Show Hope’s Hope for the Journey Conference is designed to equip and encourage parents and caregivers meeting the needs of children impacted by adoption and/or foster care. Bringing together teaching, resources, and practical experiences, parents and caregivers (and the churches and organizations seeking to serve these children and families) will gain a deeper understanding of these children’s needs.

Learning Objectives

• To help understand the specific needs of the whole child; the principles of Connecting, Empowering, Correcting; and practical steps that can help children thrive.

• To provide an in-depth look at the impact of trauma on children, including effects on brain development, neurochemistry, sensory processing, attachment behaviors, and the ability to self-regulate.

• To encourage parents to consider their own histories, attachment styles, and what role they may play in their child’s process of developing a secure attachment.

• To provide a summary of attachment and key attachment research, focusing on the role of attachment as the foundation of the parent/child relationship. This conference will also focus on helping parents/caregivers understand how to rebuild and repair ruptured attachments for children who have experienced early trauma.

• To present an overview of how sensory processing and neurochemistry are affected in children who have experienced early trauma.

• To offer insights, strategies, and tools that are helpful for parents/caregivers in achieving effective behavioral change while promoting lasting connection and healing with their children.

• To help parents and caregivers see their children with eyes of compassion and to offer 

Cost: $10 per family unit, Lunch is provided

Childcare is available upon request for 1-year-old and up - 

Training Certificates available.

Space is limited to 60 family units

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