Who is Maris Blechner?

Maris H. Blechner, M Ed, LCSW, is a well-known and well-respected educator, consultant, and motivational speaker who has spent many years in the child welfare field, as an adoptive parent, agency Executive Director, and wide-ranging speaker and trainer. She is now doing independent work, and finds that she has a great deal to offer. Whether teaching at a social work school, training foster and adoptive parents, helping agency staff with tough cases and doing advanced training for them, or doing a lunch or dinner speech in many venues, helping caregivers of all types learn to take care of themselves, Maris is ready to work.