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 … [Read more...]

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount. Whether a child joins a family through domestic infant adoption, the child welfare system or international adoption, that event happens within the context of a larger system. Given that adoptive families are formed when … [Read more...]

$36 per person non-member. Special pricing Pact member receive 25% discount. Are you planning a transracial adoption (either domestic or international), or are you already parenting across racial lines? In order to successfully meet your child’s needs, you must be prepared to think about and … [Read more...]

This programming is for adults only. At-Door registration will increase to $150 per day. Each day will feature a keynote speaker followed by 2 afternoon sessions of 6 workshops per session, for a total of 12 workshops per day. Participants will choose 2 workshops per day. Oakland, CA Start: … [Read more...]

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount. Considering transracial adoption begins with asking oneself the question: What is your motivation. Is it focused on what your child would need or your own desire or need to become a parent? Transracially adopting parents … [Read more...]

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount. Open adoption was created as an alternative to the challenges of closed adoption. Advocates of open adoption often talk about a relationship between birth and adoptive families as a choice to be made for the sake of the … [Read more...]

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount. A practical, developmentally grounded discussion for parents of color about talking to children of color about race in the context of the white Supremacy that permeates their world and ours. Parents will explore how to … [Read more...]

$36 per person non-member. Special price Pact members receive 25% discount. Words and rituals are important methods of human communication through which we tell our stories and underscore our values. Words not only convey facts; they also evoke feelings. When outsiders to the experience of … [Read more...]

$45 per person non-member. Special pricing Pact members receive 25% discount. CEU Workshop - As the landscape of private adoption providers continues to be heavily dominated by for-profit facilitators, attorneys and do-it-yourself online matching services, solid ethics in voluntary infant … [Read more...]

$36 per person non-member. Special pricing Pact member receive 25% discount. Children study much more than reading and math in school; there, they learn how the world operates beyond their own home. If they are lucky, they’re taught to search for commonality and to appreciate differences in their … [Read more...]