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Members List:
FYI LINKS
President, Lending Library:
Sharon Kiddle
Vice President, Orphanage Support, Grow Bag:
Laura Provitola
Board, Co-Treasurers:
Lynn & Mark Austin
Board, Secretary, Newsletter, Website, Directory:
Terry Mandeville
Board, Member at Large:
Elizabeth Nachman
Single Parents:
Debbie Erickson
Membership:
Shauna McGuinn
Education:
Debbie McGrew
Olympia:
Cecilia Brennan
Links listed below are either public resources or FRUA INC members
Parent Education
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Lending Library
Our chapter has a number of informative & helpful books for loan to members on all subjects related to international adoption, child rearing, cultural topics, and more. For a list of current books see the Resource Section of this websiteThis is a great resource, free for members. Contact the Lending Library Coordinator
Parenting Issues
Many of our families face issues related to adoption, bonding and attachment, school placement and education, discipline, emotional and medial needs, and more. We seek to present timely and informative local speakers who can help answer our questions, provide information, & advise us about local resources. This directory is also a wealth of resources and can be used at all stages of adoption and the post-adoption process. Our presenters have included:
There were breakout sessions from FAS/FASD experts Julia Bledsoe & Julien Davies on neo-natal alcohol exposure, Gwen Lewis on The Educational Evaluation,
Felecia Demchuk on Educational Supports,
Scott Hanauer on Therapeutic Environments,
Mary Ann Curran on Resiliency in Adoption,
as well as sessions on speech and language, education, recovery, therapeutic environments, and more. Members may access the 2007 Conference CD from our Lending Library.
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2008 conference was in St. Louis, Missouri. The 2009 conference is planned for San Antonio, Texas. CDs of the conferences are available for sale from FRUA, INC at http://frua.org/conference/conference.shtml
Deborah Gray
nationally known attachment therapist & author 
Jill Cole
therapist & adoption consultant to Worldwide Orphans Foundation
FRUA, INC Conferences
FRUA, INC puts together a nationally recognized yearly conference at different points around the country. FRUA's 4th Annual Conference, Focus on Education and Development: Equipping our Children for Success was held April 26-28, 2007, in Redmond, WA.
Many of us were able to help with and attended this enlightening conference! Nationally recognized attachment expert Deborah Gray gave the opening address on "Nurturing Adoptive Families: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma".
Trauma expert Dave Ziegler's Keynote address covered "Helping Children Find Their Way from Early Trauma to Personal Contentment".
Local therapist Patty Cogen closed the conference with "Talking About Adoption with Infants, Toddlers, and Teens".
