Presenters will receive:

        *  Discounted registration

        *   Recognition in the conference program and on NAAP’s website and social media

        *   The opportunity to share your work with a national audience of adoptees, birth/first parents, adoptive parents, and adoption professionals committed to reform

We’re grateful for the generosity of speakers who share their time and expertise to support NAAP’s mission.

Proposals should highlight current topics related to the adoption community and speak to one or more of the conference themes. Presentations that address topics with engaging, creative formats that generate interactions/deep reflection/effective learning are preferred. 

• The search for identity and belonging
• The many facets of reunion
• How to make “Family is AND not OR” work in day-to-day life
• Estrangement and/or rejection: acknowledging the pain / coming to terms with the reality/ moving on
• Relationship challenges with adoptive/raised-with family
• Late discovery adoptees and NPEs
• DNA: using DNA to seek answers; nature vs. nurture;
• Navigating ethnic identity / cultural identity
• Understanding and managing the trauma inherent in adoption
• The HOW of a journey toward healing
• The grief factor
• The impact of addiction / confronting the prevalence of addiction in the adoption community / breaking the cycle of addiction
• Strategies for effective legislative efforts / uniting for greater impact / the dos and don’ts
• Navigating open record and accessing original birth certificates – our legislative wheelhouse
• Self-care matters
• Mental health concerns
• Utilizing the healing power of creativity: art, music, writing, nature
• Parenting as an adoptee or first parent – the intergenerational dimension