Instructors: Robin Thompson, Protective Services Supervisor & Kania Webster, Resource/Adoptive Parent

Based on the book with the same name, this training, Re-Parenting the Child Who Hurts, will provide a guide to healing developmental trauma and attachments in children. A positive parenting approach will be presented to Resource Parents that focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to respond to children’s changing needs as they move through childhood.

The impact of early trauma on the neuro-biological development of children will be explored and clear guidance for how Resource parents can respond will be offered. The term, neurobiological processes will be explained in an easy to understand and remember manner, utilizing the analogy of building a house. Techniques for re-parenting a child will be presented utilizing the metaphor of the process of knitting. Parents will gain a full understanding of the issues behind children’s behavior, and as a result, become better “regulators” of their own and their children’s physiological and emotional environments. This will be invaluable training for any Resource Parent.

Please note, no childcare is provided or available onsite. Do not bring babies or children to class. Thank you!