The Connected Parent: Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment
Renowned child-development expert Dr. Karyn Purvis gives you practical advice and powerful tools you can use to encourage secure attachment in your family.
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Care Portal
CarePortal is the largest network of caring people to meet the needs of kids and families in crisis.
7 Insights and 7 Gifts Attachment Training
The short training videos (1-6 minutes each) equip parents with knowledge of the most important aspects of attachment and tools for how to create harmony in their relationship with children who have experienced trauma.
The Whole-Brain Child
The authors explain new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures, and offer parenting strategies which lead to calmer, happier children.
Mental Health Training: Mindspring
Mindspring provides no-cost mental health education, support, and advocacy programs.
American Society for the Positive Care of Children
The American SPCC Parenting Toolkits were developed to save lives, break abusive cycles, and help build the nurturing childhoods that empower children to thrive.
The Heart Who Wanted to Be Whole
When the heart gets hurt, who will help it become whole again? Ideal for children ages 4 to 8, The Heart Who Wanted to Be Whole weaves together a powerful message for each of us: No matter how overwhelming our emotions feel, God’s words of truth and light can always put our hearts back together again.
A Terrible Thing Happened
A gently told and tenderly illustrated story for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, and natural disasters such as floods or fire.
Directory of Early Intervention Services
If you think a baby or toddler in your care may have a disability or a developmental delay, he or she could benefit greatly from early intervention services.
Center for Parent Information and Resources
This website was produced under U.S. Department of Education for families who’ve adopted children with disabilities and those who offer them safe haven through fostering.
What Happened to You
An exploration of how childhood trauma shapes adult behavior, offering a path to resilience and healing through compassionate self-understanding.
Fostering or Adopting a Child with Cerebral Palsy
FOSTER AND ADOPTION RESOURCES → Taking on a child with special needs, like cerebral palsy, adds challenges to what is already a difficult task. The rewards can be great, though, and loving and raising a child with this condition is a…