C is for Connection

One of the three primary principles of TBRI, we are tasked with building trust and attachment by intentionally focusing on connecting with our children.

Children who have been adopted at any age can experience challenges with connection. Because of the trauma of removal, their psyche needs to be retrained to connect closely with those around them. From matching behaviors and preferences of your child to encouraging healthy self-awareness, we are able to help children thrive in the ways we nurture them to connect.

“Building secure attachment with children is important for all long-term and/or permanent caregivers. The Connecting Principles allow the child/parent experience to thrive using the same processes a mother uses with her newborn child - affection, touch, understanding, and consistent meeting of needs.

Trust-Based Relational Intervention teaches us that relationship-based trauma - the absence of tender care from conception on - can only be healed through nurture and connection.

Learn more at https://www.dwellorphancare.org/tbri-principles