Becoming a Trauma-Competent Healing Parent
When a child enters a foster or adoptive home following a history of drug exposure, abuse, neglect or trauma, that child will significantly impact the family. Sometimes the experience is not [...]
Cynthia Lockhart Mummery Conference: Violence Free Schools & Communities
Experienced Trauma informed consultants discuss the latest neuroscience programs used to teach emotional intelligence, focusing on awareness and mindfulness in schools. Register [...]
Understanding the Impact of Parenting Traumatized Children
This workshop will introduce foster and adoptive parents to the essential skills of trauma-informed caregiving, as well as, the impact of trauma on child development. It will help caregivers [...]
Attachment: Learning the Dance
Typical child development and the benefits of healthy attachment will be reviewed, with a focus on the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences on attachment. The class will provide a [...]
The Adopted Life: Episode 4
Emily Thornton is an adoptee who grew up in a closed adoption, this experience has led to her deep understanding for maintaining openness for their [adopted] son. They consider his biological mom [...]
Playful Parenting Builds Better Brains: 10 Tools for Success
The act of playing can help develop the prefrontal cortex, or the part of the brain associated with social skills, impulse control, creativity, and joy. Playing can also evoke laughter, which [...]
