We asked one of our TBRI® Practitioners, Paige Douce, to share her excitement about the Hope for the Journey conference.
Q: Who should sign up for the Hope for the Journey simulcast, and why?
A: It is a day for foster and adoptive parents, as well as youth pastors, teachers, case managers, counselors — it really is for anybody who interacts with children. Whether those children come from hard places or they’re kids growing up in a traditional home; this conference is designed to help you care for ANY child well. It will give you the opportunity to be encouraged, rejuvenated, and to hear stories and practical tips. It will help you as you try to navigate and understand the trauma and history of children from hard places, and to be able to be a support for them.
Q: Do I have to have previous knowledge of TBRI® to gain anything from the conference?
A: Absolutely not! Even if you’ve never heard of TBRI®, this will introduce the framework and the tools. It is applicable to anyone, even if this is their first exposure to TBRI®. In fact, for many people who have never heard of TBRI® and come to one of these conferences, this is where they get their desire to learn more about it. It will be a lot of testimonies of people who are successfully using TBRI® in their homes, residential facilities, classrooms, anywhere…it’s a great place to get started. There will be a lot of hope and encouragement and “ah ha” moments for a lot of different care-givers.
Q: What other aspects of the conference to you find inspiring?
A: I am really excited to see some of the primary agencies in our local community who are partnering with us as sponsors! Children’s Division, Great Circle and MO Alliance for Children & Families are huge agencies serving children locally in their respective ways, and they’re willing and wanting to unite together in order to serve the families of our community. We’re also partnering with some agencies that support families – Columbia Foster & Adoption Project, Central MO Foster Care & Adoption Assoc., Safe Families for Children. It’s really neat that we not only have agencies who are serving families and children, but agencies who are resources for family and children in our community. To have all of them come together as a united source – that is really cool to me – because we’re all here for the same reason: to create safe places and stable families for our kids.
This will be a really neat opportunity for our families. It will be a day of encouragement, laughter, enrichment and hope. There are so many trainings that parents are required to go through for licensing purposes, but this day will be a very unique experience. It’s a rejuvenating training – a day for families to feel held and cared for. A day for them to feel THEIR needs being met, whether just the physical need of providing lunch for them, or the more important need of feeling emotionally supported and cared for.
At the end of the day, my hope is that each participant will walk away with a renewed sense of hope for their journey!
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