Papers

• Reforming The Interstate Compact On The Placement Of Children

• The Future Of Adoption For Children In Foster Care: Demographics In A Changing sociopolitical Environment

• The Americans With Disabilities Act: What Adoption Agencies Need To Know

• Reunion of the First Generation of Vietnamese
  Adoptees, April 28-30, 2000, Baltimore, MD.
  Presentation by Joy Kim Lieberthal
  Results of the Survey of Adult Vietnamese Adoptees

• Adoption in the Absence of National Boundaries
  Presented at the 25th Conference of the North American Council on Adoptable Children by Joy Kim Lieberthal, Policy Analyst

• Presentation of Survey Results.
  Presented by Madelyn Freundlich and Joy Kim Lieberthal at the International Gathering of the First Generation of Korean Adoptees, September 10-12, 1999, Washington D.C.

• The Americans with Disabilities Act
  Presented at the New Jeresey Adoption Coalition, Trenton, New Jersey, May 20, 1999.
  
  
• The Ethics of Adoption: How Much Does Identity Matter?
  Presented at the American Adoption Congress, Washington DC, May 14-15, 1999.
  
  
• Clinical Mediation
  Presented at the New York State Citizens Coalition for Children, Albany, New York, May 14-15, 1999.
  
  
• Wrongful Adoption: Litigation / Practice Issues.
  Presented at the American Bar Association's Ninth National Conference on Children and the Law, Sheraton City Centre, Washington, DC, April 8-10, 1999.
  
  
• Open / Cooperative Adoption: The Impact of Current Laws on Negotiated Relinquishments. Presented at the American Bar Association's Ninth National Conference on Children and the Law, Sheraton City Centre, Washington, DC, April 8-10, 1999.
  
  
• Expediting Terminations of Parental Rights: Benefits and Risks. Presented at the Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law, Columbus, Ohio, February 9, 1999.
  
  
• Clinical Mediation Presented at the Louisiana Adoption Advisory Board, December 16, 1998.

• The Many Faces of Adoption Presented at the Louisiana Adoption Advisory Board, December 15, 1998.

• Madelyn Freundlich and Lisa Peterson. Protecting Parents, Children and Agencies by Avoiding Liability in Wrongful Adoption Cases. Presented at the Child Welfare League of Americas, San Antonio, Texas, December 8, 1998.

• The Intricate World of Adoption Ethics Presented at American Adoption Congress, San Francisco, California, November 11-14, 1998.

• The Future of Adoption for Children in Foster Care Presented at Adoptive Families Today, Schaumburg, Illinois, November 8, 1998 and also presented at Families Adopting Children Everywhere, Baltimore, Maryland, October 3, 1998.

• Changing the Image of Adoption Presented at Adoptive Families Today, Schaumburg, Illinois, November 8, 1998.

• Protecting Parents, Children, and Agencies by Avoiding Liability in Wrongful Adoption Cases Presented at Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 4-6, 1998.

• The Americans with Disabilities Act Presented at the Adoption Exchange Association, Denver, Colorado, October 8-10, 1998.   
  
  Also see Frequently Asked Questions on the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• Testimony of Madelyn Freundlich Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Concerning Adoption Registries

• The Future of Adoption for Children in Foster Care New York State Citizens Coalition for Children, Albany, NY, May 1998.

• Confidentiality Becomes Political: The New Strategy in Opposition to Open Records American Adoption Congress, Albany, New York, November 1, 1997.

• Wrongful Adoption Cases. Association of Administrators of the interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance Conference, Adoption: Pathways and Partnerships, Charleston, South Carolina, September 23, 1997.

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