Trust-Based Relational Intervention® Caregiver Training

The Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing invites foster and adoptive caregivers to attend a virtual workshop on Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®). TBRI® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children.

TBRI® Caregiver Training will be implemented over eight two-hour sessions. Registrants are encouraged to attend all 8 days to receive full insight.

Certificates for each day of completion will be provided.

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop skills to use practical tools to support children by learning the Principles and Strategies of TBRI® and how to apply them in daily interactions.
2. Learn to use Empowering Principles to address physical needs.
3. Learn to use Connecting Principles to meet attachment needs.
4. Learn to use Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors.

Module Dates and Times:

Module 1: Impact of Trauma on Development

• Friday April 10th, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Nicole Washington

Module 2: The Attachment Cycle

• Friday April 17th, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Nicole Washington

Module 3: Connecting Principle – Mindfulness Awareness

• Friday May 1, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Nicole Washington

Module 4: Connecting Principle – Engagement Strategies

• Friday May 15, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Nicole Washington

Module 5: Empowering Principle – Physiological Strategies

• Thursday July 9, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Nicole Washington

Module 6: Empowering Principle – Ecological Strategies

• Thursday July 23, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Nicole Washington

Module 7: Correcting Principle – Proactive Strategies

• Tuesday August 4, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Jenna Williams

Module 8: Correcting Principle – Responsive Strategies

• Tuesday August 11, 9:00-11:00am
• Instructor: Jenna Williams

Meet Our Instructors:

Jenna Williams is a committed educator with over 20 years of experience in the education sector, focusing on program development, human behavior, and performance. Jenna is dedicated to transforming how schools engage with and support students.

Nicole Washington is a professional trainer on trauma with over 20 years of experience in the child welfare system. Currently, Nicole provides trauma informed and research based trainings to staff, and foster, adoptive and kinship parents.