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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, supporting, and educating children with significant trauma histories can feel overwhelming — and at times, impossible. But it doesn't have to stay that way. Through dynamic speaking engagements, Kim meets schools, adoption and foster care agencies, faith communities, and child-serving professionals exactly where they are — both virtually and in person — bringing the kind of energy, authenticity, and hard-won wisdom that doesn't just inform, it transforms. Whether you're a foster parent in the thick of it, an educator searching for answers, a counselor seeking fresh inspiration, or a congregation stepping into the beautiful complexity of caring for vulnerable children, you can expect to leave fully engaged, deeply heard, and genuinely validated — with practical tools and renewed hope you can carry into your work the very next day.
1. How to Love An Alien
If you've ever looked at the child in your home, classroom or office and thought, I have no idea how to reach them — this presentation was made for you.
Designed for adoptive and foster parents, relative caregivers, and educators, How to Love an Alien speaks directly to the exhausting, heartbreaking reality of loving a child whose behaviors feel impossible to understand — let alone manage. Lying, defiance, gorging, stealing, aggression, self-harm, sexual acting out, and explosive transitions don't just disrupt a classroom or a household. They sometimes disrupt everything — relationships, placements, families, and futures.
Children who carry these behaviors are often labeled with diagnoses like Reactive Attachment Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, or Intermittent Explosive Disorder. And while Kim — a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 29 years of clinical experience — acknowledges that these diagnoses and medications have their place, she believes something deeper is almost always at the root: a child who has never known what it feels like to be truly safe, securely loved, and genuinely connected to a healthy adult.
This presentation doesn't just explain the why behind the behavior — it gives you a real path forward.
You'll leave equipped to build an authentic relationship with your child, to see them rather than their behaviors, and to create the kind of emotional connection, trust, and secure attachment that a child can actually feel. Because when a child finally feels safe enough to believe they are loved — everything begins to change.
2. Become Your Alien's Expert
Nobody knows your child the way you do. Not the therapist who sees them for an hour each week. Not the caseworker juggling a full caseload. Not the specialist who reviewed their file. You — the foster parent, the adoptive parent, the kinship caregiver, the teacher who shows up for them every single day — you hold insights, observations, and lived experiences that no clinical setting could ever fully capture.
This empowering presentation is designed to help parents, caregivers, and educators recognize and fully own the irreplaceable role they play in a child's healing. You are not just a bystander in the process — you are the expert. And it's time you started showing up like one.
Through this training, you'll build the confidence and the voice to advocate fiercely for your child, communicate effectively with the professionals on their team, and educate others on what this specific child truly needs to thrive. You'll leave not just encouraged, but activated — ready to step into your role as the most important, most informed, most powerful person in that child's corner.
Because when caregivers and educators fully step into their expertise, children don't just get better support — they get a real chance at a different story.
