Interested in booking Melissa for a workshop, consultation, or as a speaker at an event?

Workshops
1-2 hour workshops and Q&A’s tailored towards adoptive parent cohorts, adoption professionals or adoptees.

Keynotes
Looking for an adoptee speaker for your event? Or a speaker for your panel? Email Melissa to discuss topics/availability/pricing.

Consultations
Consultations for adoptive parents, family, or adoption professionals are available for 2022. Email to inquire about sessions and pricing.
Previous Workshops & Speaking Engagements:
- Delaware Valley Adoption Counsel Workshop
- Identity
- IAC: The Adoption Reconstruction
- The Adoption Companion: Pre and Post Adoption Workshops
- We the Experts Adoption Panel
- Heritage Camps Webinar
- Good Day LA National Adoption Month Panel
- and many more
What people are saying?
I wish more adoptive parents and their extended families were attending the incredible on line workshops being put on by The Adoption Companion. We listened to Melissa Guida-Richards today.. Trans-racial adoptee and author of “What white parents should know about Trans-racial adoption” . It was so eye opening for me and I have been in the adoption space for 12 years.
Justin Foxton, Adoptive Parent and Educator
Wonderful, well-organized and informative!
Anonymous Adoptive Parent
As an adoptive parent, it has been so helpful to get a knowledgeable and approachable perspective from an adult adoptee.
Dusadee S.
