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The Tenacious Mama: Confessions of An Adoptive Mother
I’m currently on the roller-coaster ride of single parenting an adopted teenage son. Join me each week as I share my lived experience by starting with a confession, in the hopes of normalizing the complex issues that often come with parenting an adopted child.
The Tenacious Mama: Confessions of An Adoptive Mother
E19: I wish I had found TBRI sooner!
Confession: I wish I had found TBRI Trust Based Relational Interventions when Lane was in Kindergarten instead of 8th grade. In my humble opinion, it is THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL intervention program foster and adoptive families need to be trained in.
Included in this episode:
*more on my high-functioning depression
*powerful activities from my IOP two years ago
*being authentic and vulnerable with friends and family
*grieving the motherhood I thought I would have
*how I found TBRI
*our positive experience with our in-home TBRI practitioner
*an overview of the TBRI principles and strategies
*a few nuggets from my notes from a parent TBRI training
*two TBRI podcast episodes I found particularly helpful
*the IDEAL acronym to remind caregivers how to address behaviors
Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Learning
TBRI Podcast Episode: TBRI Responsive Strategies Pt 1 9/4/24
TBRI Podcast Episode: TBRI Responsive Strategies Pt 2 (Teens) 9/11/24
Parenting From the Inside Out by Daniel J Siegel, and Mary Hartzell
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Thanks for listening, Beloveds. Please take care of yourselves; if you don’t do it, who will? Keep advocating for your child. And, most importantly, stay tenacious!
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QUICK VIDEOS TO WATCH:
Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development
BOOK RECOMMENDATION:
The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting Strategies and Solutions by Sarah Naish
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