Empowered to Connect Conference!

This year, we have the awesome opportunity to attend the 

Empowered To Connect Conference LIVE in the Chicago area!

Geared toward foster & adoptive families, and applicable for potential adoptive or foster parents, and professionals or ministry leaders serving children. 
Learn an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach from global leaders on caring for children from "hard places". Learn how to promote healing, foster connection, and correct your children with methods that work. 

DATE: Friday, April 13th & Saturday, April 14th 2018  LOCATION: Harvest New Beginnings  5315 Douglas Road Oswego, IL 60543

• Experience practical teaching in a safe and supportive community!
• Each adoptive and foster parent will receive a certificate of attendance that can be turned into their agency & possibly counted towards training credits.

 Register HERE!

This conference, presented by Show Hope in partnership with the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at TCU and Empowered To Connect, is a two-day event that equips families, churches, and professionals to better serve children impacted by adoption and foster care.

We strongly recommend attending with your spouse! It's beneficial for you to be on the same page. We believe this conference is worth taking a day off work if you need to. What you will learn is invaluable!

Discount to ETC Conference!

Happy New Year!

We want to give you a gift to kick off 2018. You can save 18% off the registration price for the Empowered to Connect Conference if you use the promo code NEWYEAR in the next two weeks (valid through 01/15/2018).

This conference has helped thousands of children and families across the country. The teaching and resources presented here are vital for anyone caring for children impacted by adoption or foster care. We don’t want you to miss it.

ECT Parent to Parent Training in TBRI

Parent to Parent Training in TBRI®
for Adoptive / Foster/SAFE families
 

Learn how to effectively and consistently employ a balanced parenting approach that allows you to provide compassionate discipline that connects with your child’s heart 

and corrects inappropriate behaviors.
 

COMING TO
LIVING HOPE CHURCH, Elk Grove Village
(SCHAUMBURG/ WOODFIELD AREA)

MONDAY EVENINGS
7pm- 9pm
Jan 15, 22, 29
Feb 5, 12, 19, 26
Mar 5, 12

ETC Parent training is offered by Steve and Cheryl Pickett for families in the Chicagoland area. For more information about the training visit http://www.empoweredtoconnect.org/training or contact trainers at etc@scpickett.com.  List of required resource books and materials available upon request. Childcare not provided.  

Register at etc@scpickett.com.

Cost: $25 (additional resource material will be required for purchase or borrow)

Empowered to Connect Conference!

Bringing Hope and Healing to Families

Show Hope is partnering with Empowered to Connect to present the Empowered to Connect Conference on April 13-14, 2018, in the Chicagoland area. Come experience practical teaching in a safe and supportive community as we work to equip families, churches, and professionals to better serve children impacted by adoption and foster care.

There will be several simulcast locations in the Chicagoland area.  Each day's sessions will run from 9am-5pm (check-in opens at 8am), with a one hour offsite lunch.

The Empowered to Connect Conference features Trust-Based Relational InterventionⓇ methods developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross from the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development to help bring attachment and connection in families. The content is ideal for adoptive and foster parents, those considering adoption or foster care, and those who are serving and supporting others, including social workers, agency professionals, church staff and ministry leaders, counselors and therapists, childcare providers, and extended family members.
Find more information about the conference here >

For inquiries regarding the Empowered to Connect Conference, please contact 615-550-5600 ext. 116.  If seating is available, tickets may be purchased at the door.


CHILDCARE: Please note that childcare will NOT be provided at this event.  Please make arrangements off-site for childcare.

CONTINUING EDUCATION: This program has previously been approved by the National Association of Social Workers and the National Board for Certified Counselors for 11 continuing education contact hours. Approval for the 2018 event is pending.

Have questions about Empowered to Connect Conference 2018- Chicago Metro? Contact Show Hope

Empowered to Connect Conference is Coming to Wheaton!

Workshop: Facilitating Behavioral Change!

The Vulnerable Children's Ministry and
Bethany Christian Services

Presents

An Empowered to Connect Workshop!

Join us for our final Empowered to Connect workshop of the year! 

This video-driven workshop will be facilitated by Alison Lamsma, MA, LSW from Bethany Christian Services.

Topic: Facilitating Behavioral Change: Tragically, children with histories of abuse, neglect, or trauma are more likely to display "problem behaviors", which are often driven by fear.  Dr. Karyn Purvis explores the concepts of connecting and correcting principles.
 

Wednesday, October 26th
7:30pm - 8:45pm
Willow Creek Community Church, Room: Guest Central (off the main lobby)
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60010

 

 ***Training Credit Hours are offered for licensed foster parents.

Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org

Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.

Workshop: Empowering, Connecting & Correcting

 

The Vulnerable Children's Ministry and
Bethany Christian Services

Presents

An Empowered to Connect Workshop!

This months topic: Empowering, Connecting, & Correcting
 

These workshops are video-driven, and facilitated by Alison Lamsma, MA, LSW from Bethany Christian Services.

Empowering, Connecting, & Correcting: Dr. Karyn Purvis explains her research-based approach with children who come from "hard places." She explains how harm during critical stages of brain growth causes significant disruptions in a child's development & behaviors. Through research and years of experience, Dr. Purvis offers a path of healing through a trust-based, relationship-based holistic approach.
 

Wednesday, September 28th
7:30pm - 8:45pm
Willow Creek Community Church, Room: Guest Central
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60010

***Training Credit Hours are offered for licensed foster parents.

Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org

Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.

ECT Workshop: Solutions to Fear!

The Vulnerable Children's Ministry and
Bethany Christian Services

Presents

An Empowered to Connect Workshop!

Join us all year long for Empowered to Connect workshops, every 4th Wednesday of the month! 
 

These workshops are video-driven, and facilitated by Alison Lamsma, MA, LSW from Bethany Christian Services.

Solutions to Fear: Tragically, children who have been harmed,neglected, and/or abused are at significantly increased risk for behavioral disorders, relationship failures, and early onset mental illness.  Developmental psychologist and former director of the TCU Institute of Child Development, Dr. Karyn Purvis, explains concepts to help caregivers and parents understand a child's brain chemistry and how neurotransmitter testing can be used to enhance therapeutic approaches.
 

Wednesday, August 24th
7:30pm - 8:45pm
Willow Creek Community Church, Room: 206
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60010

***Training Credit Hours are offered for licensed foster parents.

Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org

Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.

ETC Workshop: Factors of Fear!

The Vulnerable Children's Ministry and
Bethany Christian Services

Presents

An Empowered to Connect Workshop!

Join us all year long for Empowered to Connect workshops, every 4th Wednesday of the month! 
 

These workshops are video-driven, and facilitated by Alison Lamsma, MA, LSW from Bethany Christian Services.

Factors of Fear: Tragically, children who have been harmed,neglected, and/or abused are at significantly increased risk for behavioral disorders, relationship failures, and early onset mental illness.  Developmental psychologist and former director of the TCU Institute of Child Development, Dr. Karyn Purvis, explains concepts to help caregivers and parents understand a child's brain chemistry and how neurotransmitter testing can be used to enhance therapeutic approaches.
 

Wednesday, July 27th
7:30pm - 8:45pm
Willow Creek Community Church, Room: Guest Central
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60010

***Training Credit Hours are offered for licensed foster parents.

Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org

Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.

ETC Workshop: Healthy Touch!

The Vulnerable Children’s Ministry and
Bethany Christian Services presents

an Empowered to Connect Workshop!

Healthy Touch: Practical Ways to Add it To Your Life: 

Touch is essential to our very existence. Healthy Touch features Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross, who will explore research about touch and provide practical applications for adding healthy touch into your child's daily life.

   

*This workshop consists of a video and discussion facilitated by Alison Lamsma MA, LSW, from Bethany Christian Services.

  Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
7:30 PM – 8:45 PM
Willow Creek Community Church
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60016 
 Room: B204 (on the chapel side of the campus)

***Registration for this event is not required.

Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org

Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.
http://www.willowcreek.org/midweekforkids

Workshop: Sensory Integration!

The Vulnerable Children’s Ministry and
Bethany Christian Services presents:

Sensory Integration:
Risk factors, warning signs
& what to do about it.
 

Sadly, children who have experienced prenatal exposure to drugs or alcohol, early trauma, abuse, or neglect are at high-risk for sensory disorders. In this lecture, developmental psychologist and director of the TCU Institute of Child Development, Dr. Karyn Purvis, explains risk factors and warning signs for sensory processing disorders and offers practical interventions for parents and professionals.

 

*This workshop consists of a video and discussion facilitated by Alison Lamsma MA, LSW, from Bethany Christian Services.

 

 

  Wednesday, May 25, 2016
7:30 PM – 8:45 PM
Willow Creek Community Church
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60016
Room: Guest Central (off the main lobby)
 
***Registration for this event is not required.
 
Questions?  E-mail vulnerablechildren@willowcreek.org
 
Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.
http://www.willowcreek.org/midweekforkids

Come Learn How to Play!

Join us all year long for Empowered to Connect workshops, every 4th Wednesday of

the month! 

These workshops are video-driven, and facilitated by an adoption professional from Bethany Christian Services.

This month we will present:

Playful Interaction!

Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
7:30 - 8:45 PM
Willow Creek Community Church
67 E. Algonquin Road, So. Barrington, IL 60010
Room: Guest Central (off the main lobby)

 

Through play, children learn to develop the social and emotional skills they need to succeed in life. Playful Interaction, featuring child development experts, outlines the importance of play and provides practical examples of playful interaction from The Institute of Child Development’s Hope Connection Summer Camp.

***Registration for this event is not required. This workshop is offered FREE of charge.

***Training Credit Hours are offered for licensed foster parents.   Questions?  E-mail vcministry127@gmail.com    Childcare for infants through pre-K is available, and Awana is available for Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Midweek for Kids.