Thank you to
everyone who joined us for last year's Family
Focus Adoption Conference on November
5th, 2010.
The Adoption Support
Center was proud to put on the 5th Annual
Family Focus Adoption Conference: Breaking Through
the Challenges, featuring Nancy Thomas,
Author and International
Speaker.
Nancy Thomas,
mother, grandmother, adoptive
mom and foster mom, has worked as a Therapeutic
Parenting Specialist with children who had AD,
RAD, PTSD, Asperger’s, ritualistic abuse, ADD,
ADHD, ODD, Tourette’s Syndrome and Bipolar
Disorder. She has shared her life and home
for over 30 years with severely emotionally
disturbed children. She has an 85% success
rate with these high-risk children, which is one
of the highest in the country. An author and
educator specializing in bonding and conscience
development, she has trained over 50,000 parents
and professionals throughout the world in her
effective methods. Nancy began speaking
professionally and doing consultation work in
1986. Since her work was highlighted in an HBO
special in 1990 entitled CHILD OF RAGE she has
become a much sought after and respected speaker.
She has shared the effective keys to her high
success rate in working with these high risk
children in hundreds of state, county, and private
agencies in 48 states, Australia, Canada, England,
China, India, Ireland, Japan and Romania. Nancy
has captivated audiences with love and laughter as
she taught the skills to teach children how to be
respectful, responsible, and fun to be around to
over 35,800 parents and professionals.
The
morning keynote featured Nancy Thomas and the
afternoon featured regional speakers focusing on
adoption, attachment, trauma related grief and
loss and other topics. Family Focus 2010: Breaking
Through the Challenges was held Friday November
5th at the Memphis Marriott.
The ASC Staff with Nancy
Thomas
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