Conference Line-up: (subject to change)

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8:30 – 9:00 Doors Open For Registration 

9:00 – 9:35 Welcome, Reneé Austin will lead worship and will share her story.

 

9:40 – 10:30 (50min) Breakout Session 1 

 

(1) Shari Ley -- Exploring Adoption, Foster Care and Beyond

(2) Tammy Fiegel -- Neurological First Aid For Meltdowns
(3) Jayne Schooler --  The Brain Workshop

(4) David Schooler -- Dynamic Connections

(5) Cheryl Witte -- Real Practical Ways To Support Foster and Adoptive Families

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10:30 – 10:45 Coffee/Water Break

 

10:45 – 11:15 Kaycee Stanley - The Reel Hope Project

 

11:15 - 11:35  Lizzie LaFond Testimony and Singing Performance

 

11:35 - 11:55  MnAdopt (HELP) -- Heather Van Brunt & Gail Garner Swenson

 

11:55 - 12:00  Prayer & Dismissal for Lunch

 

12:00 -1:00 Lunch  -- Chick-fil-a

 

1:00 – 2:00 Panel from the Main Stage to include Chris Tiedeman, Ben Reis, Julie Martindale, Gail Meyer and Lizzie LaFond

 

2:05 – 2:55 (50 min)  Breakout Session 2

 

(1) David & Jayne Schooler -- Building A Teen's Capacity for Relationship

(2) David Little -- The Dad Who Comforts
(3) Nancy Roetman -- Remembering Movements…Natural Development

(4) Bridget Stevens-Murphy -- The Capacity to Bend but Not Break

(5) Robert O'Conner -- Journeying Thru Trans-Racial Placement

 

3:00-3:45 General Session -- David & Jayne Schooler -- 

 

3:45 - 4:00 Final Song by Reneé Austin

 

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