In March 2011, Tapestry hosted an event entitled Connecting While Correcting. This event focused on helping adoptive and foster parents understand the need for connecting ...
Children whose early development has been damaged by abuse or neglect are notoriously difficult to reach. Through many years' therapeutic work with adopted children and their families, Denise B. ...
The Faith to Action Initiative is excited to announce the launch of three new resources on the continuum of care for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). The continuum of care provides an overview ...
Dr. Karyn Purvis was one of the keynote speakers at the 2010 Together for Adoption Conference in Austin, Texas. During her talk, she encouraged the nearly 1,000 participants that were gathered to ...
Created To Connect: A Christian’s Guide to The Connected Child was created by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Michael & Amy Monroe to help illuminate the biblical principles that serve as ...
Children from hard places have been impacted, often significantly, by their histories. These impacts vary, but often include changes in their brain development and brain chemistry. In addition, ...
These handouts from Empowered to Connect's April, 2011 conference provide much-needed insight from adoption expert Dr. Karyn Purvis:
● Handout for The Attachment Dance
● Handout ...
Adoption is not just God's heart for the church in America - it's His heart for the church around the world. Imagine how our work would be multiplied if in every country across the globe, ...
In this video (another great resource found at www.empoweredtoconnect.org) Dr. Karyn Purvis discusses the very common issue many parents face at dinner ...
This factsheet for families summarizes what foster parents should consider while deciding whether to adopt their foster child or youth. While this factsheet does not address the specifics of how to ...
The Faith To Action Initiative mobilizes and educates churches, faith-based organizations
and individuals to engage in care that upholds the vital importance of family in a child's life.
Family Life has a number of great radio broadcasts about adoption and orphan care. They cover everything from the theology of adoption to global orphan care movements to sharing the stories on ...
I remember one of the first prayers I prayed when we decided to adopt was about family unity. I felt a strong desire that we be one family, not split by the biological children and the ...
