Webinar – Addressing the Impact of Grief and Trauma on Very Young Adoptees and their Parents: Moving Beyond a “Wait and See” Approach
Virtual WebinarAdoptee Presenter Jeri Lea Kroll, LMSW. Too often agencies and families hold knowledge about the importance of our earliest experiences, the core issues in adoption AND a spirit of "wait and see" regarding babies and their newly adoptive parents....
Webinar – Attachment and Parenting as Adoptees
Virtual WebinarAdoptee Presenter Spring Hecht, LICSW. There are many unique experiences parenting as an adopted person. Becoming a first-time parent is a milestone and life transition that can trigger attachment wounds. This new role must be successfully integrated into the adoptee parent’s identity....
Virtual Adoptee Group – Perspective Letters
Virtual GroupENROLLMENT CLOSED FOR 2023 Group discussion focuses on “Perspective Letters” – Consider how it would feel to write to and receive letters from various first family members, exploring a wide range of perspectives, hopes and fears. Join a series of virtual discussion groups for adult adoptees, with monthly themes based on the chapters of The…
Webinar – The Journey: Returning to My Birth Country
Virtual WebinarExpert Voices in Adoption Webinar Series The Journey: Returning to My Birth Country Adoptee Presenter: Amber Turcotte, LICSW Tuesday, September 20, 2022 @ 6:30-7:30PM MDT REGISTRATION CLOSED Traveling internationally is a big decision, especially if you are going back to a place that was once your home. When adoptees choose to return to their birth…
Speaking at 2022 Colorado CASA State Conference
Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO, United States"How Trauma Impacts Behavior: Implicit Memories and the 6 F's" Presented by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker to the 2022 Colorado CASA State Conference The behaviors of children who have experienced trauma can be baffling to the adults around them, and it can be easy to forget that these behaviors may feel just as baffling to the…
Virtual Adoptee Group – Adoptive Family
Virtual GroupENROLLMENT CLOSED FOR 2023 Group discussion focuses on “Adoptive Family” – Explore roles and relationship dynamics within your adoptive family. Join a series of virtual discussion groups for adult adoptees, with monthly themes based on the chapters of The Adoptee Self-Reflection Journal authored by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker. Each group will be held the first Tuesday…
Webinar – Group Therapy: Challenges and Antidotes to Joining or Starting Your Own Group
Virtual WebinarGroup Therapy: Challenges and Antidotes to Joining or Starting Your Own Group Adoptee Presenter: Pam Greenstone, MA, LPC Thursday, October 20, 2022 @ 10:00-11:00AM MDT REGISTRATION CLOSED Pam will share about her own personal and professional experiences in group therapy, list the differences between support and therapy groups, explore helpful aspects of group for the…
Adoptees Like Me: Marie Discovers Her Superpowers – Live Virtual Reading (FREE)
Virtual Author EventBE THE FIRST TO GET A SNEAK PEEK OF THIS SPECIAL BOOK FOR YOUNG ADOPTEES — not yet released, but coming soon! Saturday, October 22 from 4:30 - 5:00 PM MDT Join Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker — author, international and transracial adoptee, adoptive parent, and psychologist — for a FREE live virtual reading of her debut…
Keynote Speech and Breakout Session at Full Circle Conference
Thompson Alumni Center, University of Nebraska Omaha 6705 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States"From Struggles to Superpowers: Reframing the Seven Core Issues in Adoption" Keynote Speech Presented by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker at the Nebraska Children's Home Society Full Circle Conference: SUPPORT FOR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES COMES FULL CIRCLE The seven core issues in adoption are often perceived as barriers to an adoptee’s ability to be healthy and successful. But…
Workshop at MNAdopt
"From Blow-Up to Bonding: Finding the Balance of Attachment-Focused Discipline in Adoption" Workshop Presented by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker to the MNAdopt Education Program How can you turn moments of struggle into moments of connection? Discover how brain development, implicit memories, and the “6 F’s” (Fight, Flight, Freeze, Friend, Fidget, Flop) can influence your adoptive or…