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K-PARC Workshop: Empowering Strategies-Wichita
June 24, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Kansas Post Adoption Resource Center (K-PARC) is offering a free workshop on the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). This intervention style provides methods to care for and help children who have experienced trauma. TBRI is an approach that any caregiver, educator or professional can use to help any child.
During this training, participants will learn the physiological roots of children’s behavior, strategies for meeting children’s sensory needs, tools to make environments feels safe for children, and how to apply key principles in care giving situations.
To register for this training, contact Clairissa Maddy at 877-530-5275 ext. 1357 or cmaddy@kcsl.org.