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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…
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Virtual Adoptee Group – Chapter 6: Special Days
Virtual Adoptee Group – Chapter 6: Special Days
Group discussion focuses on “Chapter 6: Special Days” – Consider how birthdays, adoption anniversaries, Mother’s/Father’s Day and other significant days affect you. Register here Registration opens 60 days before the event. This is a series of virtual discussion groups for adult adoptees, with monthly themes based on the chapters of The Adoptee Self-Reflection Journal authored…
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Parent Education Series at Denver Academy
Parent Education Series at Denver Academy
"The Seven Core Struggles of Adoption" Parent Education Presentation by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker at Denver Academy ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker (she/her) is a licensed psychologist, international/transracial adoptee of color, and an adoptive parent. She specializes in providing mental health support focused on adoption, trauma, and racial identity work through her private practice based in…
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Live Virtual Reading of “Marie Discovers Her Superpowers”
Live Virtual Reading of “Marie Discovers Her Superpowers”
Join Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker — licensed psychologist, international/transracial adoptee, adoptive parent, and debut author — for a live virtual reading of Marie Discovers Her Superpowers, the first book in the “Adoptees Like Me” illustrated series for elementary readers. In this story, children and parents will discover special ways to respond to adoption questions that empower…