Education for Parents, Caregivers and Professionals
Why Families Are Forever?
Families Are Forever™ (FAF) is an on-demand, interactive, educational platform designed to prepare families for foster care, kinship care and adoption and to provide resources for the professionals who support them. It also provides all courses to meet Hague Convention requirements for families adopting internationally. FAF is the only online, on-demand training in the world authorized and endorsed by the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development (KPICD). Using Trust Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®), FAF empowers caregivers and professionals globally with trauma-informed strategies and resources to become effective advocates and improve outcomes for children.
While the journey can be challenging, Families are Forever is here to provide knowledge and support to make the road ahead a little easier.
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Healing
The Power of Trust-Based Relational Intervention
Trust-Based Relational Intervention is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention 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 children with these experiences to trust the caring adults in their lives, which often results in perplexing behaviors. TBRI offers practical tools for caregivers and professionals to see the “whole child” and help them reach their highest potential.
TBRI is rated by both the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse (CEBC) and the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse (PSC) for ‘Promising’ research evidence.
Learn more about the research that supports Trust-Based Relational Intervention on the KPICD website.
“Families are Forever has taken essential elements of Trust-Based Relational Intervention and broken them down into digestible portions of vital information for parents. Then added the element of connection and support through their online platform. They have not only infused the training process with invaluable information, but they have made it easy for people to engage with their online platform and flexible responding, it’s genius! Something I wish every adoptive family had access to.”
Amanda Purvis
Training Specialist at the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development, Texas Christian University
Learn More About TBRI
Trust-Based Relational Intervention is at the heart of Families are Forever courses. In this FREE Introductory Course you’ll discover the beginnings of TBRI, the benefits of a trauma-informed approach, and how this knowledge can assist in the healing process for a child with a history of trauma.