ATN Joins Coalition Urging Georgia to End Discrimination Against Children with Emotional Disorders
November 2015. A broad coalition of advocacy groups – including the Attachment & Trauma Network – is urging the state of Georgia to transform its separate and unequal educational program serving thousands of children with behavioral disabilities into a system that provides needed services and supports to integrate students into their own local schools. The […]
Special Education/IEPs for Children with Attachment Trauma – FREE Webinar
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 @ 12:00 pm EDT The Attachment & Trauma Network is hosting this FREE webinar will explore the hows and whys of special education for children who have Attachment Trauma (attachment disorders, developmental trauma, etc.) Melissa Sadin, M.Ed., M.A.T. and Julie Beem, ATN’s Executive Director will explore the steps of getting your […]
Ginger Healy
Ginger Healy MSW, LCSW started her career as a child abuse investigator, hospital social worker, and school therapist. She spent 15 years as the social service supervisor at an international adoption agency where she learned about developmental trauma and attachment needs in children. She is currently a clinical social worker and the Director of Programs […]
Adam Pertman
Adam Pertman, President and CEO of NCAP, is one of the leading experts in the U.S. on adoption and child welfare. He previously was President of the Donaldson Adoption Institute, which he built into the pre-eminent research, policy and advocacy think tank in its field. He also was Associate Editor of the scholarly journal Adoption […]
Melissa Sadin
Melissa is a mother to two sons (one adopted and one bio), a wife, and a life long educator. She began her career as a high school special education teacher working in a self-contained classroom for emotionally challenged young adults. After twelve years in classrooms in all grades 2-12, she became an administrator. During her […]
Stephanie Garde
Stephanie Garde, JD, ATN’s Director of Operations, volunteered with ATN for 9 years and was a Board Member before becoming the Operations Manager in 2018 and Director of Operations in 2026. She and her husband, Brandon, are parents of two sons, one by adoption and one by birth. Their experience with trauma and attachment issues […]
Julie Beem
Julie Beem stepped down on April 1, 2026 as the Executive Director of ATN. Julie Beem had been the Executive Director of the Attachment & Trauma Network since 2009 and an active member and volunteer since 2005. Julie lives in the Atlanta area and is the mom to four and grandmother to 3. Her youngest […]
ATN joins Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoptions (FRUA), Attach-China International and INCIID to petition on capital hill
Nov 19, 2013: ATN, along with Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoptions (FRUA), Attach-China International and INCIID, jointly sent this letter to the US Representatives Langevin and Bass, along with the panelists of their November 21 “rehoming briefing” on Capitol Hill.
Joint letter about congressional rehoming briefing
Read the letter here: Joint letter about congressional rehoming briefing -ATN, FRUA, Attach-China International and INCIID
Beem accepts award for ATN
September 24, 2013: Attachment & Trauma Network was one of over 30 child-focused organizations recognized for their outstanding work by the Atlanta Braves Foundation. Julie Beem, Executive Director of ATN, accepted the award for the organization, which includes a grant for a training event in the Atlanta metro area in early 2014.