The KAAN 2025 Conference will take place at The Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, GA, on June 20-22. The theme this year is Growth and Change. As always, we offer an adoptee-only track alongside our general breakout sessions, which are open to all. We also offer programs for adults and youth (ages 8-17). All are welcome, including adoptees, birth families, family members (adoptive parents, spouses/partners, siblings and children of adoptees), service providers, and Korean Americans. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Ambiguous loss is experienced from the moment adoptees are separated from their first family. Though there are many avenues to search for and locate first families, there is still a high percentage of adoptees whose circumstances do not lend themselves to be able to be in reunion. Being in reunion also does not end the ambiguous loss that adoptees had experienced up until that point. This session explores what ambiguous loss is, how adoptees experience it throughout the course of their life, and ways to navigate through the deep sense of grief and loss that has no end.
