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The U.S. announces that Kazakhstan has re-opened and ATWA is approved!

May 11

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Adoption Notice: Adoptions from Kazakhstan to Begin With Approval of U.S. ASPs

The Ministry of Education and Science, the Central Authority of Kazakhstan, has confirmed approval of two U.S. accredited adoption service providers (ASPs) to process Hague Convention adoptions from Kazakhstan to the United States.

The ASPs are:  Little Miracles and Across the World Adoptions.

Approval of ASPs was the final step needed for Kazakhstan to complete its implementation of the Hague Adoption Convention.  Each of the U.S. ASPs approved by the Government of Kazakhstan may begin accepting applications for adoptions under the new procedures on its date of authorization.

The U.S. Department of State is pleased to have the opportunity to work with Kazakhstan as a Hague Adoption Convention partner and to complete Convention intercountry adoptions of eligible children from Kazakhstan by qualified adoptive parents in the United States.

 

Untangling the Web

May 11

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Untangling the Web: How the internet is reshaping search, reunion and adoption itself

Thursday, May 17, 2012

9:00-10:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

We provide certificates of participation – just ask!
  The Internet is instigating revolutionary changes in virtually every aspect of adoption, from the ways practitioners work with prospective adoptive parents and expectant mothers (and fathers) who are considering placing their babies for adoption; to the proliferation of training, education and support resources; and, most profoundly, to the ever-expanding ability of everyone involved to find each other and form relationships through social media. This webinar by Adam Pertman, Executive Director of Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute will examine this extraordinary period in adoption’s history, discuss the impact of the transformations, and address the ethical and practical issues being raised.

 Adam Pertman is Executive Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a national nonprofit that is the pre-eminent research, policy and education organization in its field. Pertman – a former Pulitzer-nominated journalist – is also Associate Editor of Adoption Quarterly, the premier research journal dealing with adoption and foster care. He is the author of two books published in 2011, Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming Our Families – and America (which has been reviewed as “the most important book ever written on the subject”) and “Gay and Lesbian Adoption: A New Dimension in Family Diversity, and has written many other chapters and articles on adoption- and family-related issues in books, scholarly journals and mass-market publications.

 Fee: $25.00.  International calls may require additional fees. 

Please note: This webinar takes place in the EVENING, EASTERN STANDARD TIME.

     REGISTER NOW!  

  • Watch and listen! Participants must use their telephone AND computer to both hear and see the presentation.  Toll-free dial-in/online format enables parents to ask questions and address personal concerns during the workshop.
  • Toll-free number, web instructions, etc. will be emailed to you 1-day in advance of webinar, upon payment and registration confirmation. Please be sure to check your spam/junk mail for invitation!

 PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL WHEN ORDERING.

PLEASE NOTE: C.A.S.E. CANNOT PROVIDE REFUNDS AS WE PAY THE HOSTING SITE FOR ALL REGISTRANTS IN ADVANCE.

  All workshops and groups require pre-registration!

We provide certificates of participation – just ask!


For more information and to register, visit our Program Calendar on our website at www.adoptionsupport.org

 

 

Center for Adoption Support & Education4000 Blackburn Lane, Ste. 260

Burtonsville, MD 20866

caseadopt@adoptionsupport.org