FRUA-OHIO ADOPTION CONFERENCE

FRUA-Ohio International Adoption Conference

The first gathering of FRUA families is Ohio is happening!

October 21, 22 and 23 in Columbus at

Holiday Inn- Worthington

Friday night 6:00 p.m.-?

· Check-in and a family pool party – bring a snack and drinks to share

Saturday 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

· Health Issues in International Adopted Children - Dr. Katalin Koranyi, Columbus Children’s Hospital International Adoption Clinic. Dr Koranyi will tell us about Health issues in international adoptees – especially health screening of new arrivals of all ages.

· 2 Kid’s Rooms opens 8:00 a.m. Pajama party – bring the kids in their PJ’s for videos and breakfast cereal

Saturday 10:30 – 12:00 Noon

· Educational Programming for Children of International Adoption -What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go Now? – Felicia Demchuk, Positive Education Program, Cleveland. What are some of the causes of educational issues in some internationally adopted children? What can we do to improve their success? Felicia and her husband are parents of 2 children born in Ukraine and Russia.

· 2 Kid’s Room: Games and crafts

Family lunch break 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Saturday 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

· Effects of Institutionalization on Language Development - Susan Hough, Children's Therapy Center of the Washington Hospital, PA. University of Pittsburgh researchers recently studied the language skills of 44 children adopted from Eastern European orphanages. The study, which included conversations with the children and parent questionnaires, showed that 37 to 40 percent of the children had language deficits. These deficits were correlated with the child's time in the orphanage, age at adoption, and time in the U.S. Parents who adopt internationally can learn more about the risks that may face their children and their children's need for ongoing monitoring.

· Younger Kid’s Room: Storytime

· Teen’s & Older Kid’s Room: Presentation on vampires in Slavic Folklore

Saturday 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

· Lifebooks – Stephanie Shotts, Columbus. - Stephanie has extensive experience in making Lifebooks and Scrapbooks She will explain the difference between the two and give us some tips and ideas for documenting our children’s life journeys. Stephanie and her husband Dave are parents of two children born in Russia.

· 2 Kid’s Room: Games and crafts

Family Dinner Break - (If there is interest, we could arrange a dinner as part of the package)

Saturday Evening 7:00 p.m. Family swimming and Fellowship

Sunday

Orthodox Church service – tentative

Columbus COSI - Center Of Science and Industry - Group rate tickets - COSI opens at 12:00 pm

Come join us!

Make reservations DIRECTLY with the hotel at 614-885-3334 ASAP. (If you don’t call directly, you may not be considered part of our ‘package’) Our block of rooms at $99/night
Let us know. Complete this registration form

FRUA OHIO CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Family information:

^{Adult attendee:
first

last name
Address




phone}

^{Adult attendee:
first

last name
Address


phone}

^{Where are you in the adoption process? ______ research
______waiting ______
home from _______________________________________________}

Child Attendees:

			^{biological or country of origin}	^{Kid’s Room Session}
^{first name}	^{last name}	^age	^{biological or country of origin}	^8:30	^10:3	^1:30	^3:30

We will be staying at the hotel ___ Friday night ___ Saturday night

We would be interested in a group dinner on Saturday night ______

Conference fees:

FRUA Members: One Adult Attendance $ 37 ______

FRUA Members: Two Adult Attendance $ 74 ______

Non-member: One Adult Attendance $ 67 ______

Non-member: Two Adult Attendance $104 ______

(Non member rate includes 1 year membership in FRUA-Ohio)

Saturday Children’s Care and activities: # of children X $20/ ______

(This pays for screened daycare providers and activities – if you child is 13 or older or you do not want supervised activities for them, you can skip this portion)

Count us in for COSI tickets on Sunday!

qty. Adult (13+) @ $8.50 = _______

qty Child (2-12) @ $7.00 =_______ ______

____qty Child (0-23 months) free

TOTAL for CONFERENCE ______

Complete Application, Make checks payable to FRUA, Ohio and mailto:

Karen Holt, PO Box 38, Alexandria, OH 43001

Or Fax Registration forms to 740-924-9325; or e-mail registration forms to kholt@frua.org

You may use Paypal to send your payment – Paypal e-mail address kholt@frua.org

Questions: Karen Holt 740-924-9355 kholt@frua.org; Susan Walters 937-332-1177 sdew@woh.rr.com

Location

Holiday Inn- Worthington

175 HUTCHINSON AVE, COLUMBUS, OH 43235
Tel: 1-614-885-3334, Fax: 1-614-846-4353

Hotel Facility Information:

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/cmhwr

Driving Directions and Map:

http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/direction/cmhwr

Last minute questions contact Karen on your way or during the conference cell phone 614-329-1907