The Center for Psychological Services and Clinical Studies along
with their co-sponsors the Department of Psychology, the Committee
on Latin America and Carribbean Studies, Graduate Division of Arts
and Sciences, Office of Alumni Relations, and Montclair State
University College of Education and Human Services are pleased to
present the third, biannual adoption conference at St. John's
University.
The Dynamics of Adoption: A Three-Way
Mirror: Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive Parents
A special thanks to the Korean National Tourism Organization for
their financial sponsorship and support.
We are pleased to be able to host our third, biannual adoption
conference at St. John's University. Four years ago, our first
conference, entitled "The Adoption Journey: Psychological,
Socio-Political, and Legal Challenges," addressed the
psychological, sociological, socioeconomic, and legal implications
of adoption for the adoption triad (adopted persons, birth families
and adoptive families.) Through that conference, mental health and
human service providers began to dialogue about the specific needs
of adoption triad members and the implications of those needs for
these providers. We continued the dialogue two years ago with our
second conference, entitled "The Lifelong Adoption Journey: Through
the Eyes of the Adopted," where the lifespan adoption issues and
concerns of adopted persons were examined based on the experiences
of four panels of adopted persons who were also psychologists,
social workers, business people, adoption advocates, journalists
and filmmakers.
Building upon the two previous conferences, we have developed
another opportunity for professionals, scholars, students, and
those touched by adoption to learn more about yet another aspect of
the adoption experience. Representatives of the adoption triad will
begin to explore the overt and the covert dialogue that occurs
between adoptive parents and birthparents throughout adoptees'
lives. This dialogue will allow conference attendees to hear
directly from adoptive parents, birthparents, and adoptees as well
as from therapists with expertise in adoption which will assist in
better understanding the dynamics that occur within adoption
triads.
As a prelude to the conference and to set the tone for
Saturday's program, we will be showing two illuminating adoption
films on Friday evening followed by a discussion of the films.
Pre-registration is also available at this time.
Date and Time
Friday, October 15, 2004, 6 - 9 p.m.
Saturday, October 16, 2004, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location
St. John's University
Manhattan
Campus
101 Murray Street
New York, NY 10007
(212) 815-9232
Continuing Education Credit
This program is sponsored by the Center for Psychological Services
and Clinical Studies (CPSCS). The Center is approved by the
American Psychological Association to offer continuing education
for psychologists and maintains responsibility for the
program. We are offering 6 continuing education credits, at a
cost of $15 dollars. A separate check payable to St. John's
University is required. Continuing education credits for the
legal professions are also available through the St. John's
University School of Law.
Participants
- Johanna Aeschliman, MAT, Med
Associate Director of Studies and Teacher Training, The Chestnut
Hill School, Chestnut Hill, MA - Barbara L. Aeschliman, MD
Medical Director Department of Behavioral Health, Neponset Health
Center, Boston, MA; Adoptive Mother - Amanda Baden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Montclair State University; Board Member
Families with Children From China; Therapist in Private Practice;
Adoptee - Frank Biafora, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Graduate Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
St. John's University - Jane Brown, MSW
Adoptove Parent, Adoption Advocate, Member of the Arizona
Legislative Committee on Foster Care and Adoption; Director of
Adoption Playshops - Jen Budz
Probation officer for Children-in-Court Team, Morris County;
Birthmother - Alina Camacho-Gingerich, Ph.D.
Chair, Committee on Latin American and Caribbean Studies;
Professor, Languages and Literatures, St. John's University - Joseph Crumbley, D.S.W.
Author, Transracial Adoptions and Foster Care, Private Practice,
Adoption Consultant - Betsy Forrest, LSW
Children's Aid and Family Services, Paramus, NJ; Adoptee - Madelyn Freundlich, MSW, MPH, JD
Author, Wrongful Adoption; Children's Rights Inc. - Sarah Gerstenzang, MSW
Policy Analyst, Children's Rights Inc.; Adoptive Mother - Susan Glazer, MSW
Therapist in Private Practice; Adoption Consultant;
Adoptive Parent - Bernie Michael Glintz, LCSW/BCD
Therapist in Private Practice; Adoption Consultant; Adjunct
Professor at NYU; Queens Chapter President, New York State Society
for Clinical Social Work; Adoptee - Pamela Hasegawa
Photographer, Adoptees' Advocate; NJCARE; American Adoption
Congress; Adoptee - Leanne Jaffe, M.A.
Adapting to Adoption, Adoptee - Rafael Art. Javier, Ph.D., ABPP
Director, Center for Psychological Services and Clinical
Studies; Clinical Professor of Psychology, St. John's
University - Christian Langworthy, MFA
Poet published in From Both Sides Now; Adoptee - Lisa LoRusso
Controller for Columbus Citizens Foundation;
Birthmother - Lorayne B. Losch, MSW, CSW
Therapist in Private Practice, Adoptive Parent - Andrew Majkowicz
Facility Technician, Verizon Communications; Assistant
Fire Chief, Saddlebrook Fire Department; Veteran, US Marine Corps;
Adoptee - Brenda Mirly, LCSW, MBA
Spence-Chaplin Adoption Services, Programmer Manager, New
Jersey; Family Therapist in Private Practice - David Nast, Ph.D.
Director, CASE [Academic Support] and HORIZON [Learning
Disabilities]; County College of Morris, NJ; Adoptee - Jane Nast, MA
Past President American Adoption Congress; NJCARE; Adoptive
Parent - Penny Partridge, MSW
Co-Founder of Adoption Forum, author, Pandora's Hope: Poems and
Prose About Being Adopted; Adoptee and Adoptive Parent - Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW
Founder, Pre- and Post Adoption Consulting Team; author, The Family
of Adoption; Adoptee) - Jane Platt, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York
University School of Medicine, Member Families with Children from
China; Adoptive Mother - Tyantha Randall, MSW, LGSW
Social Worker for the State of Maryland, Foster Care and Adoption;
Birthmother - Julia A. Upton, R.S.M., Ph.D.
Provost, Professor of Theology, St. John's University
Schedule of Events
Friday Evening Program, October 15,
2004
6 p.m.
Registration - An Evening of Film Screenings
Light refreshments will be served.
7 p.m.
Lost and Found by Debra Baker
7:30 p.m.
Perspectives on Adoption by Alisa Baum
8 - 9 p.m.
Discussion of Films
Saturday Morning Program, October 16,
2004
October 16, 2004
8:30 - 9 a.m.
Registration
9 - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome - Opening Remarks
Julia A. Upton, R.S.M., Ph.D., Provost
Jeffrey Fagan, Ph.D., Dean, St. John's College of Liberal Arts
&Sciences
Rafael Art Javier, Ph.D., ABPP, Conference chair and Master of
Ceremony
9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Introduction of Speaker
Amanda L. Baden, Ph.D., Conference Co-chair
Keynote Speaker
Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW
Penny Partridge,
MSW
Poetic Reflections on the Adoption Journey
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Triad Panel Session 1
Exploring the Dialogue: Spoken and Unspoken Messages Between Birth
and Adoptive Families
Madelyn Freundlich, MSW, MPH, JD, Moderator
Panelists
Andrew Majkowicz, Adopted person
Lisa LoRusso, Birthmother
David Nast, Ph.D., Adopted person
Jane Nast, M.Ed., Adoptive mother
Brenda Mirly, LCSW, MBA, Therapist
Bernie Michael Glintz, LCSW, BCD, Therapist
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m.
Break Out Sessions (Choose one for 11:30 a.m. and one for 3
p.m.)
- Fantasies, Fears and Hopes: The Unknown Birthparent
Amanda L. Baden, Ph.D., Brenda Mirly, LCSW, MBA, and Pamela
Hasegawa - Ramifications of Opening a Closed Adoption: Risks, Realities,
& Rewards Jane Brown, MSW, and Betsy Forrest, MSW
- Structuring an Open Adoption
Lorayne B. Losch, MSW, CSW and Tyantha Randall, MSW, LGSW - Sibling Issues in Adoption
Leanne Jaffe, MA, MSW, and Sarah Gerstenzang, MSW - The Therapeutic Process as It relates to Adoption
Bernie Michael Glitz, LCSW, BCD
Birth and Adoptive Parents: Understanding Each Other's Perspective
Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch Break (Lunch on your own - a list of area restaurants will be
provided)
Saturday Afternoon Program, October 16,
2004
1:45 - 2 p.m.
Remarks from our Sponsors
Christian Langworthy
Poetic Reflections on the Adoption Dialogue
2 - 3:30 p.m.
Triad Panel Session 2
"Expanding the Dialogue: Spoken and Unspoken Messages Between
and Beyond Birth and Adoptive Families"
Madelyn Freundlich, MSW, MPH, JD, Moderator
Panelists
Johanna Aeschiman, MAT, Med, Adopted person
Barbara L. Aeschiman, MD, Adoptive mother
Jen Budz, Birthmother
Tyantha Randall, MSW, LGCSW, Birthmother
Jane Brown, MSW, Therapist and Adoptive mother
Amanda L. Baden, Ph.D., Therapist and transracially adopted
person
3 - 4 p.m.
Break Out Sessions (Choose one session listed from 11:30 a.m.)
4 - 4:15 p.m.
Break
4:15 - 5 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Joseph Crumbley, Ph.D.
5 - 5:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Frank Biafora, Ph.D.,, Associate Dean, Graduate Division, St John's
College of Arts and Sciences
Penny Partridge, MSW
"Poetic Reflections on the Adoption Journey"
5:30 p.m.
Wine and Cheese Reception and Meeting the Authors
Remarks by Alina Camacho-Gingerich, Ph.D.
Authors: Penny Partridge, MSW; Joyce Maguire Pavao, Ed.D., LCSW;
Joseph Crumley, DSW; Madelyn Freundlich, MSW, MPH, JD
| Registration Fees |
| Type | Before Oct
1 | At the Door |
| General Admission | $85 | $110 |
| Student (with ID) | $25 | $40 |
| Nassau County Psychological Association | $65 | $85 |
| St. John's Alumni | $65 | $85 |
Refund/Cancellation Policy
Refunds prior to October 1, 2004 are subject to a $15
administrative fee. No refunds granted after October 1,
2004.More
Information and Registration
Center for Psychological Services and
Clinical Studies
St. John's University
Bent Hall
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, New York 11439
(718) 990-1900
psychcenter@stjohns.edu