Resources for Families
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Sorting Through the Adoption Tax Creditposted on February 22, 2012 Changes in tax laws can be confusing and lately there have been a number of temporary changes, extensions and new tax provisions coming out of Washington D.C. How to handle adoption expenses and adoption credits is one of those areas…… Read More |
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Listening In: What’s in a Name?posted on February 10, 2012 “Every good conversation starts with good listening.” I came across this quote recently and it started me thinking. What we adoptive and foster parents need, among other things, is to be engaged in some really good conversations. Conversations that offer…… Read More |
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ETC Parent Training Starting February 23 at IBCposted on February 2, 2012 Empowered To Connect (ETC) Parent Training is a learning and training experience designed specifically for adoptive and foster parents. The ETC Parent Training was developed by Empowered To Connect and is based upon the Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) model developed by…… Read More |
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Using Time-In Instead of Time-Outposted on January 30, 2012 Check out the latest Empowered To Connect video, where Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about the use of ‘time-in’ instead of ‘time-out’ to effectively correct and train our children. As she explains, this important strategy promotes healthy development and secure connection,…… Read More |
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Seeing with Eyes of Compassionposted on January 27, 2012 I’ve written previously about the need for adoptive and foster parents (and all parents, for that matter) to see their children with eyes of compassion. Jen and Loren Decker understand this. I met Jen over a year ago at a…… Read More |
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A Long Waitposted on January 3, 2012 When you embark on an adoption or foster care journey, you are going to experience some wait time. When my husband and I adopted our daughter from Vietnam, it seemed like there were many more low points than high points.…… Read More |
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Parenting in the Real Worldposted on December 14, 2011 As adoptive and foster parents begin to learn about and practice the approach and strategies taught by Dr. Karyn Purvis in her book The Connected Child, many of them encounter various concerns, questions and even doubts. After all, for many this…… Read More |
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Why Christmas Stinks Sometimesposted on December 11, 2011 It was the third day in a row, or maybe the fourth. I don’t exactly recall. I do, however, vividly remember coming home from work and being met by my normally patient and long-suffering wife declaring in an overly frustrated…… Read More |
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My Perfect Childposted on December 1, 2011 Christianity Today recently featured an article by Amy Julia Becker entitled My Perfect Child. I first read a version of this article years ago in the magazine First Things, and it both challenged and encouraged me. (You can find that…… Read More |
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What Every Adoptive Parent Should Knowposted on November 18, 2011 In order to truly understand ‘children from hard places’ — what they have experienced, the impact of those experiences and how we as parents can help them heal and grow — it’s important that we understand some of the basics. …… Read More |