This Orientation for Foster Care and Adoption meets at 1400 Sumitt Dr. Attend an information meeting in your area (either Northside or Bannockburn Oriendtation) where you can discuss the scope and requirements of being a foster or adoptive parent. At the Orientation, you will get basic information on foster care processes and any and all […]
Explore. Connect. Go Deeper at the AFAH Conference. If you want to care for the foster & adoptive community, explore how you are called to serve at AFAH. If you want community with others, connect to people with similar passions at AFAH. If you want healing for your foster or adoptive child, go deeper in understanding trauma-informed care at AFAH.
Bring your lunch and learn more about parenting kids from hard places. We will meet in the Spicewood Spring Branch Library meeting room.
Bring your lunch and learn more about parenting kids from hard places. We will meet in the Spicewood Spring Branch Library meeting room.
Get certified to babysit foster care kids through multiple agencies! Go through a one-day training that is streamlined and efficient. There will be some paperwork to collect before April 7th, including fingerprinting. More information and registration will be available Spring 2018. No childcare available for this event.
The Empowered to Connect Conference is a two-day event presented by Show Hope and the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development. Featuring Trust-Based Relational Intervention® methods developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development, this conference helps bring attachment and connection in families. The simulcast is […]
Bring your lunch and questions! This month we will be hosting a Q&A session to debrief what we learned in the Empowered To Connect Simulcast hosted throughout the city on April 12-13th. If you didn't attend, you can still bring your questions about how to manage challenging behaviors and emotions for children from hard places.
If you are a child welfare professional or if you are a leader who works intensely with others who have trauma, we can't wait to share this day with you! We are re-branding and refreshing our professionals' day conference with a new name: REST Our theme for this conference is supporting YOU, the child welfare […]
Join us as we partner with Foster Village and learn about what our kids from hard places need. This training is open to those caring for kids who have been or are currently in foster care. Refreshments will be provided.
If you have a child from a hard place, you know that it can be difficult to gain their trust and connect with them. Since attachment and connection are so important, come to learn strategies that will help you connect with your child and the reasons why they might not be willing to connect with you.
Join us for a deep dive into understanding how trauma affects the brain, body and belief system of a child and how, as caregivers, do we bring hope and healing to the children we care for. This class is 8 weeks long starting on Wednesday, Sept 26 and meeting every Wednesday through Nov 14. As […]
We are joining our friends in Temple, Texas and learning about TBRI and the practical strategies from this model for parenting a child with challenging behaviors. We will be meeting in the Creekside building, which is behind the main building. Please register in the website link below so that we know you are coming!
Join us for a panel discussion with former and current foster families on what are the qualities that help foster parents connect with a child and stay in it for the long haul. Learn from other foster parents what has helped them stick with it and foster well.
Join us for our second yearly discussion on sensory processing. Occupational therapist, Marti Smith, will offer practical solutions as we view the crazies of the holidays through a sensory processing lens. Please register in the link below so we will know you are coming!
Training for Families Count volunteers will be Fri-Sat, Jan. 18th - 19th, at Hope Chapel. (FC is a ministry that provides mentoring and parenting classes to parents who have had their children removed by the state due to abuse or neglect.) Training sessions will include overviews of the Families Count program and the child welfare system, understanding […]
If you missed last week's conference breakout session, you still have one last chance to learn about how the marginalized are impacted by their past. Join us for this free training, if you work with at-risk populations in any capacity, including foster and adopted children.
The Empowered to Connect Conference is a two-day event presented by Show Hope. Experience practical teaching in a safe and supportive community as we work to equip families, churches, and professionals to better serve children impacted by adoption and foster care. This year’s conference includes Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) methods developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and […]
Bring your own lunch and join us as we learn about trauma-informed care!
Find information on requirements here: https://www.iamfosteringhope.org/foster-care-babysitting-certification/ Please register on the link below. Registration on Monday, March 4, 2019 through April 15, 2019, until we meet capacity.
