Hope and Healing | the Connected Child

Dr. Purvis has been nothing less than an answer to prayer for many adoptive and foster parents. Her ground-breaking insights and tools have helped countless adoptive and foster parents understand how to better connect with their children in order to help them experience the hope and healing they need.

As the Director of the Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian Universty, Dr. Purvis and her colleague, Dr. David Cross, have been working for over 10 years to develop research-based approaches focused on helping “children from hard places.” This work has focused almost exclusively on adopted and foster childen. The trust-based relational parenting model that resulted from their researh, camps and in-home trainings is thoroughly explained and illustrated in their book, The Connected Child.

Many local church adoption and foster care ministries across the country have welcomed and embraced her approach to parenting.

The Tapestry website has a great collection of articles, audio, and video recordings for adoptive families an church adoption/foster ministries to benefit from.

Watch this presentation by Dr. Karyn Purvis at the 2007 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference at Irving Bible Church in November 2007. In this presentation she challenges adoptive and foster parents to seek out and take advantage of the resources and support available to them in order to help their children experience the hope and healing they need.

What is That in Your Hand? - Dr. Karyn Purvis from Tapestry on Vimeo.

Don't Miss Dr. Purvis' fantastic breakout sessions at the upcoming Summit V in Dallas on April 30th & May 1st

Giving Voice to the Orphan (Dr. Karyn Purvis)— ALL
Every child needs a voice. Discovering how we can give voice to the orphan is a vital aspect of defending the fatherless and living out God’s heart for the orphan. This unique session will explore practical ways you can do this in the context of adoption, foster care and orphan care.

Children from Hard Places: What Everyone Needs to Know (Dr. Karyn Purvis) ADOPTION/ FOSTER CARE Many children involved in adoption and foster care come from “hard places.” As churches seek to intentionally serve these children and their families, it is critical that they understand their unique needs and how best to meet them. This session will offer an insightful overview of what every church ministry must know to serve these children well.