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Brad Miller's Radio Interview On Sexual Development of Adopted Children

By fandrey on January 23, 2013 3:34 PM

Brad Miller, M.D.

Listen to the recording of Brad Miller's radio interview on sexual development of adopted children. Topics covered in the interview are precocious puberty and how to talk about sex with adopted children. Dr. Miller is a colleague of our adoption medicine physicians in the International Adoption Clinic. He gave this interview on January 16, 2013, for Creating A Family, a nonprofit organization that provides education and resources on adoption and infertility.

Sexual Development In Adopted Children

By fandrey on January 14, 2013 11:06 AM

ANNOUNCEMENT! Listen LIVE on Wed, 1/16/13 at 11:00 a.m. on the Creating A Family website, as U of M pediatric endocrinologist Bradley S. Miller, MD, PhD gives an internet radio interview on sexual development in adopted children.

The archived recording will be available as a podcast after 1:00 p.m. on that date. To submit questions for the interview, please send them to info@creatingafamily.org by 1/15/13.

Dana Johnson Honored At NACAC Gala

By fandrey on November 26, 2012 12:19 PM

Pictured L to R: Susan Jacobsen, PT; Maria Kroupina, PhD; Kristi Campbell, program assistant;
Dana Johnson, MD, PhD; Wright Walling, NACAC president; Judith Eckerle, MD; Megan Bresnahan, OTR

Dana Johnson and the International Adoption Clinic were honored November 17 at the North American Council On Adoptable Children (NACAC) ninth annual gala. The honor was given for their "efforts to improve the health of orphaned children throughout the world through excellence in clinical care, research, education and advocacy."

NACAC, headquartered in St. Paul, MN, raises awareness about the need to adopt children from the foster care system and to provide continuing support to families who adopt children with special needs. Learn more about NACAC

November 17 was National Adoption Day in the U.S., where 104,000 are waiting to be adopted out of the foster care system.

Eckerle Quoted on FASD In Adoptees

By Global Pediatrics on September 28, 2012 3:11 PM

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Judith Eckerle was quoted in a special edition of Latitude, a news blog based in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Eckerle sees patients in the University of Minnesota Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Clinic.

Dr. Eckerle said, "The symptoms of FASD can be hard to recognize. A lot of times they can look like other well-known disorders like ADHD. (Children with FASD) can also be very literal minded. It's a little like the children's book 'Amelia Bedelia.' When you say, 'draw the blinds,' they might sit down and draw a picture of the blinds."

The feature, titled "The toll of Russian vodka on American families" ran September 27, 2012.

Dana Johnson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

By Global Pediatrics on April 19, 2012 3:30 PM

A huge congratulations to International Adoption Clinic co-founder, Dana Johnson MD, PhD, who was presented with a lifetime achievement award in New York City on April 12, 2012, by Joint Council on International Children's Services (JCICS). Dr. Johnson has made a difference in the lives of thousands of orphaned children worldwide through his pioneering efforts to help establish adoption medicine as a field of practice and his legislative advocacy.

Said current IAC director, Dr. Cindy Howard "We are thrilled that Dana and his work have been recognized with this award. He is a tireless advocate for orphans throughout the world, and we share his passion that every child deserves a family."

View the video made by Emerson Hatch, thanking him for saving her life.

Dana Johnson with Angelique Hatch, co-founder and president of the non-profit
International Child Advocacy Network (ICAN) and member of the board of directors for JCICS.

U of M Faculty to Lecture at Child Welfare Symposium

By Global Pediatrics on March 1, 2012 9:37 AM

The 36th Annual Child Welfare Symposium, sponsored by Joint Council on International Children's Services, will be held in New York City, April 16 - 18, 2012, and will include lectures by internationally recognized child development and adoption medicine experts Dana Johnson, MD, PhD, Michael K. Georgieff, MD, and John Himes, PhD, MPH, all from the University of Minnesota.

Screen grab courtesy Joint Council on International Children's Services

Every year the Symposium brings together professionals in the fields of child welfare, adoption and orphan care for three days of information gathering, idea sharing and networking. All those with an interest in ensuring that children live, grow and flourish in a permanent, safe and loving family are invited to attend. Four topic-focused tracks: Medical and Nutritional Institute; U.S. Foster Care and Domestic Adoption Curriculum; Intercountry Adoption Curriculum; and Orphan Care Curriculum.

Maria Kroupina Gives Child Mental Health Grand Rounds

By Global Pediatrics on October 26, 2011 3:05 PM

Maria Kroupina, PhD, child psychologist and director of the child mental health program for the International Adoption Clinic, gave Pediatric Grand Rounds on September 7, 2011.

Her talk summarized research findings regarding impacts of traumatic early experience on cognitive and social-emotional development, and defined principles for mental health clinical practice for young children with a history of early adversity. Learn more about our child mental health program. View the full talk

Outreach in Addis Ababa

By Global Pediatrics on June 14, 2011 10:19 AM

Beth Andrews, a nurse care coordinator in the International Adoption Clinic, traveled in April 2011 to Addis Ababa and Hossana, Ethiopia, to meet and work with the nurses and caregivers at care centers operated by Children's Home Society and Family Services, to provide support as they continue to take excellent care of orphaned and abandoned children, in a time of diminishing resources.

In this photo, Beth helps the care center staff to create their own system for accurate preparation of special formula (F100) to feed malnourished children.

International Adoption Clinic Celebrates 25 Years

By Global Pediatrics on May 2, 2011 10:02 AM

In 2011, the International Adoption Clinic that was co-founded by Dana Johnson, MD, PhD, turns 25 years old. Read the full article and view video interviews of all three of our our adoption clinic faculty here. Also, you can subscribe to the Minnesota Medical Foundation's global health newsfeed here.

Dana Johnson quoted in Time Magazine

By Global Pediatrics on June 22, 2010 2:01 PM

Co-founder of the Adoption Medicine Program & Clinic (formerly, the International Adoption Clinic) was quoted in the June 20, 2010, edition of Time Magazine in the story, "Why Adoptees Can't Adapt". Read the full story

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