"7 Core Struggles in Adoption: Understanding & Supporting Your Adoptive Child's Needs" is a 7-part webinar series led by Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, a licensed psychologist, international / transracial adoptee, and adoptive parent. She specializes in providing mental health support related to adoption, trauma and racial identity work through her private practice in Denver, Colorado. "7 Core Struggles in Adoption" teaches how to support adoptees by guiding them to utilize the potential benefits during these struggles and developing parenting strategies that help them thrive. (June 2020)

7 Core Struggles in Adoption Parts 1 7 Resources (pdf)

Types: Behaviors, Complex Needs, Development, Parenting Tools, Social Issues, Trauma

Audience: Caregivers, Prospective Parents, Professionals, Adoptive Parents

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