Minneapolis - Empowered to Connect Conference Audio - September 2015
Minneapolis ConferenceThe Empowered To Connect Conference is a two-day conference for adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders, and professionals designed to help them connect with children from hard places in order to help them heal and become all that God desires for them to be.
Led by Dr. Karyn Purvis (Director of the TCU Institute of Child Development), this conference is ideal for adoptive and foster parents, those considering adoption or foster care and those who are serving and supporting others, including social workers, agency professionals, church staff and ministry leaders, counselors, therapists and others all involved in adoption and foster care ministries or services.
Day 1 – Friday
Welcome, Introductions & Overview
Hope & Help for the Journey
Understanding a Child’s History and Its Impacts
The Attachment Dance
Our Journey of Hope: The Coley’s Adoption Story
Developing Healing Connections
Closing Remarks
Day 2 – Saturday
Welcome
Empowering Our Kids to Succeed: Understanding Sensory Processing and the Neurochemistry of Fear
Parenting from a Hard Place
Behavioral Crunches: How to Correct while Connecting in the Crunch-Times
Behavioral Change: Putting It All Together
Closing Remarks
You will receive all 9 audio sessions in individual .mp3 files and also a .zip file of the sessions together.