2008: Hooray for Kids!
Hooray for Kids!, our 19th annual statewide conference, provided an opportunity for everyone in the adoption and foster care community to join in celebration of children and youth. Given the challenges facing parents, family members, and child welfare and related professionals today, we sometimes get stuck on the difficulties of meeting our children’s many needs. The conference was designed to encourage participants to celebrate kids’ strengths, to recognize successes and progress, and to view any glass as half full instead of half empty.
Additional conference features included a half-day Institute, “Mentoring in Child Welfare,” on Thursday afternoon and an inspiring performance by the band “FLAME”, a group from upstate New York, made up of people with developmental/physical disabilities, including autism, Down syndrome, mental retardation, and blindness.
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