FRUA conference

_ 2nd Annual Conference Focus on Education: New Frontiers _ _ FRUA invites you to attend this two-day, in-depth conference for parents, educators, medical practitioners and adoption professionals to interact and learn of recent developments on educational issues facing international adoptees. _ October 1 & 2, 2004 Ypsilanti Marriott at Eagle Crest Conference Resort, Ypsilanti, Michigan _ Youll hear from the leading experts in the adoption professional community including: * Deborah Gray, M.S. W., M.P.A., Keynote Speaker addressing attachment, grief and trauma issues along with practical intervention methods. * Jerri Ann Jensita, M.D., presenting an analysis of recent international adoption research in ғAdoption At What Price? Also, parent advocacy of childrenԒs issues in school, with insurance companies and therapists is addressed in Catch Me If You Canӓ. Other topics that will be addressed are: * Attachment, anxiety and control issues * Brain development: normal verses social deprivation and effects on attachment * Behavioral characteristics associated with brain damage from prenatal alcohol exposure and strategies for overcoming difficulties. * Educational interventions that work for students with diverse educational needs * Neurocognitive and socio-emotional deficits * Language development and English language acquisition factors * Language processing problems * Special Education and the 504 * Trauma effects and interventions * Working with complicated children with a variety of challenges Detailed conference topics, presenters, and registration information are found in the conference brochure at [url]http://www.frua.org,[/url] or email info @ frua.org or call (703) 660-6184 to request a brochure. FRUA: Improving the lives of children