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Advocating For Your Adopted Kids

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Whether you are advocating for your adopted children's mental health, education or rights, this video is for you.


And it's designed to help you take your advocacy to the next level by drawing upon a panel of adoptees and adoptive parents.


They've gathered their wisdom over decades and they want to share it with you.


Get insights, strategies and learnings from Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, Irene Clements, Lori Holden and Mallory Joest.


Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker is a licensed psychologist, international/transracial adoptee of color, and an adoptive parent who specializes in providing mental health support focused on adoption, trauma, and racial identity work. https://growbeyondwords.com


Her adoptee therapy directory https://growbeyondwords.com/adoptee-t...


Trauma informed education https://www.beyondconsequences.com/


Irene Clements and her husband fostered 127 children over 27 years and adopted four children.


Working with and/or advocating for children and families has been her main focus for over 45 years.   / ireneclements   The book Irene recommended


Lori Holden, M.A. is an adoptive mom, author, workshop leader, adoption coach. She is recognized as an expert in the complexities of adoption.


She is also known as a re-imaginer & reformer of how to better serve adoptees and their parents. https://lavenderluz.com/


Mallory Joest is an intercountry transracial adoptee and a former foster, now adoptive, mom.


She has a profound awareness of the challenges faced by foster and adoptive families. https://www.mallorysmission.net/


Here's a link to Vin's group where adoptees share learnings with adoptive parents   / prospectiveanadoptiveparentsinformationgroup  




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