Recent Updates

New class! A Parent’s Stage-by-Stage Nutrition Guide: Toddler (18-36 Months Old)

Adoption Learning Partners is now StageWise Parenting

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Meet the Experts & Panelists

Aaron Stigger
Panelist
Adam Pertman
Executive Director
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Alyssa Schnell
Lactation Consultant, Author, Speaker
Amy Kenney
LCSW
Ana Lincoln
Panelist, Adopted Person
Andale Gross
Race and Ethnicity News Editor
The Associated Press
Andrea Bushala
MSW, LCSW, RPT
Angela Taylor
Marketing Executive
Angela Tucker
Presenter
Anthony Love
Administrator
Chicago Public Schools
Arletta James, M.S., PCC
Author
Ashanti Howard
Educational Consultant
Barbara Sereda
President and founder of Adoption Advocates of America, attorney, and adoptive parent
Betsy Keefer Smalley, LCSW
Consultant, Co-author, Program Manager
Ohio Child Welfare Training Program
Brenda Ballard
Nutritionist
Arise Nutrition Wellness
Brinaro White
Student
Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D
Professor, Author
Senior Fellow at The Child Trauma Academy
Carmen Knight
Teacher, Adoption Professional
Carrie Kitze
Founder and Publisher
EMK Press Author
Catherine Fields
Chad Weiden
School Principal
Christian Farr
NBC5 News General Assignment Reporter and Fill-in Anchor
Craig Robinson
Quality Assurance Manager
Party Rental
Dafna Lender, LCSW
LCSW and Certified Theraplay Therapist and Trainer
Dan Griffith, Ph.D
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dan Hughes, Ph.D
Author
Dana Ernest Johnson, M.D., Ph.D
Professor of Pediatrics & Co-founder
University of Minnesota & International Adoption Clinic
Danae Kovac
Deputy Director of Operations at HANA Center, and former Board member of Korean Adoptees of Chicago (KAtCH)
Deborah Gray, MSW, MPA
Author
Founder of Nurturing Attachments
Dori Fujii
LCSW
Dr. Evisha Ford, LCSW
Founding Executive Director
iCan Dream Center
Elaine E. Schulte, MD, MPH, FAAP
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs and Faculty Development at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York
Evan Roberts
Author
Gina Samuels, Ph.D
Professor, School of Social Service Administration
University of Chicago
Glenn Murray
Author and Founder of 220 Holdings
Gregory Keck, Ph.D
Founder and Director
The Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio
Heather Forbes, LCSW
Author
Ira Chasnoff, M.D.
President
The Children's Research Triangle
Jamaal Buchanan
Lawyer & Founder
Buchanan Management & Consulting LLC
Jason Jaleal Maymon
Student
Jayne Schooler
Author and Trainer
Jerimiah Boyd-Johnson
Student
Jessmynda Dosch-Evangelists
Panelist
Jonathan Thanh Danh Peck
Owner and Advisor of Strategic Advice Services
Joy Lieberthal
Adoption Professional
Judy Stigger, LCSW
Board Member of Adoptive Families magazine Clinical Director of Adoption Learning Partners
Julian Davies, M.D.
Author & Clinical Associate Professor
University of Washington, Founder of adoptmed.org
Julie Beem
Executive Director
Attachment & Trauma Network
Kanetha C. Lyke
Founder and Owner of Lyke Your Image LLC and Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay
Kara Wright
Founder of Mindhearted, Inc.
Karin Peterson
LCSW
Karyn Purvis, Ph.D
Director
Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University
Katelyn Marks
Presenter
Kathy Chaney
Executive Producer
Daily News and Midwest Hub for YR Media
Kathyrn Smith
MS
Katie Johnston
Integrative Life Coach, Certified Yoga Instructor, Licensed Embodiment Teacher
Katja Rowell, M.D.
Family Doctor and childhood feeding specialist
Kenard Gibbs
Vice President
BET Networks
Kevin Hofmann
Author and Speaker
Kimberly N. Jackson, Ph.D
Author and Middle School Principal
Leah Bloom
Faculty Member
Chicago Center For Family Health
Lynn L. Wetterberg, MS, CPA
Former Executive Director of the Association for Treatment & Training in the Attachment of Children (ATTACh)
Mandy Jones
LCSW, JD
Marcell Darius Moore
Student
Marilyn Panichi
Executive Director of Adoptions Unlimited Co-founder, Board Memeber and Treasurer of the Adoption Exchange Association
Martha Osborne
Founder of Rainbowkids.com Adoption Advocacy
Mary Jo Barrett, MSW
Therapist, Author
Maureen Kelly
Development Professional and Adoptive Parent
Mei Kelly
Adoptee Advocate, Filmmaker, Teacher, and Coordinator of the website The Beat
Michelle Madrid-Branch
Author, Speaker
Nathan Ross
Speaker, Director of Youth Programs
Midwest Foster Care and Adoption Association
Pastor Tim Howard
Lead Pastor
New Joy Divine Full Gospel
Pat Irwin Johnston, MS
Author
Patricia Dischler
Author & Speaker
Patti Waldmeir
Author
Peggy Kubert, A.M., LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Percy Thomas III
Grant Administrator with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Phyllis Booth
Clinical Director Emeritus
The Theraplay Institute in Chicago
Phyllis Laughlin, MA, LCPC
Clinical Director of Adoptive Parent Services
The Cradle Adoption Agency
Rachel Alder
Presenter
Rebecca Nelson
Licensed Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist
Robert Griggs
Supa Dupa Podcast Host and Co-Owner
RobReynolds Collections
Ryan Liebl
Attorney
Mayer Brown LLP
Sally Carman, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist and Trainer
Sarah Van Steenburg
Legal Headhunter and Adopted Person
Schan Parker
Student
Scott Smith
Speaker, Adopted Person
Sharlene Hobson
Principal
PB Hobson at Law, LLC
Sherrie Eldridge
Author
Steve Kalb
MSW, Presenter
Susan Livingston Smith, LCSW
Program & Project Director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Co-Director of the Center for Adoption Studies at Illinois State University Emerita Professor of Social Work at Illinois State University
Susan Soonkeum Cox
Vice President Policy & External Affairs
Holt International
Susan Stutzman, LCPC,RPT-S
Child Therapist with Kid Matters Counseling
Tara Linh Leaman
Co-Founder and Vice President of AmerAsians Building Bridges Consulting, Author, Adopted Person
Tenille Richardson
Education Manager
Namaste Laboratories LLC
Tina Feigal, M.S, Ed.
Director of Family Engagement
Vasco Lopes, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Columbia University Medical Center
Venus E. Evans-Winters, Ph.D
Author & Professor
Illinois State University in the College of Education with faculty affiliation in Women & Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Ethnic Studies
Vernese Edghill-Walden
Chief Diversity Officer
Northern Illinois University
Victoria DiMartile
Doctoral Student, Adopted Person

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