Hope for the Journey Conference
Appalachian Family Outreach is serving as a host site for the Hope for the Journey Conference for 2021. We are excited to offer this to area adoptive parents FREE of charge.
"The adoption journey does not end on the day a child is welcomed home; in fact, the journey is just beginning. Children impacted by adoption and/or foster care have often experienced early attachment injuries related to loss, abuse, trauma, and/or neglect. There is hope and help, though. Whether you are in the adoption process, have welcomed a child home through adoption, or are loving and serving well children through foster care, you are not alone.
Show Hope’s Hope for the Journey Conference seeks to encourage and better equip parents and caregivers meeting the everyday needs of children impacted by adoption and/or foster care. The conference remains low-cost, high-impact as Show Hope also works to resource churches, agencies, and other organizations as they support and equip the families, caregivers, and the communities they serve. With the busy parent and caregiver in mind, the Hope for the Journey Conference will move to a one-day format, making the conference more accessible to this audience with information being practical, succinct, and consumable in its delivery. Structurally, the Hope for the Journey Conference will include five high-level learning modules based on the foundational principles of Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) along with a new teaching component, The Gospel + TBRI. Embedded within each learning module will be a “Going Deeper” teaching video on a select topic, and also included will be two practical, encouraging “Practical Perspectives” videos featuring the voices of adult adoptees as well as adoptive and foster families. "
"The adoption journey does not end on the day a child is welcomed home; in fact, the journey is just beginning. Children impacted by adoption and/or foster care have often experienced early attachment injuries related to loss, abuse, trauma, and/or neglect. There is hope and help, though. Whether you are in the adoption process, have welcomed a child home through adoption, or are loving and serving well children through foster care, you are not alone.
Show Hope’s Hope for the Journey Conference seeks to encourage and better equip parents and caregivers meeting the everyday needs of children impacted by adoption and/or foster care. The conference remains low-cost, high-impact as Show Hope also works to resource churches, agencies, and other organizations as they support and equip the families, caregivers, and the communities they serve. With the busy parent and caregiver in mind, the Hope for the Journey Conference will move to a one-day format, making the conference more accessible to this audience with information being practical, succinct, and consumable in its delivery. Structurally, the Hope for the Journey Conference will include five high-level learning modules based on the foundational principles of Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) along with a new teaching component, The Gospel + TBRI. Embedded within each learning module will be a “Going Deeper” teaching video on a select topic, and also included will be two practical, encouraging “Practical Perspectives” videos featuring the voices of adult adoptees as well as adoptive and foster families. "
Who? Any adoptive parents or potential adoptive parents in the East TN community. Space is limited but we are happy to offer this as an event for anyone in the adoptive community including future adoptive parents. We will have limited childcare spots available and will offer activities for your children while you participate in the conference.
When? Day 1: April 17, 2021 1:00pm-5:00pm. AND
Day 2: April 24, 2021 1:00pm-5:00pm
Both days offer different modules, we are just breaking it down into two days. When you sign up, we encourage you to attend both days. Snacks and childcare provided.
Where? This is being offered in two different ways: 1) an in-person simulcast at Appalachian Family Outreach located at the Impact Center 337 Carter St. Bluff City, TN, or 2) an online simulcast from your own home or desired location.
SCHEDULE
Day 1: Saturday April 17
Learning Module 1: An Introduction to Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)
“Going Deeper” topic to include the importance of understanding ACES.
Learning Module 2: Connecting Principles
“Going Deeper” topic to explore biological and adoptive sibling dynamics.
Day 2: Saturday April 24
Learning Module 3: Empowering Principles
“Going Deeper” topic to unpack the need to acknowledge one’s own limitations and implement self care strategies as a care provider.
Learning Module 4: Correcting Principles
“Going Deeper” topic featuring a discussion of the challenges to and importance of finding rhythms to promote unity as parents during the day-to-day.
Learning Modules 5: TBRI and the Gospel
“Going Deeper” topic to discuss the relational nature of God and the incarnation of Jesus as foundational cornerstones informing the efficacy of TBRI.
Sign up below or email us @ gmello@appfamily.org for more info
When? Day 1: April 17, 2021 1:00pm-5:00pm. AND
Day 2: April 24, 2021 1:00pm-5:00pm
Both days offer different modules, we are just breaking it down into two days. When you sign up, we encourage you to attend both days. Snacks and childcare provided.
Where? This is being offered in two different ways: 1) an in-person simulcast at Appalachian Family Outreach located at the Impact Center 337 Carter St. Bluff City, TN, or 2) an online simulcast from your own home or desired location.
SCHEDULE
Day 1: Saturday April 17
Learning Module 1: An Introduction to Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)
“Going Deeper” topic to include the importance of understanding ACES.
Learning Module 2: Connecting Principles
“Going Deeper” topic to explore biological and adoptive sibling dynamics.
Day 2: Saturday April 24
Learning Module 3: Empowering Principles
“Going Deeper” topic to unpack the need to acknowledge one’s own limitations and implement self care strategies as a care provider.
Learning Module 4: Correcting Principles
“Going Deeper” topic featuring a discussion of the challenges to and importance of finding rhythms to promote unity as parents during the day-to-day.
Learning Modules 5: TBRI and the Gospel
“Going Deeper” topic to discuss the relational nature of God and the incarnation of Jesus as foundational cornerstones informing the efficacy of TBRI.
Sign up below or email us @ gmello@appfamily.org for more info
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WHAT WE DO
Faith Based Professional Family Services in Northeast Tennessee
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Initially founded in February of 2000 as Family Consultants, Appalachian Family Outreach has served hundreds of East Tennessee households with counseling, adoption, foster care, maternity services, and other forms of assistance since its inception.
AFO is a faith-based ministry that extends across denominational lines to provide care, treatment, and training for the relief of children, adults, and families who are distressed, conflicted, or otherwise in need of care. |
Appalachian Family Outreach, Inc., is identified as a 501 c 3 non-profit organization by the Internal Revenue Service and in this regard, donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Appalachian Family Outreach is registered as a not-for-profit corporation in the State of Tennessee and is registered as a charity with the office of the Tennessee Secretary of State.
The child-placing programs of AFO are licensed by the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. |
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We would love to help on your journeyWe are passionate about adoption and adoption related issues. We believe that each situation is unique, therefore the needs are different for each case. If we feel we are unable to provide you with quality services to meet your particular needs, we will refer you to someone who can better meet your needs. We want to work together with hopeful adoptive parents, attorneys, parents considering adoption for their child, and other agencies in order to make the process of adoption as positive as possible.
If you just need a listening ear during an adoption, if you need a home study, or if you are pregnant and unsure of where to turn, we would love to talk to you with no strings attached! |
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Appalachian Family Outreach
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING! Please note our new address below.
Address: 100 E. F. St. Elizabethton, Tennessee 37643
We are located through the back entrance of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Elizabethton, TN at the corner of S. Roan St. and E. F. St.
Address: 100 E. F. St. Elizabethton, Tennessee 37643
We are located through the back entrance of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Elizabethton, TN at the corner of S. Roan St. and E. F. St.
Telephone: (423) 833-7317