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Membership Learn more April 30th is the last day to register for Heritage Camp 2012! Earlybird Registration is now over, but you can still register at the regular rate Do NOT put it off - register NOW! Learn more
Calendar: Events below are presented for information only. We try to post all related community parent education, adoption, cultural events that our members might be interested in. Unless noted specifically as a FRUA INC event, FRUA INC does not endorse, nor have any connection with the event. Events listed in red are FRUA INC events. Events listed in blue are support groups or educational events. Events listed in green are cultural events. Events listed in purple are adoption playgroups and childrens' activities. |
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Board, President, Grow Bag, Lending Library:
Sharon Kiddle
Board, VP, Camp Director, Single Parents:
Debbie Erickson
Board, Sec-Treas, Newsletter, Website, Membership:
Terry Mandeville
Board, Member at Large, Welcome Outreach:
Elizabeth Nachman
Board, Member at Large:
Stephanie Vassigh
Treasurer:
Stephanie Boaz
Olympia:
Cecilia BrennanFRUA INC Links:
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Parent Education
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Lending Library
This is a great resource, free for members. Contact the Lending Library Coordinator
Parenting Issues
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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2009 conference was in 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".
