Holt International is a strong supporter of adoptive families learning the Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) parenting model because it is a very successful and evidence-based intervention technique. Texas Christian University’s Institute of Child Development has created a series of DVDs based on their research of children from hard places. Called “The Healing Family Series”, these DVDs are designed to teach you about the developmental needs of children from hard places and will include practical strategies for connecting with and empowering your child.
TBRI® An Overview: Putting the Pieces Together is available to view for free below. You can also purchase the remaining DVD’s in the series directly from TCU. For your convenience there are two options in purchasing; the hard copy of each DVD please click here or to purchase the digital download of each DVD please click here.
TBRI® An Overview: Putting the Pieces Together
Duration: 37 Minutes
Available for free on YouTube:
This short video explains the principles and concepts behind Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, a proven method for enriching the lives of at-risk, vulnerable children, adolescents, and their families. Trauma can impair language, sensory processing, and coping skills, and can lead to perplexing behaviors that are often mistaken for aggression or mental illness. This video features world-renowned experts who share research that documents how consistently positive experiences with loving caregivers can re-wire a child’s brain for lasting change.
Children From Hard Places and the Brain
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
This video explores the impact of trauma on a developing brain and explains how fear and chronic stress damage the structure, wiring, and chemistry of the brain. This puts children at risk for a lifetime of social, learning, and behavioral problems if there isn’t intervention. Children from Hard Places and the Brain features experts Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, Dr. Karyn Purvis, and Dr. David Cross, and offers practical advice and tips for leading children of all ages – even teens – to new levels of healing.
Attachment: Why It Matters
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (extras: 43 minutes)
Most of us think of attachment as a loving bond between parent and child. But, what happens if a child doesn’t get nurturing, consistent care from a loving parent early in life? Can a parent love a child or a child love a parent, but still not feel securely connected? What are the consequences of insecure attachments? In this 2-disc video, adoptive parents share their struggles and successes in pursuit of answers. Experts Dr. Daniel Siegel, Dr. Bruce McEwan, Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross share their knowledge and offer tools to help parents enhance the attachment relationship.
Trust-Based Parenting: Creating Lasting Changes in Your Child’s Behavior
Duration: ~4 hours
This two-disc video offers a wealth of knowledge about trauma-based behavioral issues. Watch as Drs. Purvis and Cross coach families and caregivers through real-life, problem solving scenarios, and demonstrate proven, practical skills and strategies for applying TBRI® Empowering, Connecting, and Correcting Principles to everyday life. Parents from around the world praise TBRI® for giving them hope in times of crisis and lifelong solutions that can benefit the entire family.
A Sensory World: Making Sense of Sensory Disorders
Duration: 1 hour (extras: 30 minutes)
A Sensory World offers insights about how sensory processing disorders make it difficult for many children to function at home and school. Parents and professionals will learn to recognize signs of sensory disorders and will learn practical strategies for coping with them. Child Development researchers, Dr. Karyn Purvis, Dr. David Cross, and Carol Kranowitz provide a number of playful activities to help children overcome everyday struggles driven by sensory issues.
Playful Interaction: Unlocking the Mysteries of Nurturing Human Relationships
Duration: 30 minutes (extras: 1 hour 36 minutes)
Play puts the fun in fundamental – central to a child’s well-being now and in the future. Playful Interaction, featuring Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross, along with other child development experts, outlines the importance of play and provides practical examples of playful interaction from The Institute of Child Development’s Hope Connection Camp.
Healthy Touch
Duration: 40 minutes (extras: 11 minutes)
Touch is a universal language – more dynamic and powerful than any other form of communication. Tragically, children who have experienced abuse, neglect, and/or trauma have often lost the ability to trust loving adults. This can greatly impact their ability to experience touch in healthy, appropriate ways. Healthy Touch explores research about touch and provides practical applications for adding healthy touch into our daily lives.
TBRI for Teens
Developing a trusting relationship with any teenager can be a challenge. For teenagers with traumatic backgrounds of abuse, neglect or broken homes, it’s especially challenging for both the teens and the adults who care for them. TBRI® For Teens follows a dozen youth, ages 11-18, and a dozen staffers from Methodist Children’s Home in Waco, Texas as they try a new approach called Trust-Based Relational Intervention®. This DVD provides practical strategies and tips from this experience that can be used by any caregiver or parent with teens.
Additional Resources
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