Connection is the Goal - Empowered to Connect

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis, co-author of The Connected Child, explains why it is important for adoptive and foster parents to always keep connection as their goal, regardless of the behaviors or challenges they are facing.

Are you an adoptive parent?

How about a foster parent?

Have you ever considered either?

If so, I've got some good news for you! Empowered to Connect (along with Dr. Karyn Purvis) is hosting a two-day conference designed to help adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders and professionals better understand how to connect with “children from hard places” in order to help them heal and become all that God desires for them to be.

The next conference is just a few weeks away: September 14 & 15, 2012, in Nashville, Tennessee at Brentwood Baptist Baptist Church. Registration for the Nashville conference is now open!

Can't make that conference? Mark these future dates on your calendar!

Future dates and locations for the Empowered To Connect Conference:

• February 15 & 16, 2013 in Orlando, Florida at First Baptist Church Orlando (click here to register at the early bird price)

• April 19 & 20, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois at The Chapel (Barrington Campus)

• September 13 & 14, 2013 in Houston, Texas at Houston’s First Baptist Church

Encourage Growth

Check out these two fabulous videos from Dr. Karyn Purvis as you walk the road to helping your children heal -

The Importance of Repairing Your Mistakes

There is no such thing as a perfect parent — and that is actually good news, so long as parents are willing to focus on repair when they fail and make mistakes.

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis explains why it is important for parents to repair their mistakes, and how repair can actually encourage growth and strengthen the relationship between parent and child.

The Importance of Repairing Your Mistakes from Tapestry on Vimeo.

Understanding Sensory Processing and Difficult Behaviors

Sensory processing issues often play a significant role in some of the challenges that adoptive and foster families face. And yet, parents are often completely unaware that sensory processing is in fact the issue.

Sensory processing is an important topic for anyone who loves and cares for a child from a hard place. Beacuse of their histories, children from hard places often experience altered brain development which impacts the way in which they process sensory data.

In this brief video, Dr. Karyn Purvis explains what sensory processing is and why an understanding of it is vital for adoptive and foster parents.

Understanding Sensory Processing from Tapestry on Vimeo.

Upcoming Events

Hello bloggy world,

Here's a few upcoming events that may catch your eye. For more events, check out the Lifesong calendar frequently!  

Empowered To Connect, together with Show Hope, hosts the Empowered To Connect Conference — a two-day conference for adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders and professionals designed to help them better understand how to connect with children from hard places in order to help them heal and become all that God desires for them to be. The next Empowered To Connect Conference will be on September 23-24, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee at Brentwood Baptist Church.

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Connecting Community Crafters for Global Good! 

Crafts for a Cause is newly established initiative. The structure is simple! The booth fee, silent auction proceeds, and concessions are all donated to our sponsored cause!

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Join us October 21-22 in Phoenix for Together for Adoption Conference 2011. Over 1,200 people will gather together at Redemption Church (Gilbert Campus) to explore the theme Missional Living, the Gospel and Orphan Care. One of our primary objectives for this year’s conference is to create a forum to consider the good news of the Gospel, explore its implications for how we think about and implement orphan care strategies, and discuss how we can move toward greater collaboration as the people of God for the sake of orphans worldwide.

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The Tapestry Conference is completely free!  But even though it is free, we believe the breadth and quality of the conference is truly outstanding. 

We can't wait to see what the Lord has in store through these fabulous events!

conference & video

Coming up...

2011 Tapestry Conference

Saturday, October 29th

9am - 3:30pm

Irving Bible Church

Irving, Texas

With author/speaker Jayne Schooler and more, this conference is sure to be a worthy resource for anyone working with adoption or foster care.  Check out more on this conference HERE.

Speaking of great resources Empowered to Connect has a another great video of Karyn Purvis sharing the value of counting the cost:

Practice makes... better!

Another great video resource from www.empoweredtoconnect.org

Practice, Practice, Practice! from Tapestry on Vimeo.

I love how their advice is so often simple principles that make a big difference!  Read more of what Amy has to say about practicing parenting HERE or check out other ETC resources HERE!