Training Description: This training offers an intensive learning experience about how to teach the 3-Day Basic Risking Connection (RC) training based on the Risking Connection curriculum within your system, agency, or school. Organizations must first meet requirements for adopting RC as a training model and then may send selected staff to be trained as RC … Read the Entire Article »
The Restorative Approach™ is a trauma-informed alternative to traditional “point and level” systems for child congregate care settings. Based on modern brain science, attachment theory, and the principles of restorative justice, it answers the question, “Now that I understand how trauma affects children, what should I actually do on Monday?” Presenter: Patricia Wilcox, LCSW. Creator … Read the Entire Article »
Exciting news! TSI announces the completion of the Risking Connection© (RC) Training Curriculum for Foster Parents. This curriculum is consistent with Sidran and TSI’s philosophy of adapting the original RC model for various professional populations. Following publication of the original RC for professionals working with adult trauma survivors, RC has been adapted for use with child-serving providers, faith … Read the Entire Article »
By Julianne Torrence, Connecticut Junior Republic When we first met Juan, he was living in and thriving at NAFI Connecticut’s Dover Road therapeutic group home. NAFI had fully embraced the Risking Connections model, and Dover Road and Juan were living proof. Through their hard work, Jose had made friends, had healthy relationships with staff, was … Read the Entire Article »
By Pat Wilcox Exciting news! TSI announces the completion of the Risking Connection© (RC) Training Curriculum for Foster Parents. This curriculum is consistent with Sidran and TSI’s philosophy of adapting the original RC model for various professional populations. Following publication of the original RC for professionals working with adult trauma survivors, RC has been adapted for use with … Read the Entire Article »
March 20, 2012; 3-4:30 pm (EST); 12-1:30 (PST) Breaking the Cycle: Working with Trauma Survivor Parents Pat Wilcox, LCSW; Vice-President, Klingberg Family Centers; RC Faculty member Distance Learning Webinars — Brochure and Reg 2012(3)
The distance learning webinars for RC Associate Trainers who live outside the northeast US provide continued learning about RC concepts and training as well as topics related to trauma-informed care. The events also aim to build a community, nationally and internationally, of RC Trainers and programs who have adopted the RC approach. These events are … Read the Entire Article »
Here We Go Again — Teaching About and Working with Re-enactment Steve Brown, Psy.D. — Coordinator, RC Training Program;,Director, Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg; RC Faculty Anyone who has worked closely with trauma survivor clients knows that trauma re-enactments are an inevitable part of the work. We can’t avoid being drawn into replaying some of … Read the Entire Article »
Risking Connection is a curriculum-based training program created to provide mental health and human service professionals with a philosophy and method for working with clients who are survivors of childhood abuse and trauma. The 3-Day Basic Training is based on the curriculum, Risking Connection: A Training Curriculum for Working With Survivors of Childhood Abuse (Saakvitne, … Read the Entire Article »
On the Cutting Edge: Neurofeedback and Trauma Treatment Robert Davis, Psy.D; Director, Brain Analysis and Neurodevelopment Center; Director, Perkins Neurotherapy Center; RC Faculty Member Neurofeedback is an individually-tailored assessment and treatment method to systematically change an individual’s brain patterns to those associated with more positive physical, emotional, and cognitive states. Similar to traditional biofeedback treatment, … Read the Entire Article »
The Traumatic Stress Institute is a division of Klingberg Family Centers
