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Empowered to Connect Conference Simulcast

Posted by Alan on March 27, 2015

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The Empowered To Connect Conference is a two-day conference for adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders, and professionals designed to help them connect with children from hard places in order to help them heal and become all that God desires for them to be.

 Led by Dr. Karyn Purvis (Director of the TCU Institute of Child Development), this conference 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 all involved in adoption and foster care ministries or services.

 
When: 
April 10-11, 2015
8:30am-5:00pm
Where:
Calvary Baptist Church Auditorium, Derby, Kansas
1636 E. Patriot Ave.
Please use the main entrance under the canopy.
Cost:
 Free!
In order to have enough workbooks, please send an email to office@cbcks.org to let us know you are coming.
Please Note:    
No child-care will be provided

Lunch is "on-your-own." The church is located just a couple minutes away from many popular restaurants. 


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Times and Schedule for Friday and Saturday
9am-5pm CT

Day 1 – Friday

8:30 - 9:00 am
Check-in and Registration in main foyer at Calvary Baptist Church. 
 
9:00 – 9:30 am
Welcome, Introductions & Overview
 
9:30 – 10:30 am
Hope & Help for the Journey
 
10:30 – 10:45 am 
Break
 
10:45 am – 12:00 pm 
Understanding a Child’s History and Its Impacts
 
12:00 – 1:30 pm 
Lunch Break - "on-your-own" 
 
 
1:30 – 2:45 pm 
The Attachment Dance
 
2:45 – 3:00 pm 
Break
 
3:00 – 3:45 pm 
Our Journey of Hope: The Coley’s Adoption Story
 
3:45 – 4:45 pm 
Developing Healing Connections
 
4:45 – 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
 
Day 2 – Saturday
8:30 - 9:00 am
Check-in
 
9:00 – 9:15 am 
Welcome
 
9:15 – 10:30 am
Empowering Our Kids to Succeed: Understanding Sensory Processing and the Neurochemistry of Fear
 
10:30 – 10:45 am
Break
 
10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Parenting From a Hard Place
 
12:00 – 1:30 pm 
Lunch Break - "on-your-own"
 
1:30 to 3:00pm 
Behavioral Crunches: How to Correct while Connecting in the Crunchtimes
 
3:00 to 3:15 pm
Break
 
3:15 to 4:45 pm
Behavioral Change: Putting It All Together
 
4:45 to 5:00 pm 
Closing Remarks