Conferences, Forums, Trainings

AAC's conferences and forums have explored promising models in child welfare, child care, welfare reform, and domestic violence. Often these events have brought together professionals from different fields to talk about possibilities for collaboration.

• March 2005: Social-emotional development strategy session brought together experts from a variety of fields to outline ways that people who work with children can foster children's social and emotional skills.

 

• October 2003: Parents leading the way ... toward stronger communities for children was a two-day conference for emerging parent leaders and organizations committed to fostering parent leadership.

 

• March 2000: New Directions in Child Welfare profiled innovative child welfare programs helping children and families.

 

• May 1999: Nurturing Children While Parents Work, focused on early care and education issues, including child care's "staffing crisis," community partnerships, diversity issues, and special needs care. It was sponsored by the Quality Child Care Initiative and organized by AAC.

 

• November 1998: From Welfare Reform to Foster Care? examined the extent to which welfare reform may be pushing families into the child welfare system and exemplary responses to this issue.