APPLICATIONS BEING TAKEN FOR UPCOMING ADOPTION EVENT HERE

Local adoption agencies are accepting applications for the "Adoption: Issues and Insights" conference Nov. 12-13.

The conference will be held at Centenary Methodist Church Nov. 12 and at the Show Me Center Nov. 13. Registration will be accepted through Friday.

Featured speaker for the event is Barbara Tremitiere, former director of Tressler Lutheran Services Adoption Program. Since 1971, that program specialized in the adoptive placement of children with special needs.

Tremitiere was honored in 1984 with the Distinguished Alumni Award for Practice, which recognized her innovative work in the adoption field.

Since 1977 she has served as a consultant and trainer for numerous public and voluntary child welfare agencies, state child welfare programs, and universities throughout the United State and Canada.

Other speakers include Carmen K. Schulze, director of the Missouri Division of Family Services, and Larry Lowrance, professor of elementary and special education at Southeast Missouri State University.

Registration fee for the Nov. 13 sessions is $25 for professionals, $30 per couple for foster or adoptive parents, and $10 for students.

The conference is sponsored by the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Cape Girardeau County; Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Southeast Missouri; The Adoptive Family Group; the Work and Family Institute-Department of Human Environmental Studies; and the Department of Social Work at Southeast Missouri State.

For more information, contact Molly Strickland at Lutheran Family and Children's Services. The phone number is 334-5866.