Call For Papers
6th Biennial St. John's University Adoption Conference
in Collaboration with Montclair State
University
Open
Arms, Open Minds:
The Ethics of Adoption in the 21st
Century
October
14-16th 2010
(Thursday evening to Saturday afternoon)
Submit
proposal electronically
NO
LATER THAN APRIL 15, 2010
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
to
adoptioninitiative@gmail.com
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Call for Papers:
We are pleased to invite professionals, researchers,
scholars, practitioners, and graduate students to submit
papers and research manuscripts that address issues likely
to impact individuals and families touched by adoption for
the sixth, biennial adoption conference at St. John’s
University. Our first conference in 2000 was entitled, “The
Adoption Journey: Psychological, Socio-Political, and Legal
Challenges”; the second conference in 2002 focused on “The
Lifelong Adoption Journey: Through the Eyes of the
Adopted”; the 2004 conference was entitled, “The Dynamics
of Adoption: A Three-Way Mirror;” the 2006 conference
focused on “Families Without Borders? Adoption Across
Culture and Race”; and the 2008 conference was entitled
“Identity and the Adopted Teen: Surviving the Crucible of
Adolescence.” In keeping with our goal to create
conferences that address adoption themes relevant to the
training of mental health professionals as well as to the
personal growth and understanding of adoption triad members
themselves, our sixth conference will focus on issues
related to ethics of adoption in the 21st
century.
The 2010 conference theme will highlight emerging changes
in the practice of adoption since the start of the new
century. The topics should include consideration of ethics
and also address openness (or the lack thereof) in
adoption. Thus topics might include discussions of search
and reunion, third party reproduction adoption and openness
to contact with donors and surrogates, GLBT adoptees and/or
parents, contact between foster care providers and adoptive
families, and clinical issues with various members of the
triad, open records legislation and adoption reform, the
Hague Convention and changes in international adoption,
etc.
EXAMPLES
for papers and sessions:
We are seeking presentations, papers, research posters, and
workshops.
Guidelines
on Time Allotted for different formats:
Papers/Presentations: 20 to 45 minutes
Workshops: 90 minutes
Include
the following information in your submission proposal:
Submit proposal
electronically
NO LATER THAN APRIL 15, 2010
to adoptioninitiative@gmail.com