Recommended Reading

• The Connected Child
• The Connected Child Book Club
• The Out-of-Sync Child
• Attaching in Adoption
• Parenting From the Inside Out
• Adopting the Hurt Child

Commissioned to Care

Host a 2 hour training covering what volunteers in your church need to know about trauma in order to best serve kids from hard places and their families.

Empowered to Connect

An interactive learning experience designed for parents and caregivers whose children have experienced adverse childhood experiences, toxic stress, and maltreatment based on Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) model.

Hope for the Journey Conference

Show Hope’s Hope for the Journey Conference (formerly the Empowered to Connect Conference) seeks to encourage and better equip parents and caregivers meeting the everyday needs of children impacted by adoption and/or foster care.

Belong University

A series of courses desinged to empower faith leaders with knowledge and strategy for solving the crisis for kids in foster care wisely and collaboratively. Join us in building belonging and healing for kids and families.

Foster Parent College

Online training for caregivers, parents, and agency staff.

IU Health Trauma-Informed Care Professional Development Certificate

Free, online training provided by IU Health available to anyone. The training is focused on understanding trauma and the basics of Trauma Informed Care.

Reccommended Listening

• Early Brain Development: Reducing the Effects of Trauma
• The Empowered Parent Podcast
• The Honestly Adoption Podcast
• Talking Trauma and Adoption with Dr. Bruce Perry

Trauma Competent Care

A hub of resources from Back2Back Ministries designed to make trauma-informed care accessible to anyone. They have free, low-cost, online, or in-person training courses available.