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Give Your Child Shared Power

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis explains the importance of sharing appropriate levels of power with children from hard places in order to help them learn to trust and to heal. This video is part of the...

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Give Your Child Nurture

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about why children from hard places need high levels of nurture, and how parents can best provide it. This video is part of the Insights and Gifts video series, which...

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Give Your Child Voice

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis explains the importance of giving voice to children from hard places and how parents can do that. This video is part of the Insights and Gifts video series, which includes a...

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Create a Balance of Nurture & Structure

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis explains why children from hard places need a balance of both nurture and structure in order to feel safe, develop trust and heal. This video is part of the Insights and Gifts...

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Embrace the Complex Needs of Your Child

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis encourages parents to remain mindful of the complex needs of children from hard places. This video is part of the Insights and Gifts video series, which includes a small group...

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Expect Long-Term Challenges

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis talks honestly about the need for adoptive and foster parents to expect trauma responses from child that come from hard places. While long-term challenges of various kinds...

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Be Fully Present

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about the importance of proximity, healty touch and gentle eye contact for children from hard places. This video is part of the Insights and Gifts video series, which...

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Provide Familiarity and Continuity

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis encourages adoptive and foster parents to provide familiarity and continuity for their new child, including familiar foods and smells, elements of their native language and...

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Simplify Your Life

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about the need for adoptive and foster parents to simplify their lives in dramatic ways in order to help their children adjust, build trust and develop a strong...

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Explore Your Expectations

Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about the importance of parents exploring their expectations and motivations, as well as the impact that their own history can have when parenting children from hard...

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