San Antonio - Empowered to Connect Conference Audio - April 2015 San Antonio

The Empowered To Connect Conference is a two-day conference for adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders, and professionals designed to help them connect with children from hard places in order to help them heal and become all that God desires for them to be.

Led by Dr. Karyn Purvis (Director of the TCU Institute of Child Development), this conference 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, therapists and others all involved in adoption and foster care ministries or services.

Day 1 – Friday

• Welcome, Introductions & Overview
  
• Hope & Help for the Journey
  
• Understanding a Child’s History and Its Impacts
  
• The Attachment Dance
  
• Our Journey of Hope: The Coley’s Adoption Story
  
• Developing Healing Connections
  
• Closing Remarks
  

Day 2 – Saturday

• Welcome
  
• Empowering Our Kids to Succeed: Understanding Sensory Processing and the Neurochemistry of Fear
  
• Parenting from a Hard Place
  
• Behavioral Crunches: How to Correct while Connecting in the Crunch-Times
  
• Behavioral Change: Putting It All Together
  
• Closing Remarks