Bringing Race Into the Room: Understanding and Supporting Racial Attachment Needs within Transracial Foster and Kinship Families

Join Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker for an insightful and enlightening discussion addressing the complex dynamics of parenting transracial adoptees of color. Through the lens of the seven core issues in adoption combined with her groundbreaking model of the racial and cultural identity needs of transracial adoptees, she will unpack and explain the intricacies of navigating transracial parenting. Grow your awareness of the internal and external experiences of adoptees of color as they strive to build a positive racial and cultural identity, enhance your understanding of the role race plays in your own relationships and attachment patterns, and learn language and concepts to deepen your family's dialogue around racial and cultural needs in a manner that promotes safety, empowerment, and connection.

Hours earned: 2.0

Feedback from this class: "Excellent! And so needed. I also appreciate the links to more resources shared so that I can continue my learning. I've needed this training and time for self reflection. I appreciated her own story and the ways she taught that modeled cultural humility and celebration of diversity and awareness of systemic racism and injustices."