Adoption Education Videos
Videos and Recorded Webinars for Parents
View past videos & recorded webinars from Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker's unique "trifecta perspective" as a psychologist, adoptee & adoptive parent on Vimeo:
- Talking to Your Child's Teacher About Inclusive Family Trees
- How Trauma Impacts the Adoptee Brain: Implicit Memories & the 6 F's
- Responding to Trauma Reactions: Transitions & Separation Anxiety
- Responding to Trauma Reactions: Homework Headaches
- Responding to Trauma Reactions: Rages & Aggression
- Responding to Trauma Reactions: Lying, Stealing & Hoarding
- Responding to Trauma Reactions: Argumentative & Oppositional
- Responding to Trauma Reactions: Bedtime Struggles
- Creative Discipline Strategies that Build Healthy Attachment
- The Best Ways to Handle Bullying at School
- The Mixed Emotions of Adoption Anniversaries, Birthdays & Holidays
- EMPOWRD! Ways to Respond to Adoption Questions
- Emotional Preparedness for Homeland Visits
- Name Changes in Adoption
- Screening for an Adoption-Competent Therapist
- How to Help a Child Narrate Their Adoption Story
- How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories: Abuse/Neglect/DV
- How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories: Substance Abuse
- How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories: Product of Rape/Prostitution
- How to Talk About Difficult Birth Histories: Human Trafficking
- Privilege, Racism & Oppression 101: Understanding the Lingo & System
- Privilege, Racism & Oppression 101: Recognizing Microaggressions
- Privilege, Racism & Oppression 101: How to Respond to Your Child After Negative Racial Incidents
- Privilege, Racism & Oppression 101: S.H.A.R.E.D. Responses to Racism
- Privilege, Racism & Oppression 101: Racial Mirrors, Maslow's Hierarchy & The Cultural Iceberg
- 7 Core Struggles of Adoptees Throughout the Lifespan: Loss
- 7 Core Struggles of Adoptees Throughout the Lifespan: Rejection
- 7 Core Struggles of Adoptees Throughout the Lifespan: Guilt/Shame
- 7 Core Struggles of Adoptees Throughout the Lifespan: Grief
- 7 Core Struggles of Adoptees Throughout the Lifespan: Identity
- 7 Core Struggles of Adoptees Throughout the Lifespan: Intimacy
- 7 Core Struggles of Adoptees Throughout the Lifespan: Control
- Understanding & Responding to Adoption Trauma
- Talking to Transracially Adoptive Kids About Race & Racism