Empowered to Connect Conference Simulcast 2016
Thank you to everyone who attended the conference. We had a great time learning about how to connect with kids from hard places. Check back later for information on upcoming events.
- Empowered to Connect Live Simulcast
- 2 day conference helping us understand how to connect with "children from hard places"
- April 8-9, 2016
- Reserve your workbook (fill out the form below)
- Conference: Free | Workbook: $5.50
Empowered To Connect, together with Show Hope, hosts the Empowered To Connect Simulcast — a two-day conference designed to help adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders, teachers, Awana workers, churches, 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 conference features Dr. Karyn Purvis and is ideal for adoptive and foster parents, those considering adoption or foster care and those who are serving and supporting others, including social workers, agency professionals, church staff and ministry leaders, counselors, therapists and others.
Calvary Baptist Church invites you to this live simulcast April 8-9, 2016. We are excited that we can offer this conference at very little cost to you... just the cost of the workbook! Fill out the form below to register and reserve your copy of a workbook ($5.50, collected at the event).
The doors open at 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 8. We will provide light snacks at break times.
Lunch is on-your-own from 12:00 to 1:30 on Friday and Saturday.
No childcare will be provided.
For professionals in the Social Work field, consider registering for continuing education credits.
Conference Schedule
Note: We understand it may be difficult to attend two full days of conference. We want to invite you to be here for any part of the conference you are able to attend. Take a look at this schedule to see the times for each session.
Day 1 – Friday
8:00 am - 8:30 am - Doors Open/Check-in/Materials
8:30 am - 9:00 am - Welcome and Announcements
9:00 to 9:30 am – Simulcast Begins: Introductions & Overview
9:30 to 10:30 am – Hope & Help for the Journey (led by Dr. Karyn Purvis)
10:30 to 10:45 am – Break
10:45 am to 12:00 pm – Understanding a Child’s History and Its Impacts (led by Dr. David Cross)
12:00 to 1:30 pm – Offsite Lunch
1:30 to 2:45 pm – The Attachment Dance (led by Dr. Amanda Howard)
2:45 to 3:00 pm – Break
3:00 to 3:45 pm – Our Journey of Hope: The Coley’s Adoption Story (led by Dan & Terri Coley)
3:45 to 5:00 pm – Developing Healing Connections (led by Dr. Amanda Howard)
Day 2 – Saturday
8:30 - 9:00 am - Doors Open/Check-in/Materials
9:00 to 10:30 am – Empowering Our Kids to Succeed (led by Daren Jones)
10:30 to 10:45 am – Break
10:45 am to 12:00 pm – Parenting from a Hard Place (led by Alan and Debra Jones)
12:00 to 1:30 pm – Offsite Lunch
1:30 to 3:00 pm – Behavior Crunches (led by Dr. Karyn Purvis)
2:45 to 3:00 pm – Break
3:00 to 3:45 pm – Behavioral Change: Putting It All Together (led by Dr. Karyn Purvis)
3:45 to 5:00 pm – Resources and Next Steps
5:00 pm to 5:30 pm - Wrap-up