About Community Engagement & Training
Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) operates with a strategic commitment to support and empower like-minded organizations and groups by sharing expertise and training. Through the partnership between MCH and the Karyn Purvis Institute for Child Development (KPICD) and the designation as a TBRI Ambassador Organization, MCH offers the following training opportunities. (Classes are offered in person and if a virtual option is desired, please include this in your request for more information.) Interested community partners can register for trainings using these instructions.
Connected Curriculum
With the permission of the KPICD, MCH has created and can deliver more general TBRI introductions through the Connected Curriculum:
1. Connected Caregivers
2. Connected Congregations
3. Connected Classrooms
TBRI Caregiver Package
Module 1: Impact of Trauma on Development
Module 2: The Attachment Cycle
Module 3: TBRI Connecting Principles: Mindful Awareness
Module 4: TBRI Connecting Principles: Engagement Strategies
Module 5: TBRI Empowering Principles: Physiological Strategies
Module 6: TBRI Empowering Principles: Ecological Strategies
Module 7: TBRI Correcting Principles: Proactive Strategies
Module 8: TBRI Correcting Principles: Responsive Strategies
Module 9: TBRI Nurture Groups
Other Available Trainings
1. Satori Alternatives to Managing Aggression (SAMA) and De-Escalation Training
2. Nurturing Parenting
3. Circle of Security
4. Caregiver Empowerment and Post-Adoption Strategies
5. Other topics relevant to those working in residential/foster placement, childcare or adoption, including:
• TBRI & Food
• TBRI & Nurture Groups
• TBRI & SAMA Working Hand-in-Hand
Resources & Downloads
Community Partner Training Registration
Training Hub via Syberworks MCH Academy
Map/Directions to MCH Training Room in Waco
MCH Community Engagement & Training Flyer Handout
John Warren (MDiv, LCCA), Community Engagement and Training Specialist, is the primary contact person who will help meet agencies’ training and educational needs and can connect partners with many other experienced experts at MCH. For more information, email jwarren@mch.org or call (254) 750-1326.