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Children from Hard Placesposted on June 5, 2011 Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis details the common characteristics of children from hard places and offers insight into what these children need most to heal and become whole.… Read More |
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Looking at Ourselves to Help Our Children Healposted on June 5, 2011 Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis explains the importance of parents being willing to look at their own histories as well as their expectations in order to be able to effectively connect with their children to help them heal.… Read More |
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Creating a Healthy Adoption Culture in Your Churchposted on June 5, 2011 The church must play a critical and unique role in the adoption and foster care journey. Not only can the church proclaim the love of God and a deeper understanding of our adoption into His forever family through faith in…… Read More |
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Welcomed In: A Trinitarian Approach to Adoptionposted on June 5, 2011 Greg Fields presented “Welcomed In: A Trinitarian Approach to Adoption” at the 2008 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference.… Read More |
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Better Understanding Our Children – Dr. Karyn Purvisposted on June 5, 2011 Dr. Karyn Purvis presented “Better Understanding Our Children: An Overview of Common Challenges Faced by Adopted & Foster Children” at the 2008 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference. In this presentation, Dr. Purvis highlighted many of the challenges and issues…… Read More |
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What is That In Your Hand? – Dr. Karyn Purvisposted on June 4, 2011 Dr. Karyn Purvis spoke at the 2007 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference at Irving Bible Church in November 2007. In this presentation she challenges adoptive and foster parents to seek out and take advantage of the resources and support…… Read More |
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Keeping Race in its Placeposted on May 31, 2011 At the 2010 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference, Greg & Tracey Fields shared the insights they have learnd and the challenges they have experienced in living as a trans-racial adoptive family. Below are links to some of the books that…… Read More |
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Understanding the Impact of Fearposted on May 25, 2011 The latest Empowered To Connect video focuses on the impact that fear has in the lives of children from hard places. In fact, fear often ‘bullies’ our children into much of their misbehavior. As a result, it is critical that…… Read More |
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Effective Discipline Strategies for Adoptive & Foster Familiesposted on April 23, 2011 “Effective Discipline Strategies for Adoptive & Foster Families” by Dr. Karyn Purvis, presented at the 2008 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference.… Read More |
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More Than Just Wordsposted on April 6, 2011 When it comes to the issue of “talking” with your children about adoption or foster care, most parents immediately think in terms of what they should (and should not) say. However, effectively communicating with your child on these important matters…… Read More |