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3rd Annual Adoption Conference

November 11, 2017 9am-4pm in Hickory

October 12, 2017


The Success Coach Service, in partnership with Family Builders of Catawba Valley and The Corinth Adoption Ministry, will host our 3rd Annual Adoption Connect, Expect, Reflect Conference. This FREE conference offers an opportunity for foster and adoptive families to hear from some of the nation’s leading adoption experts about the joys and challenges adoption brings. Please join us on November 11th, 2017 at Corinth Reformed Church in Hickory as we welcome several speakers including Rhonda Roorda, Author and consultant on the show This is Us, Pat O’Brien, Director of AGAPE services in New York and Betsy Smalley, the author of Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past and Wounded Children, Healing Homes. Join us as we learn, connect and grow through the gift of adoption!

Adoption is a life long journey! The Success Coach Service, overseen by Ligia Cushman, M.A., provides post adoption services to families residing in Ashe, Alleghany, Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Watauga and Wilkes counties. The Success Coach Services work to strengthen and enhance child well-being by providing support and advocacy to adoptive families. We believe that co-hosting an adoption conference for adoptive families is one way to do that. As an adoptive parent herself,  Ligia shared "parenting an adopted child is requires additional support. This conference is a way to help adoptive parents in our region have the tools they need to help their children thrive."

Families will also enjoy door prizes, child care for children ages 12 and younger, snacks, breakfast and lunch! The conference is FREE and pre-registration is  requested by October 30, 2017. Click here to register. To learn more, please call 828-695-5755.