Preliminary Program for the EurAdopt Conference –

Open Day at the Conference Center “Das Mutterhaus” Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth, Germany 24^th April 2004

English will be the language of the conference

09:30-10:00 Welcome to open day by ??????,

Opening speech by the German Minister of Family etc., Renate Schmidt

(we are still waiting for her confirmation) and by Mr. Veith, Leader of the German Federal Central Office for Intercountry Adoption

Legal frame and guidelines for adoption in Germany

Presented by Mrs. Mützenich, Leader of the Central Adoption Office of the Land youth welfare office Rhineland

Intercountry from Germany to Denmark

Pilot study about grown up adoptees

Presented by Dr. Julia Bock-Knoblauch, psychologist at the Institut für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, Mainz

What can we learn from national register studies? Some comparisons between adoption and foster care.

Presented by Bo Vinnerljung, Ph D, Centre for Evaluation of Social Services, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm

Topic?

Presented by Renate Grönvold Bugge, ???????Norwegian speaker

Study about adoptive parents????

Presented by Katarina von Greiff Ph D in pedagogics

Topic?

Presented by the Netherland speaker

Psychosocial development of adoptees from Bolivia in Germany until primary school age

Presented by Dr. Julia Bock-Knoblauch, psychologist at the Institut für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, Mainz

12:00-13:00 Lunch

15:00-15:30 Break

17:30 End of the Open Day

19:00 Conference Dinner