| 8:00 – 8:45 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am |
Opening Remarks – Dean Richard C. Simpson |
| 9:00 – 9:30 am |
The Intersection of Adoption and the Virtual World |
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Adam Pertman, Executive Director, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption
Institute |
| 9:30 – 11:30 am |
PANEL I: Facilitating Adoptions through the Internet |
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Advertising Adoption in Print, Media, and the Internet (Description)
Beth Brindo, Faculty Field Advisor & Clinical Instructor, Case Western
Reserve University/MSASS |
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How the Internet and Social Media Are Practically Used in Adoptions
Pat Rhoads, Social Media Specialist, AdoptUSKids
Kathy Ledesma, Project Director, AdoptUSKids |
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Social Media Strategy for Finding Families for Waiting Children
Bridget Doherty, Communications Specialist, Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services
Carrie Fiasco, MSW, LSW, Adoption Recruitment Manager, Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services |
| 11:30 – 12:15 pm |
Lunch |
| 12:15 – 2:15 pm |
PANEL II: Changes in Search and Reunion Activities through the Internet and Social Media |
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State Constitutional Rights and Adopted Children’s Access to Records (Description)
Cynthia Brown, Professor of Law, University of Central Florida |
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Using Social Media in Post-adoption Search and Reunion (Outline PDF)
Ann M. Haralambie, Attorney, Ann Nicholson Haralambie Attorney |
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Promises, Scares, and Surprises
Michelle M. Hughes, Attorney, Law Offices of Michelle M. Hughes |
| 2:15 – 2:25 pm |
Break |
| 2:25 – 4:25 pm |
PANEL III: Implications of Technology on the Evolution of Family and Adoption Law and Practice (Abstract) |
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Adoption Activities on the Internet: A Call for Regulation
Jini L. Roby, JD, MSW, MS, Professor of Social Work, Brigham Young University |
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Broken Adoptions: Is the Information Superhighway Reconnecting and Disconnecting Families?
Dawn J. Post, Borough Director, The Children’s Law Center New York
BB Liu , Staff Attorney, The Children’s Law Center New York |
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How the Internet Affects the Practice of Adoption Law
Harvey Schweitzer, Attorney, Schweitzer & Scherr, LLC |
| 4:25 – 4:30 pm |
Closing Remarks |