Jacqui adopted a beautiful baby girl named Carina through Spence-Chapin in August 2018. When we asked Jacqui why she chose to work with Spence-Chapin, she said that she was first introduced to Spence-Chapin as a birth parent seeking counseling and support many years ago. And after finally finding this support, she knew this was an organization she could trust to treat birth parents with respect.
Families often have questions about what the matching process is like in our Domestic Special Needs Adoption Program. Similar to Spence-Chapin’s Domestic Infant Adoption Program, the matching process in our Domestic Special Needs Program is driven by birth family whenever possible.
Monica Baker, a social worker with Spence-Chapin for more than ten years, understands well the delicate balance of emotions involved in her work. She spends her days enabling connections between infants and the families who can provide forever homes for them.
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Birth mother Sarah, adoptive mom Laurie, and adoptee Ela, have been in an open adoption since Ela’s birth. Together, they talk with Spence-Chapin Director of Domestic Adoption Programs and Outreach, Monica Baker, about their experiences with open adoption and what it has meant in each of their lives.
This episode begins the conversation with birth parents Linda and Jack as they speak with Spence-Chapin Director of Domestic Adoption Programs and Outreach, Monica Baker, about their decisions to make an adoption plan, their experience with open adoption, and how they have been working through the challenges and emotions they’ve faced along the way.
This episode is a continuation of the conversation with birth parents Linda and Jack, moderated by Spence-Chapin Director of Domestic Adoption Programs & Outreach, Monica Baker. In this episode, we are also joined by Annie, a birth mother who placed her child for adoption a little over a decade ago. We pick up the conversation with Monica asking Annie what she wants people to know about open adoption.
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