TBRI® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI® is connection.
A foundation of TBRI® concepts is important for further understanding; therefore, the TBRI®: Introduction & Overview is a pre-requisite for any of the other courses (Empowering, Connecting and Correcting). Once the initial TBRI® Introduction & Overview class is completed, families may complete the other sessions in any order.
Session 1: TBRI® Introduction & Overview*
In this class, we will:
- Lay a foundation for insight
- Create a practical framework for intervention and application
- Enhance understanding regarding
- Interpreting behavior
- Responding appropriately with the TBRI® Principles (Empowering, Connecting, and Correcting)
*This is a prerequisite and must be completed before taking any additional sessions.
Session 2: TBRI® Empowering Principles
In this session, we will go in-depth with the Empowering Principle of TBRI® to address physical needs. We will do this by:
- Creating a framework for practical intervention
- Enhancing our understanding regarding
- Internal roots of children’s behavior
- Sensory Processing Disorder
- How to interpret and respond to children’s behavior with Physiological and Ecological Strategies
Session 3: TBRI® Connecting Principles
In this session, we’ll take a closer look at the Connecting Principles of TBRI. Participants will:
- Gain knowledge & insight about secure attachment and insecure attachment
- Gain awareness about our own attachment history
- Learn ways to build a secure connection with children from hard places
- Learn proactive strategies to empower children with behavior tools
Session 4: TBRI® Correcting Principles
In this session, we will dive deeper into the TBRI® Correcting Principles. Participants will:
- Lay the foundation for understanding:
- The balance between structure and nurture (and the need for both!)
- Proactive Strategies (taught in times of calm and alertness) and Responsive Strategies (used in response to challenging behaviors)
- TBRI® IDEAL Response
- TBRI® Levels of Response
