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
“Siblings Wish To Be Adopted Together”: An Exploratory Study Of Descriptions Of Sibling Relationship In State Photolistings, Reihonna L. Frost, Abbie E. Goldberg
“Siblings Wish To Be Adopted Together”: An Exploratory Study Of Descriptions Of Sibling Relationship In State Photolistings, Reihonna L. Frost, Abbie E. Goldberg
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
‘Moving To Adoption’: Developing A Practice Programme To Support Positive Moves From Foster Care To Adoption., Elsbeth Neil, Mary Beek, Gillian Schofield
‘Moving To Adoption’: Developing A Practice Programme To Support Positive Moves From Foster Care To Adoption., Elsbeth Neil, Mary Beek, Gillian Schofield
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Building Peer To Peer Community, Diane Tomaz, Bridget Chiaruttini, Joe Sandagato
Building Peer To Peer Community, Diane Tomaz, Bridget Chiaruttini, Joe Sandagato
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
The Influence Of Early Trauma On Children Adopted From Foster Care: Parents’ Perspectives, Emma W. Needles, Melissa H. Manley, Reihonna L. Frost-Calhoun, Abbie E. Goldberg
The Influence Of Early Trauma On Children Adopted From Foster Care: Parents’ Perspectives, Emma W. Needles, Melissa H. Manley, Reihonna L. Frost-Calhoun, Abbie E. Goldberg
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Connections Of Adoption Emotions To Close Relationship Development, Holly Grant-Marsney, Rachel Daley, Harold D. Grotevant
Connections Of Adoption Emotions To Close Relationship Development, Holly Grant-Marsney, Rachel Daley, Harold D. Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
A Translational Social Work Approach To Help Teens Tolerate Preadoptive Transition, Rhys Gardiner, Anni Keane, Lauren Frey, Victoria Nasanga, Jennifer Perez, Ruth Mcroy
A Translational Social Work Approach To Help Teens Tolerate Preadoptive Transition, Rhys Gardiner, Anni Keane, Lauren Frey, Victoria Nasanga, Jennifer Perez, Ruth Mcroy
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
How Is The Birth Father Relationship (Or Lack Thereof) Related To Preoccupation With Adoption?, Haley Leroux, Marion Worley, Maguatte Mbengue, Jessica A.K. Matthews, Ruth Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
How Is The Birth Father Relationship (Or Lack Thereof) Related To Preoccupation With Adoption?, Haley Leroux, Marion Worley, Maguatte Mbengue, Jessica A.K. Matthews, Ruth Mcroy, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
How Is Parent-Reported Family Race/Ethnicity Related To Parents’ Understanding And Explanation Of Adoption Bias?, Xian Zhang, Raimy Shin, Anna Kimura, Alexandria Cinney, Kel Boland, Ana Jurca, Jenna Kupa, Jessica Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes
How Is Parent-Reported Family Race/Ethnicity Related To Parents’ Understanding And Explanation Of Adoption Bias?, Xian Zhang, Raimy Shin, Anna Kimura, Alexandria Cinney, Kel Boland, Ana Jurca, Jenna Kupa, Jessica Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Infertility As A Reason For Adoption: A Descriptive Study, Jing Wang, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Leslie D. Leve, Jeanae M. Neiderhiser
Infertility As A Reason For Adoption: A Descriptive Study, Jing Wang, Misaki N. Natsuaki, Leslie D. Leve, Jeanae M. Neiderhiser
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Adverse Relinquishment & Adoption Experiences (Araes), Marie Dolfi
Adverse Relinquishment & Adoption Experiences (Araes), Marie Dolfi
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Adoptive Mothers’ And Fathers’ Psychological Distress: Parenting Teens Adopted From Birth, Christina Sellers, Adeline Wyman Battalen, Lisa Fiorenzo, Ruth G. Mccoy, Harold Grotevant
Adoptive Mothers’ And Fathers’ Psychological Distress: Parenting Teens Adopted From Birth, Christina Sellers, Adeline Wyman Battalen, Lisa Fiorenzo, Ruth G. Mccoy, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Who Prefers Open And Who Prefers Closed Adoption?: Perspectives Of Emerging Adult Adoptees, Krystal K. Cashen, Dominique K. Altamari, Harold Grotevant
Who Prefers Open And Who Prefers Closed Adoption?: Perspectives Of Emerging Adult Adoptees, Krystal K. Cashen, Dominique K. Altamari, Harold Grotevant
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Conference Program 2018
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
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2018 Conference Presenter Biographies
2018 Conference Presenter Biographies
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
No abstract provided.
Facilitating Peer Support Between Foster Carers In The Uk, Samantha Mcdermid
Facilitating Peer Support Between Foster Carers In The Uk, Samantha Mcdermid
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Peer support between foster carers has been found to facilitate emotional and practical support for foster carers, information sharing and opportunities to reflect on and improve practice, along with reducing foster carers stress, reducing disruptions in placements, and improvements to the retention of foster carers. This presentation will bring together the findings of three research studies to explore three innovative approaches to facilitate peer support between foster carers and the impact that those approaches have carers and the children and young people they care for. The issues associated with implementing such models within fostering services in the UK and recommendations …
Part Of The Family: Achieving Permanence In Long-Term Family Foster Care, Mary Beek, Joyce Maguire Pavao
Part Of The Family: Achieving Permanence In Long-Term Family Foster Care, Mary Beek, Joyce Maguire Pavao
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
This presentation will explore research on long-term foster care as a permanence option. It will focus on two contentious practice issues. First there is the extent to which long-term foster children become fully part of the family as intended in the concept of permanence. Secondly there is the question of the role that foster carers in long-term placements need to play as both skilled professionals and committed parents. This presentation will bring together key research findings with reflections on policy, practice and the support needs of long-term foster care placements.
Sexual Minority And Heterosexual Parents Adopting Through The Child Welfare System: Challenges And Surprises During The Transition To Parenthood And Beyond, Abbie Goldberg, April Moyer, David Brodzinsky
Sexual Minority And Heterosexual Parents Adopting Through The Child Welfare System: Challenges And Surprises During The Transition To Parenthood And Beyond, Abbie Goldberg, April Moyer, David Brodzinsky
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
This session will address some of the unexpected challenges and surprises encountered by heterosexual, lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and couples who adopt through the child welfare system. Data will be presented regarding (a) the challenges that foster-to-adopt parents encounter post-placement, including: legal insecurity in their parental role, disorganization within social service systems, inadequate support services, and complex relationships with birth parents; (b) unmet expectations that foster-to-adopt parents often encounter with regard to the types of children that are placed in their home (e.g., in terms of age, race, gender, and special needs); and (c) the experiences of parents that …
Getting Practice Right: Using The Strengths And Limits Of Research Findings To "Bridge The Gap" Between Practice And Research, Elsbeth Neil, Sally Popper, Karen Zilberstein
Getting Practice Right: Using The Strengths And Limits Of Research Findings To "Bridge The Gap" Between Practice And Research, Elsbeth Neil, Sally Popper, Karen Zilberstein
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
This session explores how gaps between research and practice can be bridged. In the first part of the session, Karen Zilberstein and Sally Popper will identify areas in which research has provided useful guides for practice and areas in which research and standardized interventions do not yet completely address the experiences and needs of individual children and families. The second contribution will be from Beth Neil who will outline the “Contact after Adoption Change Project” from the UK. This project brings together an adoption researcher with experienced adoption professionals with the aim of coproducing online resources to help make research-informed, …
Finding Adoptive Families For Children In Care: Perspectives From The Us And England, Kathy Ledesma, Cherilyn Dance
Finding Adoptive Families For Children In Care: Perspectives From The Us And England, Kathy Ledesma, Cherilyn Dance
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
In this session, which is intended as an opportunity to reflect on adoption policy and practice, Kathy and Cherilyn will consider the way in which adoption has become a permanence option for some groups of children in care in the US and in England. They will explore briefly the profiles of children adopted from care and touch on similarities and differences in legislation, policy, process and practice in the two countries. The main focus of the session will be on current issues and tensions associated with finding families for children in a timely way. Topics to be discussed will include …
Improving College Graduation Outcomes For Foster Youth: The Wily Network, Judi Alperin King, Katherine Castañeda Macdonald
Improving College Graduation Outcomes For Foster Youth: The Wily Network, Judi Alperin King, Katherine Castañeda Macdonald
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
The vision of the Wily Network is to improve college graduations outcomes for youth with foster care experience at four-year residential colleges. Our presentation will offer a brief history of higher education support programs for college students with foster care experience. Using examples from our work we will outline the critical need for developing robust programs to enhance each scholar’s college experience and help them to develop a life long network of peers and supports. Finally, we will highlight the importance of creating performance metrics in order to continually evaluate the networks efficacy.
Dan Hughes' Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy For Children With Trauma And Attachment Histories: An Introduction For Caretakers And Therapists, Robert Spottswood
Dan Hughes' Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy For Children With Trauma And Attachment Histories: An Introduction For Caretakers And Therapists, Robert Spottswood
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
Children who learned from early experience to not trust adults for help or care can present troubling emotional challenges to loving caretakers. This presentation will explain the experiential logic behind that mistrust, as well as Dan Hughes’ relationship-focused approach to re-engaging such children. Attendees will hear the theory behind Hughes’ model, practice an attitude of PACE (Playful, Accepting, Curious and Empathic), and view short clips of a variety of DDP therapy sessions (subtitled).
Mapping Needs, Costs And Outcomes: The English Adoption Journey, Lisa Holmes, Samantha Mcdermid, John Simmonds
Mapping Needs, Costs And Outcomes: The English Adoption Journey, Lisa Holmes, Samantha Mcdermid, John Simmonds
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
This presentation will outline the adoption pathways in England and will highlight how a systematic approach to analyzing and costing pathways can, and has, informed strategic planning. Furthermore the presentation will highlight the importance of costing child welfare services using the child as the unit of analysis, rather than focusing purely on fiscal data. Examples will be provided of how this approach facilitates an exploration of children’s needs and circumstances, how they impact on children’s pathways through the child welfare system and the outcomes that are achieved.
The Secure Base Model: Promoting Attachment And Resilience, Mary Beek
The Secure Base Model: Promoting Attachment And Resilience, Mary Beek
Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences
This session introduces and explains a framework for providing focused, therapeutic caregiving to children in foster care and adoption: The Secure Base model, developed by Professor Gillian Schofield and Dr. Mary Beek at the University of East Anglia, UK. The Secure Base model is based in theories of attachment and resilience and drawn from research and practice in foster care and adoption. The presenter will briefly describe the model and its applications and give examples of the ways that foster carers and adopters have successfully used it as a tool to shape their caregiving and support their children’s progress and …