OCDF Chinese Culture Weekend

OCDF will be conducting a Chinese culture weekend. NOTE: This event is NOT hosted or sponsored by FCC St. Louis. However, below are details for FCC families who wish to register and participate in this OCDF event.

Date & Location

Date: December 5

Location: Holiday Inn - South County Center

Event Details

Don't miss this fun-filled weekend with some really special features! Preregister EARLY! (note: to find registration link look for the "Chinese Culture & Adoption Weekends" heading on the right-side of the OCDF homepage).

Special Author Program:

Jean MacLeod - Adoption Author/Editor of At Home in this World and Adoption Parenting (and Adoptive Mom) will conduct:

• TEENS Write & Illustrate their Story (Workshop) (for teens)
• Adoption - Parenting Your Tween (for parents)
• Attachment Therapy: A Parent Guide to Asking Questions (for parents)

Special Sessions for Teens and Kids:

• Kids Helping Kids and Teens Give Back
  One session for kids/teens to make blankets and dolls for orphanages in China
• Movie for Teens and Parents: The Blood of Yinzhou District
  (Academy Award Winning Documentary about children orphaned when their parents died of AIDS)
• Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts & Games for Kids
  Inner Bottle Painting, Kite Decorating, Peking Opera Mask and Puppet-making for The Monkey King Story-telling,
  Lantern-making, Calligraphy, and Games Kids Play in China

Special Sessions on China Adoption Issues:

• Forum on the Status of Orphanages from China with Dr. Jane Liedtke
• Resources for Chinese Culture and Language Learning wth Dr. Jane Liedtke

Special Sessions on Homeland Travel & Living in Chin:

• Returning to China with Your Adopted Child and What's in an Orphanage File? with Dr. Jane Liedtke
• Meeting Birthparents in China - When a homeland tour becomes a birthfamily reunion with Dr. Jane Liedtke
• Teen Leadership Camp & Tween/Teen and Family Volunteer Programs in China with Dr. Jane Liedtke
• What's it like to go to school in China with Emily Liedtke