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Join KAAN from June 21 – 23 for three days of keynotes, films, presentations, roundtables, performers, exhibits, support forums, and life-changing community. KAAN offers an Adoptee-Only track, as well as sessions for a general audience that are open to all. There are programs for adults aged 18+ and youth aged 8-17. Everyone is welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings, and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at tech@wearekaan.org.

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Nicole Sheppard

Nicole Sheppard, MA, LPCC, is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor based in Minneapolis, MN. She works at Mental Health Systems (MHS), specializing in mindfulness and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). With the Korean Adoptees Ministry (KAM) Center she was a project manager of a MN Department of Health-funded mental health and suicide assessment of the adult Korean adoptee community from 2016-2019. Nicole lived in Seoul, Korea (2002-2010), and was a leader in global Korean adoptee community development and advocacy at Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (GOA’L) as vice secretary general and summer conference director. She is a graduate of the Permanency and Adoption Competency Certificate (PACC) Training at the University of Minnesota and Training for Adoption Competency (TAC) by the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.). Nicole loves being a mom, travel, food, and being a member of the adoptee community.
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  • Filter By Date KAAN 2024 Conference Jun 21 -23, 2024
  • Filter By Venue 6100 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, USA
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  • Activities
  • Adoptee-Only Dinner
  • Adoptee-Only Session
  • Check-In
  • Exhibitors & Sponsors
  • Fishbowl Session (Adoptee-Centered But Non-Adoptees May Attend To Listen)
  • General Session (Open To All Attendees)
  • KAAN
  • Leadership
  • Mainstage Event
  • Meals
  • Youth Program