While I did not use Spence-Chapin to adopt my daughter, Spence-Chapin is a 100+ year old leading non-profit child adoption organization located in the New York area that also has an Adoption Resource Center that provides education, and support for adoptive parents post adoption.
Here is their schedule of Fall Programs and resources.
WORKSHOPS
- 10/10 Pursuing Fertility and Adoption
- 10/15 Child Development and International Adoption
- 10/22 Adoption + Teens = Complicated
- 11/05 Learning Issues and Adoption with renowned psychologist Dr. Boris Gindis
- 11/13 Finding the Right Words to Talk to your Children about Adoption
- 12/03 Babies: An Instruction Manual
- 01/08 Adult Adoptee Panel