KAAN Conference 2008

Geesh when did the kids get on here????

Anyway I wanted to post to you all that have adopted kids from Korea that the KAAN Conference 2008 looks like it will be wonderful this year. I know...I'm doing another shameless plug for another excellent organization!! I would advise anybody reading this that was thinking of attending to sign up and attend. You will not regret it!!!

Jeff and I went last year to the one in Boston. It was our first conference and I know it won't be our last. We were able to chat with adult adoptees, social workers, parents to adult adoptees, parents to young adoptees, and if I remember right even grandparents. We learned SO much from this conference.

This year's conference is in Chicago. KAAN 2008 Conference Schedule looks like it's a good one. For those of you attending, I would recommend the More Than Just Love - A Dad's Transcultural Adoption Story and An Interactive Discussion Among Adult Adoptees and Parents. Both of these were very good last year and I learned alot from them. I also attended every session I could on First Moms and learned so much from Claud who spoke at last year's KAAN conference.

From this year's conference, I would recommend the session on Adoption Ethics and Social Justice - The Need to Mobilize our Community into Action (goes along with the posting from Third Mom) and the session on Meeting a Korean Birthmother. Both look to be excellent sessions.

So please consider attending the conference. It is a life changing experience.

~Jen