Fostering Hope presents an Access to the Experts event: “TBRI® Through the Teen Years” featuring guest speaker, Jacob Huereca.

The teenage years can be a difficult transition for parents and adolescents. With all the stress the world puts on our teens … we want to make sure their safe space is with us while still helping them develop into healthy attached adults.

Are you a kinship caregiver, foster or adoptive parent, youth pastor, mentor or teacher of an adolescent in care? So what does it look like to be a safe adult in the life of an adolescent who has experienced loss, trauma, or the foster care system?

Join us as Jacob Huereca walks us through how to parent using TBRI through the Teen Years!

What is TBRI®?

TBRI® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of children. TBRI® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI® is connection.

About our Speaker:

Jacob Huereca is currently the Chief Executive Officer for Connections Individual and Family Services in New Braunfels, Texas. Prior to joining Connections, Jacob was the Executive Director at New Life Children’s Center and has spent the majority of his career working with at-risk youth and their families. Jacob received his undergraduate social work degree from Colorado State University-Pueblo and his Master’s degree in social work from The University of Texas at Austin. Jacob studied Community and Administrative Leadership with a focus on non-profit management and has a strong passion for organizational science and organizational culture. Jacob became an Andeavor Fellow through the San Antonio Area Foundation in 2019, was a graduate of the 2020 class of New Braunfels Leadership and is a sought-after trainer as a Trust-Based Relational Practitioner.

Jacob is the father of 6 children, has been a foster parent and has two adopted children. Jacob is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada but considers Texas home! He loves his faith, to fish, and to get outdoors and spend time with his children.

Date & Time: Thursday, August 26th at 9:30-1:00 pm

Address: 13300 Pond Springs Rd Austin, TX 78729