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Lively. Supportive. Relatable. Enlightening.
...These are just a few words of the words used to describe Kim's events.
In-Person & Virtual Training
Parenting and educating children with significant trauma histories can feel overwhelming—and at times, impossible. Through therapy, parent coaching, and dynamic speaking engagements, Kim connects both virtually and in person in ways that energize, empower, and restore hope. Whether you are seeking support for your own journey or learning alongside others, you can expect to be fully engaged, deeply heard, and genuinely validated—while gaining practical tools you can use right away.
1. How to Love An Alien
This presentation is based off Kim's new book How to Love An Alien and designed to support adoptive/foster parents and educators who are experiencing severe behaviors including lying, gorging, defiance, stealing, self-mutilation, sexual acting out, aggression, and transition issues at home or in the classroom. These behaviors can often lead to disrupted adoptions, numerous foster placements, and chaotic classrooms.
Children with these trying behaviors are often diagnosed with severe mental health disorders such as Reactive Attachment Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Bi-Polar Disorder, and Intermittent Explosive Disorder. As a clinician for over 29 years, Kim believes that there are true situations that support these diagnoses and medication, many of these behaviors/diagnoses can be a symptom of the true issue: not having a safe, secure and true attachment with a healthy adult and/or a broken attachment with a current or primary caregiver.
Parents, caregivers, educators, and professionals will learn how to build their relationship with their child, specifically focusing on the child as a whole rather than his/her behavior. Participants will leave knowing how to build emotional connection, trust and ultimately forming a healthy, loving and secure attachment that is experienced by the child.
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2. Become Your Alien's Expert
This program focuses on empowering foster/kinship/adoptive parents and educators to recognize that they can and do serve as their child’s expert! Participants will learn that they have insights and experiences unique to their children’s experience, that could never be captured in a counseling session once a week! Parents and Educator’s are led through a training to help build their confidence and voice so that they may represent, educate and share with other’s on how best to care for their child(ren)/students.
