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Understanding Adoption for Healthcare and Social Service Professionals in Arizona: CEU Training with Arizona State University

  • Friday, October 23, 2026
  • 10:00 am - 11:00 am AZ Time
  • AZ Time
     October 23, 2026
     10:00 am - 11:00 am

This presentation is designed for professionals working in a social service and perinatal healthcare setting. We will give an overview of options counseling and expectant/birth parent services available to patients in Arizona. Attendees will get an overview of adoption options, including open adoption, special needs adoption and older child adoption, and when/how to present all options and refer to an adoption resource when needed. Specific case examples will be used to provide context.

  • Participants will learn how to present adoption (alongside other options) when a woman delivers at the hospital without a parenting plan in place and what services agencies and attorneys can provide.
  • Participants will learn the stages of adoption planning and the role of the social worker throughout these stages.

 

This webinar now offers 1 Free CEU (1 hour) for professionals licensed through the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health. The Arizona State University School of Social Work is an approved credentialing organization for CEUs for social work and human service agencies across Arizona. 

Questions? Please contact Katy Zaragoza at [email protected] or 480-243-1697

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** We have chosen the Go to Webinar Platform to respect that during the exploration phase, some families are not yet ready to share their hopes to adopt with others and in Go to Webinar, your names and faces will not be visible to other participants. But we are always happy to support families in building an adoption community! If you do feel ready to connect with other pre-adoptive or adoptive parents, please let us know and we can facilitate introductions for those who wish to be connected to other families.**

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Elizabeth L. Smith

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Elizabeth L. Smith, LMSW (she/her) is a compassionate, trauma-informed, and adoption-competent therapist. In her Adoptee Support Sessions, she provides non-clinical support services to adopted people. Her clinical training, narrative work, and living experience as an adopted person inform her perspective and practice. Elizabeth possesses deep awareness, empathy, and understanding of the shifting complexities of adoption, reunion, search, and the importance of being together in community.

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Thank you for your interest in adopting through Spence-Chapin! We are able to share the profiles of children who are considered to be the most in need and are waiting internationally to be matched with an adoptive family. The children featured on this page have been waiting for the longest to find families and consist of children who are older, part of a sibling group, or children with a diagnosed medical condition. In order to respect the privacy of these children, this page has been password protected.

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7. Thank you for your interest in providing a loving home for a waiting child! We look forward to connecting with you soon to continue discussing adoption paths at Spence-Chapin. We hope that you like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and keep up with our families through our adoption blog!

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The Adoption Team at Spence-Chapin

Phone: 212-400-8150
Email: [email protected]

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