. If you have recently adopted or you are considering adopting a child from Haiti or some other environment that could be considered a "hard place" for a child, Dr. Karyn Purvis, Director of The Institute of Child Development at TCU, offers some tips for parents and caregivers to help your child overcome the effects of trauma, neglect or abuse and to aid in your child's journey of healing.
http://www.child.tcu.edu
has specialized in the treatment of children who manifest serious deficits in their emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development, and at the same time demonstrate considerable difficulty establishing and maintaining secure attachment relationships. Dr. Hughes' treatment is family based and focused on facilitating the child's ability to establish a secure attachment with his/her caregivers.
http://danielhughes.org/
, psychiatrist and physician, author of many books on parenting and dealing with troubled children and their families. Parenting with Love and Logic and Parenting Teens with Love and Logic are among the nation's best selling parenting books, and have been translated into six foreign languages. Founder of
Love & Logic which provides training materials that teach the unique Love and Logic approach to raising children.
is a lecturer, author, therapist and therapeutic foster mother. She lectures nationwide and in Canada on bonding and attachment as well as techniques which, when added to normal parenting styles, have a positive effect on children who are behaviorally problematic. Her presentations include information on how to make it more fun to be a parent and to make children more fun to be around, as well as when to hang on and when to let go, "Parenting With Pizazz".
www.deborahhage.com
ATTACh recognizes and promotes healthy attachment and its critical importance to human development. An educator and promotor of attachment theory and services, ATTACh is an association of professionals and families who care about healthy attachment and are dedicated to helping those with attachment difficulties.
www.attach.org
is a pediatric neuropsychologist who specializes in early childhood maltreatment. He brings unique humor and help to serious issues including children suffering from symptoms of early trauma. He offers expertise in a range of treatment options, including neurofeedback and when medications are recommended. Dr. Gray is the author of several books including The Maltreated Child: Finding What Lurks Beneath and Motivating Marvin: Helping Your Bright Underachiever Succeed in School.
www.grayneuro.com
is a therapist, author and parent by both birth and adoption, and an expert in ways parents can build trust and develop healthy attachments with their children. Holly is the co-director of the Adoptive Family Counseling Center in Minneapolis. She has co-authored the popular book Real Parents, Real Children: Parenting the Adopted Child.
www.danceofattachment.org/
is the well known author of The Primal Wound and more recently, Coming Home to Self: The Adopted Child Grows Up. Nancy is a mother by birth and by adoption. Her extensive career, as a therapist working with adoped children, adoptive parents, and birth parents that have relinquished children for adoption, makes her a tremendous resource for all those who compose the adoption triad.
www.nancyverrier.com
Webinar access to some of the above listed folks as well as other webinar classes:
www.adoptionlearningpartners.org
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