When I reflect on my own childhood, I am aware of the high level of trauma and attachment issues that were present for me. Now as a parent of four beautiful children and one grandaughter, I am amazed at how much my connection, attachment, and relationship with them is flourishing, thanks to TBRI® (Trust-Based Relational Intervention®)

If you decide to become a foster parent with us here at Immerse, we ensure that you are well equipped, trained, and supported by Immerse to provide a loving, nurturing, and healing home for our children from hard places. Our coaching and training team assist with providing practical tools and strategies for foster parents, parents, caregivers, teachers, or anyone who works directly with children, to help with challenging behaviours. TBRI® is a holistic, attachment-based, evidence-based, and trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. Our training team unpack the principles of Empowering (to address physical needs), Connecting (to meet attachment needs), Correcting (to disarm fear-based behaviours), plus the impact of cultural and intergenerational trauma. The framework is based on years of research into attachment, trauma, and neuroscience.

Many children who have experienced trauma can often have changes in their bodies, brains, behaviours, and belief systems. Children impacted by trauma need a holistic caregiving approach and strategies that will meet their unique needs which are often communicated with behaviours such as screaming, whining, and bedtime terrors. Children from hard places often suffer from sensory overload or sensory issues as well. The majority of us have experienced a certain level of trauma, loss, or attachment difficulties in some form during our lifetime. These can cause us to dysregulate, withdraw, isolate, and effectively force us into our “survival” or “primitive” brain, where our fight, flight, freeze or fawn responses live. Applying the right approaches, strategies, and therapy repetitively, in an appropriate environment, enables new neuro pathways to form in the brain, allowing new positive behaviours to emerge, and overall healing for our children and adults. The team and I here at Immerse, would love to help you on your journey to contributing to positively changing the lives of others.

For more information about Immerse and becoming a foster parent visit our website: www.immerse.org.nz or email: info@immerse.org.nz