Event Type: single-event

THINKING ABOUT ADOPTING, BUT NOT SURE HOW YOU CAN AFFORD IT? Join us for a FREE webinar dedicated to financial planning for your adoption. We’ll be joined by Kelly Ellison, founder of Your Adoption Finance Coach to discuss anticipated expenses, resources, and innovative approaches to help financially plan for growing your family. Bring your questions (more…)

Middle and high school age adoptees gather monthly for educational and social activities while getting support from our adult adoptee mentors. Participating in a community with other adoptees is a great way to build confidence, make friends and participate in fun activities with others who share similar experiences. The possibility for discussions around adoption and (more…)

JOIN US FOR AN EXCITING WORKSHOP WHERE ADOPTED YOUTH CREATE MASKS TO EXPLORE MULTIPLE FACETS OF THEIR IDENTITY! In an adjoining space, parents will concurrently participate in their own mask-making exercise in a parallel process. Throughout the course of this workshop, we will discuss our inner and outer selves, including how adoption influences both. Mask-making (more…)

Join us for Bagels & Blox, our adoptive family playgroup for children 0-6. We’ll provide food and fun while you enjoy breakfast and connect with other adoptive families. Our staff will answer questions and provide helpful parenting resources and our volunteers, who are adoptees themselves, will offer childcare support. All of our events are open (more…)

This is a support group run by birth parents, for birth parents. Meets every third Thursday of the month. Dates: December 19th Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Spence-Chapin – 410 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128 For more information and to join, please contact Michelle Wadowski at 917-450-8020 or email [email protected]. (more…)

Considering adopting? Want to learn about adoption programs at Spence-Chapin? Join Spence-Chapin staff to learn about the current landscape of international and domestic adoption and the needs of the children waiting for adoptive families. We’ll discuss the scope of all Spence-Chapin adoption programs including international adoption (South Africa, Colombia, and Bulgaria) and domestic adoption, as (more…)

DOES YOUR ADOPTED TWEEN/TEEN FEEL LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE A CONNECTION TO OTHER ADOPTEES? Spence-Chapin’s Adoption Mentorship Program provides a safe, fun and open space for adoptees to get to know each other and share experiences with our adult adopted mentors. Join us for a free interactive webinar to learn how our mentorship program can (more…)

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Middle and high school age adoptees gather monthly for educational and social activities while getting support from our adult adoptee mentors. Participating in a community with other adoptees is a great way to build confidence, make friends and participate in fun activities with others who share similar experiences. The possibility for discussions around adoption and (more…)

ARE YOU CONSIDERING ADOPTION AND WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HOME STUDY PROCESS? Join us for this FREE webinar, facilitated by our home study supervisor, to learn more about the home study process, including the purpose of the home study, what a home study entails, and how to make the most of your home (more…)