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Alabama Foster & Adoptive Parent Association

Annual Conference

Shocco Springs Conference Center Call 1-800-280-1105 to Register
Registration is $35 for foster parents, adoptive parents and DHR county staff and includes 2 nights stay and meals. All others call for cost of rooms and meals.

May 9th, 10th, 11th, 2013

Conference opens 8:00am Thursday May 9th

Workshops on Thursday May 9th at 8:45am to 4:30pm

Foster Parent Trivia and other entertainment beginning Thursday night 6:15 PM

AFAPA Business meeting Friday May 10th 8:45 am

Opening Ceremony Friday 9:15am with Guest Speakers Deputy Director Paul Butler and Commissioner Nancy Buckner

Workshops on Friday May 10th 1:00PM to 4:30 PM

Scholarship Awards Program with Guest Speaker Alabama First Lady Diane Bentley beginning Friday at 6:30 PM

Closing Session Saturday May 11th 8:00AM to 10:00AM

List of Workshops

Help for the Helpers

New Trends in Drug Use

Stress Management

Siblings in Adoption

Child Development and  effects of Maltreatment

Working with and valuing biological parents

Foster Parents and the Court System

Grief and Loss in Foster and Adoptive Parents

Effects of Transitions and Trauma on Child Development

Parent Survival Skills

Bullying

Parent Project

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder

Permanency for Older Youth

Help with Special Education

It’s All About Me

Transracial Placements

The Importance of Healthy Attachment

Permanency Roundtables in Alabama: Successes and Challenges

AFAPA Newsletter with conference info click here

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Welcome to the Alabama Foster & Adoptive Parent Website
For information call 1-888-545-2372 or 256-796-7351
Fax # 1-775-667-8282 or 1-888-545-2372

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AFAPA's Goals are:
 
  • Advocate on behalf of foster and adoptive parents.
  • Provide and promote quality training and education.
  • Promote the development of local foster and / or adoptive parent associations throughout the state.
  • Develop partnerships with other child advocacy agencies and organizations.
  • Actively participate in the recruitment and retention of foster and adoptive parents.
  • Inform foster and adoptive parents and others of the general public of current information pertaining to the well-being of children in care and their families
  • Develop ways to track and increase the number of foster family and adoptive homes.
  • Maintain a secure financial base to support association goals.
  • Develop a resource network for foster and adoptive parents.
 
Some of the Alabama Foster and Adoptive Parent Association values and beliefs are:
 
  • Treating children and families with dignity and respect.
  • Providing safe living environments for Alabama's children.
  • Promoting respectful partnerships between foster and adoptive families and local and state agencies.
  • Encouraging child-driven, goal oriented decision making.
  • Provide pertinent training and education.
  • Promoting a fair and equitable system of financial support for Alabama's children.
  • Having a financially visible and accountable organization.
  • Appreciating the unique cultural and ethnic difference of the families we serve.

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