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ISS-USA and the Arthur C. Helton Institute for the Study of International Social Service recently announced plans for their annual international social work conference, Fractured Lives: The Causes and Consequences of Children Separated from Their Families Across International Borders.
Scheduled for November 4-5 in Baltimore, the event will be co-sponsored and hosted once again by the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
This national conference series, now in its third year, will examine the ways in which families become fractured including international adoption, disrupted adoptions, immigration enforcement, and parental abduction among others. Second, the conference will examine the consequences to children of these separations and provide a forum for discussing best practices in both law and social work to deal with these familial upheavals.
“We are proud of what the conference has become,” said ISS-USA Executive Director Julie Rosicky. “It touches on two of our core goals – training and advocacy.”
“Each year we attract a roster of outstanding presenters,” said Dr. Felicity Sackville Northcott, Director of the Arthur C. Helton Institute for the Study of International Social Service. “This year will be no different as we share best practices and discuss how to handle complicated situations in the best interest of the child.”
For more information, or to reserve your spot, please contact Dr. Northcott at fnorthcott@iss-usa.org.