DA’s Counseling & Wellness Department will host the first of a series of Parent Education events the week after Thanksgiving Break. In support of November as National Adoption Month, this first event features guest speaker Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker. She will speak on The Seven Core Struggles of Adoption on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 5:30 p.m. in DA’s Johnson Commons in Richardson Hall. Please RSVP here by Monday, Nov. 28: https://denveracademy.myschoolapp.com/podium/default.aspx?t=36644&rid=45231.

Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker is the owner of Beyond Words Psychological Services. She 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 Denver. She is a frequent speaker and trainer at adoption agencies, camps, and conferences throughout the U.S., and the creator of the National Adoptee-Therapist Directory. She is the author of “The Adoptee Self-Reflection Journal,” “The Adoptive Parent Self-Reflection Journal,” and the “Adoptees Like Me” illustrated series for elementary readers.