Event Type: single-event

Albany Medical Center, Huyck Auditorium (1st floor of the hospital) This presentation will be at Albany Medical Center and AMC will provide 1 CE for Licensed Social Workers. The training will cover everything hospital staff need to know when a birthing parent is considering placing a child for adoption. Both a special needs and a (more…)

For over the last century, Spence-Chapin has been providing services to women and children throughout New York and New Jersey, and we are excited to share that we recently became licensed by the Department of Child Safety to provide services in Arizona. We now have offices in Phoenix and Tucson and look forward to working (more…)

For over the last century, Spence-Chapin has been providing services to women and children throughout New York and New Jersey, and we are excited to share that we recently became licensed by the Department of Child Safety to provide services in Arizona. Join us for a free webinar to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and (more…)

Mental health professionals are charged with the legal and ethical responsibility to maintain professional boundaries, but the obligation isn’t always so easy to discern. This webinar brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. The workshop will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make (more…)

In the fall of 2022, the National Council for Adoption (NCFA) conducted an online survey for birth parents who had made an adoption plan in the US. During the same year, The National Opinion and Research Center at the University of Chicago in partnership with Spence-Chapin released their longitudinal study of birth mother clients who (more…)

A Special Conversation for National Adoption Awareness Month Explore what it means to be connected to adoption Join Spence-Chapin for Stories of Adoption, a special event in honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, where we will explore the transformative nature of open adoption. Hear from a panel of adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents as (more…)

Spence-Chapin is excited to invite you to a holiday partnership breakfast at our office in Jackson Heights, Queens! Guests will be able to network, share about themselves and their own organization’s work, and learn more about Spence-Chapin’s free options counseling and adoption planning services. Come and enjoy bagels, pastries, coffee, and more during this morning (more…)

Since 1995, Spence-Chapin has found adoptive families for more than 550 children with medical and developmental challenges through our Special Needs Adoption Program. Join us for an intimate conversation with an adoptive family who will share their experience pursuing adoption through this unique program. This discussion will be moderated by Monica Baker, Senior Director of (more…)

Spence-Chapin, 50 Park Place, Suite 1538, Newark, NJ 07102 Join us at our annual Community Partnership Breakfast at our office in Newark, New Jersey! Share resources, network, and connect with other health care and social service professionals while learning more about the impact of our work at Spence-Chapin. We are looking forward to a morning (more…)

1393 Veterans memorial highway 4th floor Hauppauge, NY 11788 Join us at our annual Community Partnership Breakfast at our office in Hauppauge, Long Island! Share resources, network, and connect with other health care and social service professionals while learning more about the impact of our work at Spence-Chapin. We are looking forward to a morning (more…)