Events & Trainings for Professionals

Spence-Chapin is a non-profit organization established in the early 1900’s that provides holistic and compassionate counseling and adoption planning services to women and couples facing an unplanned pregnancy or who have recently given birth and are unsure about parenting. We offer cutting-edge continuing education programs and relevant, engaging, web-based, and in-person adoption and child welfare resources for medical professionals, counselors, social service advocates, and community members. Through our diverse and meaningful programming, we hope to equip professionals with the knowledge they need to help provide positive and healthy outcomes for the women and children we serve.

To register or learn more contact Talia Oren at [email protected] or 212-360-0245.

All our events are free to attend.

Featured events

Understanding Adoption for Health Care Professionals (New York and New Jersey)

  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

This is an introductory webinar to learn the basic services offered at Spence-Chapin for expectant and birth parents considering adoption. We will go over our free, confidential and unbiased options counseling and comprehensive adoption planning services for pregnant women, couples and biological parents.

Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

  • Tuesday, August 12, 2025
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST

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 with professionals throughout the state to provide birth parents, adoptive families, and their children with wraparound adoption services and post-placement support. Please join us to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.

Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

  • Tuesday, October 21, 2025
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST

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 with professionals throughout the state to provide birth parents, adoptive families, and their children with wraparound adoption services and post-placement support. Please join us to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.

UPCOMING events

Understanding Adoption for Health Care Professionals (New York and New Jersey)

  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

This is an introductory webinar to learn the basic services offered at Spence-Chapin for expectant and birth parents considering adoption. We will go over our free, confidential and unbiased options counseling and comprehensive adoption planning services for pregnant women, couples and biological parents.

Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

  • Tuesday, August 12, 2025
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST

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 with professionals throughout the state to provide birth parents, adoptive families, and their children with wraparound adoption services and post-placement support. Please join us to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.

Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

  • Tuesday, October 21, 2025
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST

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 with professionals throughout the state to provide birth parents, adoptive families, and their children with wraparound adoption services and post-placement support. Please join us to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.

Demystifying Open Adoption - Conversations between a birth mother and adoptive mother (NY, NJ, AZ professionals)

  • Wednesday, November 5, 2025
  • 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST
  • 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm MST

In Honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, we are offering this NEW webinar on Demystifying Open Adoption for our Social Work and Healthcare Partners.

Best Practices in Supporting Expectant/Biological Parents Considering Adoption (NY, NJ, AZ Professionals)

  • Tuesday, January 27, 2026
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
  • 10:00 am - 11:00 am MST

Best Practices in Supporting Expectant/Biological Parents Considering Adoption – Lessons learned from National Surveys, Studies and Interviews with Birth Parents.

Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

  • Tuesday, February 10, 2026
  • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
  • 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm MST

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 with professionals throughout the state to provide birth parents, adoptive families, and their children with wraparound adoption services and post-placement support. Please join us to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.

Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

  • Tuesday, April 21, 2026
  • 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MST

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 with professionals throughout the state to provide birth parents, adoptive families, and their children with wraparound adoption services and post-placement support. Please join us to learn about Spence-Chapin’s free, confidential, and unbiased options counseling and adoption planning services for expectant and biological parents.

Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

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 …

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Introduction to Adoption at Spence-Chapin for Arizona Professionals

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 …

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Best Practices in Supporting Expectant/Biological Parents Considering Adoption (NY, NJ, AZ Professionals)

Best Practices in Supporting Expectant/Biological Parents Considering Adoption – Lessons learned from National Surveys, Studies and Interviews with Birth Parents. In the fall of 2022, …

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