News

May 10, 2011.  ATN members will join with other parents and adoption professionals at the Capitol Hill Briefing on Post-Adoptive Services.  Here is the media advisory on this event.  

Click here to see ATN's policy recommendations.  

May 3, 2011.  ATN received this email from filmmaker/author Jane Ryan about the upcoming release of her movie, The Boarder.

Starting April 12, 2011.  ATN's Essentials Series.  Join ATN for a 5-part webinar series of attachment and trauma basics and what every parent of a traumatized child should know.  The five workshops are:

• Healthy Attachment & What Can Disrupt It - April 12

• Signs & Symptoms of Trauma or Attachment Disorder - April 19

• What is Therapeutic Parenting? - April 26

• Is Therapy Necessary? - May 3

• Neurologically Speaking... - May 10

Download a flyer about Essentials webinars here.  

All webinars start at 8:30 pm Eastern and last for one hour.  ATN Members attend for FREE.  Others can purchase a registration in ATN's Store for $25 per session or $100 for the entire series.  Sign up today, as space is limited to 50 participants in each session.  To join ATN click here.

(Members, please contact 240-357-7369 to reserve your free space in the classroom. )

March - Filming of Companion Documentary for The Boarder Movie by Jane E. Ryan.

Check out the trailer to The Boarder here.

Film dates:  

• Sunday, March 13 - Powder Springs, GA

• Friday, March 18 - Kearney, NE

• Wednesday, March 23 - Woodland Hills, CA

Contact Jane Ryan - for more information.

FREE Hoofbeats Newsletter!  Click here to download ATN's Nov/Dec 2010 issue of Hoofbeats, which highlights the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute's Keeping the Promise policy report on the need for post-adoptive services - our free gift to you!

Thurs, October 28, ATN Lifeline Series.  "Parental Rights Under IDEA" by Allison Vrojlik, Esq.  Sign up today in the ATN Store.

Monday, November 8 - ATN Annual Business Meeting.  All members are invited to attend in ATN's online classroom.

September 2010.  ATN Board voted to revise Bylaws, creating a "working" Board of up to 15 parents, therapists and others to propel forward ATN's mission of Support, Education & Advocacy for Traumatized Children and their Families.  Elections for 2011 Board of Directors will be held in October at the General Meeting, Monday, October 25 from 1-3 pm Eastern.  All ATN members are invited to attend or vote prior to the General Meeting.  Watch your email for more information.

ATN Members share an open letter to about parenting children with attachment disorder or trauma:  My Life as A Parent...

April 2010.  ATN sends letter to the APA expressing concern over the proposed changes to the definition of Reactive Attachment Disorder in the DSM-5, and requesting the inclusion of Developmental Trauma Disorder.  See letter here.

April 2010.  ATN sends letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the Hansen family tragedy and the need for more post-adoption resources.

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