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Reach out to me anytime at Kim@inpracticeco.com

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Remember that this is just an assessment tool for your own personal use. The healing from trauma is dependent on many factors and a low or high score can mean different outcomes for different people.

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Secondary Traumatic Stress & Self Care Packet (extensive)

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Secondary Traumatic Stress & Self Care Packet (extensive)

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Remember your need for self-care is highest when you have little motivation for it. Make a plan to ensure that you take care of yourself and prevent burnout.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences include various forms of abuse, neglect and household dysfunction.

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As the number of ACEs increase, so does the risk of behavioral, physical and mental health issues

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The ACE assessment measure adverse experiences in the household, but it's important to remember that people also experience ACEs in the community and their environment.

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Kids that are raised in environments of toxic stress show weaking in their "thinking center" and are stronger in their "fear center" and "emotional regulation center" which leads to a heightened fight, flight or freeze response.

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Trauma Informed Care seeks to promote environments of healing specifically for those who have experienced trauma, but these strategies are beneficial for everyone.

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PCEs are proven to build resilience and healing in those who have come from backgrounds of trauma.

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We all have sensory needs and tend to either seek certain sensory experiences or avoid them. If someone is avoidant to sounds and the person next to them is seeking to sounds, you can see how this would cause conflict. It's helpful for us to know our sensory needs and try to become aware of the needs of the youth we work with as well. We can be creative in helping them meet those needs.

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Take this 5 minute attachment style quiz to better understand your attachment style. We tend to learn our attachment style in childhood and carry it on with us to adult relationships with friends, family and children. It's helpful to understand which style we lean towards so that we can be aware of how others might respond.

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Already finished taking the attachment style quiz?

Select one of the three boxes below to indicate whether you are single, in a relationship or a parent.
We will show you common behaviors and characteristics for each attachment style based on your situation.

Anxious / Preoccupied

The Anxious Attachment Style is also known as Preoccupied. Individuals with this attachment style crave relationships, intimacy, and love. For this reason, they might have a hard time being single. People with this attachment style might enjoy dating, as it often involves flirting, being seduced, and receiving attention. This type of reassurance and confidence boost is tempting to people with an anxious attachment style. Once dating turns into a relationship, however, such individuals start experiencing fear of rejection, jealousy and distress.

More About Anxious Attachment

Avoidant / Dismissive

The Dismissive or Avoidant Attachment Style is characterized by independence, assertiveness, and self-sufficiency. People with this attachment style have no problem being single. On the other hand, they might be very sociable, popular and friendly. Such individuals usually date many people, but lose interest as soon as a sexual partner tries to connect with them on a deeper, emotional level. They pursue what they want in a relationship, regardless of others' needs.

Do you have avoidant attachment? Take the attachment style quiz to find out.

More About Avoidant Attachment

Disorganized / Fearful Avoidant

The Disorganized Attachment Style, also referred to as Fearful Avoidant, is a contradictory attachment style that alternates between the Preoccupied and Dismissive styles. People with this attachment style want to be loved and connect with others. Initially, they present themselves as confident, attractive, and exciting, as if they have life all figured out. Yet, their fear of being hurt by someone they trust makes it difficult to bond and open up. Such individuals might have a hard time dating, since the process of getting to know and trust every potential partner might be painful, confusing, and distressing.

More About Disorganized Attachment

Secure

Having a Secure Attachment Style means being comfortable with both proximity and autonomy. These individuals are self-content, but they are also comfortable in relationships. Dating is also not an issue for the securely attached, as they tend to be open and straightforward. These people are warm and easy to connect to, and thus fancied by others. They feel comfortable approaching and bonding with potential partners.

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Anxious / Preoccupied

When people with an Anxious Attachment Style enter a relationship, they become overly involved with the other person's state-of-mind. Oftentimes, these individuals care excessively for the needs of their partners at their own expense. They tend to bring the past into the present and can grow angry at not being loved the way they want or expect to be. Another common characteristic of such individuals is that they tend to blame themselves first and overanalyze what they might have done 'wrong'. Partners with this attachment style often appear clingy, needy, and desperate for love.

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Avoidant / Dismissive

People who have a Dismissive Attachment Style are extremely independent and aloof in relationships. They do not tolerate emotional intimacy and often appear as if they do not need or want it. Partners with this attachment style might seem selfish and disregard their partner's needs and desires. They have a hard time opening up to others, so they remain detached and remote in relationships.

Do you have dismissive attachment? Take the attachment style quiz to find out.

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Disorganized / Fearful Avoidant

Partners with a Disorganized Attachment Style are highly inconsistent within intimate relationships: sometimes they are insecure and clingy, and at other times - distant. Disorganized individuals might often switch between expressing intense feelings and appearing emotionally numb. As a result, their partners might feel like 'walking on eggshells,' never truly knowing where they stand in the relationship.

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Secure

Secure Attachment involves mutual trust and respect. People with a secure attachment style are able to build and maintain healthy, meaningful, and lasting relationships. At the same time, they do not on their partner's reassurance. Within the context of the relationship, they explore the world and grow in different ways, with their partner. Both partners value each other as well as themselves. They tend to face and resolve issues as a . Secure attachment involves a reciprocal expression of feelings as well as sensitivity and responsiveness to the other's needs.

Do you have secure attachment? Take the attachment style quiz to find out.

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Anxious / Preoccupied

Anxious Parents often interfere in their child's life. This might manifest as strict expectations of how the child should be. These parents could also use their children to satisfy their own needs of support or emotional closeness. Their excessive worry spills over, causing the child to grow hypervigilant. The child might become easily distressed and have difficulties developing a strong sense of self.

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Avoidant / Dismissive

A Dismissive Parent disregards and does not tolerate the expression of their child's feelings. Such parents are uncomfortable showing affection and providing support to their children. People with a dismissing attachment style are often rigid and inflexible in their approach towards parenting. Their child would often perceive this type of behavior as rejection. Consequently, it stops reaching out to them and stops expecting that their needs will be met by others.

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Disorganized / Fearful Avoidant

Disorganized Parents are extremely inconsistent in their approach. Sometimes they are overly involved, while at other times they can be entirely dismissive of their child's attachment needs. They can be over-stimulating, seductive, aggressive, or highly dissociative, thus creating a dilemma for the child. The child's source of attachment is also a source of fear. It can never know what comes next: will the parent be loving, abusive, or distanced?

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Secure

Secure Parents are very attuned to their child's state-of-mind and needs. They provide the child with a safe and secure base of comfort. Secure parents actively encourage their child's independence and development of individuality. They let their child explore the outside world freely and are ready to provide support when needed.

Learn the 5 ingredients for raising a child with secure attachment.

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Attachment Style Quiz: Free & Fast Attachment Style Test

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Free and quick (5 minutes) attachment style quiz to explore how childhood conditioning can cause you to struggle with adult relationships.

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Take this quiz with your co-workers to better understand how you feel appreciated at work and how you can show appreciation for others. We all give and receive appreciation in different ways!

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This is an assessment for individuals within an organization/department to fill out and assess how Trauma-Informed they are. While this is intended for an organization, the general concept can still apply to police departments or juvenile services.

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This is a great form for kids to fill out about their interests. Have them star as many as they want, then narrow it down to 3 (with specifics) on the second page. See the page below for next steps...

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From their 3, have them narrow it down to 1 and fill out this form. Then the fun part... help them get connected with a practical experience in the community related to their spark. This should be an ongoing experience. After some time has passed, find an opportunity where they can use their spark to inspire someone else. After they have explored one spark for an ongoing period of time, they can fill this sheet out with a different spark and explore another one.

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Remember to let youth pick their own goals. They must have buy in and feel empowered in this process. If you need to guide them - try to do it by asking questions instead of stating facts.

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Remember to let youth pick their own goals. They must have buy in and feel empowered in this process. If you need to guide them - try to do it by asking questions instead of stating facts.

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This is a great resource for practical intervention strategies. They have some free resources on their website and also offer a podcast.

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TBRI ® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI ® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI ® is connection.

"When you connect to the heart of a child, everything is possible."

- Dr. Karyn Purvis

Who is it for and who should use it?

TBRI ® is designed to meet the complex needs of children who have experienced adversity, early harm, toxic stress, and/or trauma. Because of their histories, it is often difficult for these children to trust the loving adults in their lives, which often results in perplexing behaviors. TBRI ® offers practical tools for parents, caregivers, teachers, or anyone who works with children, to see the "whole child" in their care and help that child reach his highest potential.

Why use it?

Because of their histories, children who have experienced trauma have changes in their bodies, brains, behaviors, and belief systems. While a variety of parenting strategies may be successful in typical circumstances, children with histories of harm need caregiving that meets their unique needs and addresses the whole child. That said, we've found that any child benefits from a nurturing, trusting relationship with a safe adult.

Where is it used?

TBRI ® is used worldwide in homes, residential facilities, group homes, schools, camps, schools, juvenile justice facilities, courts, with survivors of sex trafficking, in faith communities, courts, with law enforcement, in clinical practices and beyond.

How do you do it?

If you'd like to get started right away, we encourage you to look around our site for more information and resources. Reading our book, The Connected Child, or viewing any of our DVDs are both great places to start. TBRI® 101: A Self-Guided Course in Trust-Based Relationships also provides nearly eight hours of instruction on TBRI ®. Parents can learn to implement Trust-based parenting in a variety of ways and we offer a few ideas on where to start on our parent resource page. Professionals can apply to attend our TBRI ® Practitioner Training.

Where can I read about it?

Purvis, K. B., Cross, D. R., & Sunshine, W. L. (2007). The Connected
Child: Bringing hope and healing to your adoptive family. New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill.

Purvis, K. B., Cross, D. R., Dansereau, D. F., & Parris, S. R. (2013).
Trust-based relational intervention (TBRI ®): A systematic approach to
complex developmental trauma. Child & Youth Services, 34(4), 1-28.

Purvis, K. B., Cross, D. R., & Pennings, J. S. (2009). Trust-based
relational intervention: Interactive principles for adopted children with
special social-emotional needs. Journal of Humanistic Counseling,
Education, and Development, 48, 3-22.

Purvis, K. B., Parris, S. R., & Cross, D. R. (2011). Trust-based
relational intervention: Principles and practices. In Rosman, E. A.,
Johnson, C. E., & Callahan, N. M. (Eds.), Adoption factbook V (pp.
485-489). Alexandria, VA: National Council for Adoption.

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Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development

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TBRI ® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI ® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI ® is connection.

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Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

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Our mission is to drive science-based innovation that achieves breakthrough outcomes for children facing adversity.

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This is a great tool to have youth fill out (when they are calm) that can give us insight as to what helps them regulate when they are dysregulated. This tool empowers them to pay attention to what helps them and we can come alongside them in executing it. Eventually they will grow to be able to regulate on their own.

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This assesses experiences that were protective and helped to compensate for negative experiences.

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Great practical resource for reviewing developmental assets of youth at various ages. Also explore the rest of the site for additional resources and assessments.

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Learn how to keep kids thriving! Download the 40 Developmental Assets in for each age group--in English or Spanish! @searchinstitute #free

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Learn how to keep kids thriving!

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Download the 40 Developmental Assets in for each age group--in English or Spanish!

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Pick from these exercises and try them out to practice self compassion

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Exercise 1: How would you treat a friend?

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How do you think things might change if you treated yourself in the same way you typically treat a close friend when they're suffering? This exercise walks you through it.

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If you're new to attachment theory, you may not realize that many of our early attachment patterns can shape our expectations and interactions for all our relationships .

You see, our attachment style is the "original blueprint" for how we perceive, connect with and relate to others and the world around us.

Of course, no one had a perfect childhood. And too many people worry that they'll never be able to change or overcome the emotional wounds that still cause challenges in our day-to-day interactions and intimate relationships.

And while you might not have much of a say over which attachment style you first developed, when you better understand the source of your attachment style, it becomes easier to recognize, or even predict, what your response is likely to be in certain circumstances.

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Attachment Styles Quiz | Attachment Test

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Take Dr. Diane Poole Heller's free attachment quiz to find your attachment style, so you can begin to recognize patterns and behaviors that affect ANY adult relationship.

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If you have taken my TCOLE Course, this is the list of Trauma-Informed Principles that we discuss.

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IACP Article: Building Healthier Communities through Pre-Arrest Diversion

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IACP Article: Building Healthier Communities through Pre-Arrest Diversion

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Here is a list of books, websites and podcasts if you are interested in learning more about Trauma Informed Care

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