Creating a Healthy Adoption Culture in Your Church
Thursday, December 17, 2009Watch as Dr. Purvis talks about what is needed to create a healthy adoption culture in your church.
Watch as Dr. Purvis talks about what is needed to create a healthy adoption culture in your church.
All children need to know that they can use their voice to effectively communicate their needs and navigate relationships. This is particularly important for adopted, foster and orphan children in order to help them develop trust and secure attachments.
In this brief video Dr. Purvis offers helpful insight about the importance of giving voice to children as well as some practical ways parents and caregivers can go about doing this.
Dr. Karyn Purvis explains the I.D.E.A.L. response for parents when dealing with their children in various situations, especially those involving poor choices or misbehavior by a child.
Listen to Michael Monroe and Dr. Karyn Purvis share about the heart of Empowered to Connect.
Dr. Purvis provides an overview of the basic elements for effectively using a trust-based relational model of parenting.
An Overview of Common Challenges Faced by Adopted & Foster Children by Dr. Karyn Purvis, presented at the 2008 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference.
Dr. Purvis delivered this insightful presentation at the 2007 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference. Encouraging parents to use the gifts and resources God has given them to empower and connect with their children, Dr. Purvis offered several practical illustrations from both the Bible and her own experience in working with children from “hard places.”