Act of Love Adoptions Prepares for National Adoption Month

In case you didn't hear next month is National Adoption month!  Of course we celebrate adoption and all of it's beautiful complexity everyday here at the agency but November is special.  In our home state of Utah there are a couple of big events that are held each year to help promote adoption awareness across the state.

One of the newest annual events now in it's second year, is the Adoption Conference held on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem Utah.  The conference is recognized by the Utah Adoption Council and the National Council For Adoption. This year it will be held on Monday, November 22nd from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Sorensen Student Center. There is a small charge for this years event.  Pre-registration before Nov 15th is $19.00, after the Nov 15th the cost is $29.00 with lunch included with admission. Register at http://www.uvu.edu/chss/adoption/

The conference will feature three very special keynote speakers:

10:00am -Opening Keynote: Steven Scully, Senior Executive Producer & Political Editor of C-SPAN
12:00pm - Luncheon Keynote: Barbara Smith, ABC4 News Anchor
4:00pm - Closing Keynote: Nina Easton, American Journalist & Fox News Channel Commentator

Individual breakout sessions between the keynote addresses by adoption experts who represent all facets of the adoption community from all over the country will also be offered.  They will share their knowledge and insight on a wide variety of topics. Here is a link to the landing page for the conference that has more detailed information http://www.uvu.edu/chss/adoption/.  

Act of Love Adoptions own Director of Social Work Isaac Thomas and two of our skilled Clinical Social Workers Laraine Moon and Melissa Williams will run separate breakout sessions during this year conference. Laraine and Melissa will guide a discussion designed to help pre-adoptive families understand the most common mistakes to avoid when preparing for adoption entitled "10 Mistakes Adoptive Families Make" at 11:00 am.  Isaac will present "Conversations with Your Child: Discussing the Hard Stuff" which will investigate how to discuss the sometimes difficult topics and questions kids have surrounding their adoption at 2:00 pm.  

This conference was created to provide information for anyone interested in or connected to adoption including but not limited to adoptive parents, birth parents, adoptees, prospective adoptive, families,adoption professionals. We will also have an information booth at this years conference and we hope everyone will stop by to say hello. We would love to meet you all.   

If you would like to get information about A Act of Love Adoptions and the services we provide for birth parents and families you can contact our office at:

24 hr Birth Parent Line 1-800-835-6360

Adoptive Family Line 1-888-767-7740

Adoptions@aactofloveadoptions.com

If you have any questions about the conference you can contact 

Utah Valley Conference on Adoption

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Toni Harris, Assistant Dean for Administration and Development

800 W. University Parkway, MS 144

Orem, UT  84058-5999     fax#: 801-863-7383