Conferences
Selected Keynote & Plenary Presentations
Child Welfare League of America National Conference, “ Living in an Inspired World”
National Alliance for Children’s Grief Symposium, “Reclaiming Perspective: Critiquing the Dysfunctional Narrative of Grief”
National Center for State Courts, “ What Every Judge and Attorney Needs to Know About the Trauma of Removal ”
National Foster Parent Association and National Kinship for Children Alliance Convention, “ Better Together: Building a Relational Home for Children in Transition ”
National Foster Parent Association Convention, “ Shattered Assumptions: Ambiguous Loss and Disenfranchised Grief in Foster Care
Georgia Department of Family & Children Services Safe at Home “Hopefuls” Training, “ The Impact of Removal and Foster Care Entry on Children: Ambiguity, Grief, and Trauma”
Kansas Department for Children and Families Post Conference Training Event, “Strong Families Make a Strong Kansas: Promoting Healthy Transitions for Children and Youth Entering Foster Care”
The Maine Judicial Branch Family Division Training: “The Impact of Removal: Children’s Lived Experience of Entry into Foster Care”
Mitchell Hamline School of Law Conference, “ Trauma of Removal: Impact of Removal on Children’s Well-Being ” Foster Adopt Minnesota: “ Ambiguity, Loss, & Grief: Supporting Children, Teens, & Young Adults in Foster Care”
Coming Together to Safeguard Mississippi Families: A Multidisciplinary Training Focused on Safety and Removal, “The Reality of Removal: A Clinical & Empirical Examination of Child Removal in Mississippi”
Central Missouri Foster Care and Adoption Association Training: “ The Neglected Transition: Children’s Experiences of Ambiguity, Grief and Trauma in Foster Care”
Grief Institute, Tamarack Grief Resource Center, “Facilitating Positive Outcomes for Grieving Youth”
New Mexico Children's Law Institute, “Ambiguity, Loss, & Grief: Collaborating with Youth in Foster Care to Build Strong Foundations”
Oregon Juvenile Law Training Academy, “Can Everyone See My Screen? Part 2: A Legal and Social Science Framework for The Harm of Removal” Candlelighters for Children with Cancer Time of Remembrance Event, A Time of Remembrance
Children’s Roundtable Summit, Office of Children and Families in the Courts – Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, “The View from Here: Children’s Experiences of Loss, Grief, and Trauma Resulting from Removal” Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Summit, “The View from Here: Children’s Experiences of Loss, Grief, and Trauma Resulting from Out of Home Placements” Annual Trauma Informed and Resilient Communities Conference, “The Power of a Relational Home; Mitigating Trauma and Ambiguity for Children Entering Foster Care”
University of South Carolina, School of Law, Children’s Law Conference: “Older Youth’s Experiences of Foster Care Transitions: The Importance of Having a Relational Home” South Carolina Department of Social Services Independent Living Graduation Celebration: “The Story Behind the Story” Thornwell Home for Children Foster Home Division Annual Conference, “The Transition into Foster Care: Children’s Experiences of Ambiguity and Trauma”
Utah State Courts Court Improvement Program, “Ambiguous Loss and the Harm of Removal” Parental Defense Alliance of Utah Annual Conference, “The Harm of Removal: What Children and Youth Have to Say”
Children’s Justice Conference (2020), “ The Impact of Removal: Children's Experiences of Ambiguity & Trauma Resulting from Entry into Foster Care” Children’s Justice Conference (2023), “ The Harm of Removal: What Children & Youth Have to Say" Northwest Conference on Childhood Grief, “ Loss and Grief: Youth in Foster Care" Washington State Courts Dependency Judicial Training Academy, "Foster Care Transition Transactions: Judicial Considerations to Mitigate Trauma for Child Welfare-Involved Children & Families" Washington State Office of Public Defense, Families Stronger Together Conference: “The Harm of Removal: What Children & Youth Have to Say”