The Connected Child (Karyn B. Purvis, PH.D., David Cross, PH.D., Wendy Lyons Sunshine)
Profiles in Adoption (National Council for Adoption, 2023)
Trust Based Relational Intervention-TBRI® (Karyn Purvis Institute for Child Development)
School-Based Mental Health Professional Adoption Competency Training (NTI, C.A.S.E.)
NTDC Training for Foster and Adoptive Parents (Spaulding, Children’s Bureau, DHHS)
From Fear to Love (Brian Post, 2010)
Beyond Consequences Logic and Control : A Love Based Approach to Helping Attachment Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors (Heather T. Forbes, Bryan Post, 2009)
Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency: A Comprehensive Guide to Promoting Understanding and Healing in Adoption, Foster Care, Kinship Families and Third Party Reproduction(Sharon Kaplan Roszia and Allison Davis Maxon)
Keeping the Promise: The Critical Need for Post-Adoption Services to Enable Children and Families to Succeed-Policy and Practice Perspective(Harmony Adoption Services and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, August 2010)
Beneath The Mask (Debbie Riley)
The Neurosequential Model in “Working with Traumatized Youth in Child Welfare (Dr. Bruce Perry, 2006)
Bidirectional longitudinal relationships between parents’ dysregulation, children’s emotion regulation, and children’s internalizing problems. (Children and Youth Services Review, 170, Article 108169.Wang, X., Xie, R., Ding, W., Chen, Y., Wang, X., Zhang, R., & Li, W. 2025)
Fostered Not Forgotten. Adopted Not Alone.
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ANY parents of kids and caregivers who’ve had trauma — take a FREE, VIRTUAL TBRI® training offered for the first time in the evenings (Tuesday from 5:30-7:00, Sept. 24th – Dec. 17th), with trained therapists from The Baby Fold in Illinois. A zoom link will be sent to registered attendees closer to class time along with manuals for each section.
