Archive for Audio
Monday, July 5, 2010
Recently Dr. Karyn Purvis was interviewed on the FamilyLife Today radio program. During this three part interview, Dr. Purvis discusses the characteristics of children from hard places, the importance of parents having realistic expectations and tools and strategies that can help parents effectively correct behaviors and develop strong and lasting connections with their children. You can listen to each of these interviews below or purchase a single CD containing all three interviews from FamilyLife.
Listen as Dr. Purvis talks about the realities for children from hard places and encourages parents to “count the cost”:
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Listen as Dr. Purvis talks about the importance of parents having realistic expectations as they begin and travel the adoption or foster care journey:
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Listen as Dr. Purvis offers tools and strategies for parents to help them connect with their children to help them heal and become all that God intends:
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Tags: Adoption, Adoption Preparation, Attachment, Behavioral Challenges, Church Ministry, Count the Cost, Fear, Motivations and Expectations, Overcoming Fear, Trauma
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Adoption Learning Partners recently conducted a webinar entitled Parenting Children from Haiti and Other “Hard Places” featuring Dr. Karyn Purvis. ALP has graciously allowed us to post a link to the webinar here.
During this webinar Dr. Purvis addresses important questions and issues such as: who is a child from hard places; how to encourage the development of trust and secure attachment; effective ways to correct behavior; how to handle transitions; and many more.
Click here to launch the audio and slide presentation for the webinar. (Note: There were some minor technical issues during the audio recording. We apologize for the distractions during the presentation.)
Tags: Adoption, Adoption Preparation, Attachment, Behavioral Challenges, Brain Chemistry, Discipline, Fear, Sensory Processing, Trauma
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Along with the joys and blessings of adoption and foster care come some difficult and often painful realities – issues such as grief, loss, abandonment, past trauma and the need for forgiveness, just to name a few. It is important for adoptive and foster parents to be prepared to help their children navigate these emotional and complex issues, and to make sense of their own personal story as well.
This talk, entitled Not Your Everday Conversation: Talking with Your Children About the Difficult Realities of Adoption and Foster Care, was presented by Michael and Amy Monroe at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference. The talk focuses on these and other issues in an open and honest way, and provides specific tools to help parents effectively communicate with their children about the difficult realities of their past in order to help prepare them for their future.
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Tags: Adoption, Adoption Preparation, Loss and Grief, Talking with Childen, Tapestry Conference
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
We were made to connect – with each other, with creation and with our Creator. As a result, one of the greatest gifts that parents can give to their children is a strong and lasting sense of connection. In The Connecting Link: What Parents Need to Bring Healing to Their Children, delivered at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference, Dr. Purvis focuses on this important topic.
In this talk, Dr. Purvis provides parents with a better understanding of why children from hard places use distancing strategies, and how they can help their children replace those strategies by giving them voice, empowering them to make choices and helping them rediscover their inherent preciousness. In addition, Dr. Purvis challenges parents to better understand what they bring to the relationship, and to look at their own past hurts and loss with honesty and forgiveness.
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Tags: Adoption, Attachment, Attachment Styles, Behavioral Challenges, Discipline, Motivations and Expectations
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
“Children from Hard Places.” This is the phrase used by Dr. Purvis and others to describe children that have experienced some type of abuse, neglect or trauma during their lives (including prenatal exposure to substances or high levels stress, difficult labor or birth before or medical trauma). Obviously, this phrase applies to most children who were adopted or spent time in foster care.
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Tags: Attachment, Behavioral Challenges, Fear, TCU Institute of Child Development
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Listen to Dr. Purvis’ 2007 interview on Think (KERA) about her book, The Connected Child, and the interventions and practical approaches that have helped countless parents create healthy and healing connections with their children. audio recording of this presentation (mp3 file)
Tags: Attachment, Behavioral Challenges, Brain Chemistry, Sensory Processing, TCU Institute of Child Development
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Listen to the audio recording of this presentation by Dr. Purvis at Summit IV (hosted by Christian Alliance for Orphans) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. (Note: This file is large and may take a moment to download and begin playing.) audio recording of this presentation (mp3 file)
Tags: Adoption, Behavioral Challenges, Discipline, Foster Care
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Over 100 people joined Texans Care at the Texas Capitol on October 3rd to hear Dr. Karyn Purvis speak on The Attachment Dance: How Abuse and Neglect Drive Attachment Problems. Opening the presentation, Dr. Purvis analyzed drawings that children had made of their families and pointed out indicators that a child either feels a part of a [...]
Tags: Attachment, Attachment Styles, Behavioral Challenges, Brain Chemistry
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Listen to Karyn Purvis’ interview on Midday Connection on Moody Radio as she talks about some of these challenges like building bonds of affection and trust, learning to deal with behavioral disorders and other [...]
Tags: Adoption, Attachment
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Many adoptive families understand the importance of talking with their children about adoption. As our children get older, however, it becomes increasingly important that we empower them to handle situations on their own and equip them to speak for themselves. This session at the 2008 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference focused on how to [...]
Tags: Adoption, Foster Care, Talking with Childen, Tapestry Conference
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