Love begins by taking care of the closest ones.. the ones at home"
-Mother Teresa
A big part of the heart of TruLight127 is to support children in Kinship Homes.
Trulight’s mission is to care for the hurting children of the world. A lot of what we do is to place children in foster care with families that we have trained to care for their basic needs while also helping them heal from trauma.
Sometimes a child is put into foster care, but then placed with a family member: grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, cousins or close family friends. This is called a Kinship or Fictive Kin Placement.
Sometimes a child’s biological parents are asked by the courts to complete trauma training in order to avoid having their child(ren) placed into foster care.
At TruLight127 Ministries, we want to support families in any way we can. We provide support to both kinship foster placements as well as extensive trauma-informed education to biological parents.
For generations, extended families have played significant roles in rearing children when parents are having a difficult time. This is called Kinship Care by Child Protective Services (CPS).
These are relatives and other people who the child or family have a significant relationship can often provide children with stability when they can't live with their birth parents.
Kinship caregivers are not given the same kind of support that foster families are given. They are often left struggling for resources.
We want to support that family as much as we can so that the children placed there can stay in a stable family environment. We provide resources, trainings, and often license them so that they can receive the support that they need.
TruLight127 Ministries offers an extensive Trauma Informed Care and TBRI training for biological families and kinship foster placements.
Learn about the subjects covered through this course.
What's included in our TRBI program?
Trauma Training for Biological Families:
TruLight127 Ministries offers an extensive Trauma Informed Care and TBRI training for biological families and kinship foster placements.
The program for biological parents and kinship caregivers is six weeks long and includes follow up case management services to graduates of this training course.
1)CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Educates and informs the participant on the topic of trauma. The module defines trauma and complex trauma. It educates on the physical, mental, and emotional reactions to traumatic events as well as educating the participant on the long-term effects of trauma on children.
This module introduces the student to the TBRI method as a positive intervention in the lives of children suffering from trauma.
2)TRUST-BASED RELATIONAL INTERVENTION
Defines for the participant exactly what TBRI is and it addresses the importance of building trust and the importance of attachment in infancy.
Module 2 introduces the participant to the term, “Children from hard places” and makes the connection between the effectiveness of the TBRI method and children who have suffered traumatic experiences.
Module two lays the foundation of TBRI by exploring the basic principles of empowering, connecting, and correcting.
3)FELT SAFETY & EMPOWERING PRINCIPLES
Defines “felt safety” and the importance of “felt safety” in the healing process of children overcoming trauma.
Module 3 gives the participant tangible ways to create an environment of felt safety within the home and within the hearts and minds of their children.
It delves more deeply into the principle of empowering and illustrates the importance of empowering our children. It explores the Empowering Strategies through giving definitions and examples of both Physiological and Ecological Strategies that can be utilized to empower children.
4)CONNECTING PRINCIPLES
Introduces the participant to the connecting principles of the TBRI method. It stresses the importance of understanding the different types of attachment in children and the skills of attachment.
It gives the participant important and “real life” ways to connect with and engage their children using TBRI engagement strategies. Module 4 stresses the importance of being present and spending quality time with our children.
5)CORRECTING PRINCIPLES
The Ideal Response: Guides the participants through the IDEAL Response method of correction in TBRI. This module highlights the skills necessary for the method to work. It takes the participant step by step through the process and gives real life scenarios.
The fifth module also goes through a list of family rules that reinforces that fact that all family members are to be honored, respected, and loved.
Requirements:
- Relatives and other people who the child or family have a significant relationship
- Can provide children with stability when they can't live with their birth parents.
FOLLOW UP & CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Each graduate of the Parenting Tender Hearts Program will be assigned a Case Manager who will come to their home and complete a Home Assessment.
The assessment a look into family resources, structure of the home, and will decide how often a Case Manager will need to visit the family.
Case Management Service are available for the family for up to 2 years. We ask that the family engage in the services for a minimum of six months with the children in the home for that period of time.
6)TBRI IN THE REAL WORLD
Overcoming Barriers and Obstacles: Discusses TBRI in the real world. Things go wrong, we have good days and bad, and sometimes we encounter barriers to success in life.
Module 6 also tackles the delicate and sometimes painful discussion regarding trauma in the lives of parents and how that trauma can affect the way that we interact with our children. Module 6 offers insight into ways to improve overall health and a parent and how to heal from past hurts.
The program for biological parents and kinship caregivers is six weeks long and includes follow up case management services to graduates of this training course.
What Are the Benefits of Kinship Care?
- Provides love and care in a familiar setting
- Provides parents with a sense of hope that children will remain connected to their birth families
- Enables children to live with people they know and trust
- Reinforces a child's sense of cultural identity and positive self-esteem
- Helps a child make and sustain extended family connections
- Continues lifelong family traditions and memories
- Supports the child in building healthy relationships within the family
- Supports the child's need for safety and well-being;
- Creates a sense of stability in the life of a child
TruLight127 Ministries is a 501 (c)(3) foster-to-adopt agency licensed in the State of Texas.
Trulight supports families as much as they can so that the children placed there can stay in a stable family environment.
Trulight127 Ministries supports foster children and foster families by opening Trulight Youth Village, the first emergency shelter for foster kids in Guadalupe County.
It provides specialized training to license foster and adoptive families while offering guidance and support to help foster and kinship families provide a nurturing home for abused or neglected children, empowering and equipping individuals, and getting them the support they need.
Program areas at Trulight127 Ministries
Providing specialized training to license foster and adoptive families.
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Push continues for more ‘kinship families’ to take in related children removed from their homes.
Kinship placements cut down on trauma, allow child to feel connected, safe in a community they know.
That’s why kinship families are strongly encouraged to get licensed, which can also pull in extra benefits.
We are urging others to become kinship families, if that opportunity is presented to them.
Don’t be afraid to step out of the comfort zone.
Even if we’re just a part of his life for a few months, it’s going to all be worth it in the end to know we gave him that chance and that opportunity.
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