| 2013 Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conference

Schedule
Thursday, April 11th
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2013
9:15 AM	Plenary - Constructing Relationships: Contact in Domestic Infant Adoptions Hal D. Grotevant, University of Massachusetts - Amherst UMass Amherst 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM	Plenary - Contact When Children are Adopted from Care Beth Neil, University of East Anglia UMass Amherst 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
2:15 PM	Does Biological Family Involvement Impact or Destabilize Adoptive Placements From Foster Care Dawn Post Brian Zimmerman UMass Amherst 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
2:15 PM	Openness in Adoptions from Foster Care: Ruth G. McRoy, University of Texas at Austin Susan Ayers-Lopez, University of Texas at Austin UMass Amherst 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
2:15 PM	Where the Rubber Hits the Road: Clinical Practice Basics, Challenges Old and New, and a Tiny History Lesson that can inform the Future Janie Cravens UMass Amherst 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:45 PM	Legal and Clinical Aspects of Post Adoption Communication Agreements Between Adoptive and Birth Parents Marla Allisan 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM	Nationally Representative Data on Openness in Adoption Rachel H. Farr, university of massachusetts UMass Amherst 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM	Nationally Representative Data on Openness in Adoption: Findings from the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents Sharon Vandivere UMass Amherst 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
3:45 PM	Post-Adoption Contact from the Birth Mother’s Perspective: What Can We Learn from the Involvement of Important Figures in the Birth Mothers’ Lives? Susan M. Henney, University of Houston - Downtown UMass Amherst 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday, April 12th
9:00 AM	Panel - Evolving Relationships and Contact in Adoptions Ruth G. McRoy Erin Bigelow Kathleen Cooley Marvin Drake Elizabeth Drake Phillis Shepard UMass Amherst 9:00 AM - 10:35 AM
10:15 AM	Plenary - Untangling the Web: The Internet’s Transformative Impact on Adoption Adam Pertman UMass Amherst 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM	Practical Applications of Birth Family Engagement in Public Agency Adoptions Virginia Peel Leo Farley UMass Amherst 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
1:30 PM	Open Adoption: Trends From the Field Janice Goldwater, Executive Director - Adoptions Together UMass Amherst 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
1:30 PM	Openness in Domestic Infant Adoption: A Longitudinal Examination of Adoptive Parents, Birth Parents and Adoptees from Research and Practice Jenae M. Neiderhiser Janice Goldwater UMass Amherst 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
1:30 PM	The Minnesota Texas Adoption Research Project: Navigating Contact from Childhood into Young Adulthood Hal D. Grotevant, University of Massachusetts - Amherst Ruth G. McRoy, Boston College Susen Ayers-Lopez, University of Texas at Austin Gretchen Miller Wrobel, Bethel University Ann Schwartz, Concordia University Texas UMass Amherst 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
3:30 PM	Growing Up in Open Adoption: Adoptive Families Look Back Deborah Siegel, Rhode Island College UMass Amherst 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
3:30 PM	Why Quebec’s Foster-to-Adopt Parents Do Not Seem to Consider Contact After Adoption as a Positive Genevieve Page, UQO UMass Amherst 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

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