Continued Training

Last year I attended a lovely weekend of parent training called Empowered to Connect. It was specifically on parenting or caring for children from "hard places" or who have experienced trauma. It was very helpful and I wish I had taken this training WAY long ago because many of my children have been through traumatizing things (divorce, adoption, neglect, injury, even difficult pregnancy or delivery can have adverse affects on brain chemistry). This taught great ways to parent gently, with respect, but with healing connection. 

This year we are both taking the online course for FREE from the Karen Pervis Institute of Child Development. 
And I'd encourage everyone who has anything  to do with children (parents, sitters, teachers, preachers, circus performers, grandparents, etc.) to do like wise. 
Click here for the link to the FREE training.  The FREE part may not last long - but it's worth the investment!
Dr. Pervis's book, The Connected Child: Bringing Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family, is also a good read.

We've also just signed up for a free webinar, The Impact of Trauma on Foster and Adoptive Families, which will be live next Thursday, May 21, 2020 from 7:00-9:00pm. We also bought the corresponding book, Wounded Children, Healing Homes, by Jayne Schooler.
Both were recommended by another Ukrainian adoptive mom who said, "Education and training are the most important things we can do to ensure healing for our children from hard places." Click here for the info and link for that. 



So, that's what we're doing while we wait. 
Hopefully the children here recognize what even more wonderful parents we are becoming. 

HAHAhahahaha....... 😆

(honestly, the older ones just think we've gone soft...)