This is the rest of the story of our journey with our dear Polish friends. We spent three days of training foster parents, therapists and trainers on our trauma informed series. There were 33 participants from all over the country. They loved the Trust Based Relational information - the work of Dr. Karyn Purvis and colleagues, that we we integrated into the three day series.
Here are pictures from a week we will remember....
Discussing a group activity.
Everyone jumps in to contribute to the activity on child development.
This group is discussing their presentation for the last day
Not sure what I am doing here....sometimes candid shots are not that complimentary.
Ania, the 19 year old daughter of Jurek and Edyta, foster parents, was indispensable for the week. We hesitated to have a need because she would move to meet it immediately.
The workshop was full of opportunities to process the trauma information.
Jumping to answer a question and winning Wounded Children Healing Homes in Polish.
David's contribution in the workshop was invaluable. His insight and depth of knowledge in this area was so helpful to everyone.
Our group...and we hope to see them again.....
Nothing of this magnitude happens without leadership. Joanna is the executive director of "Koalicja na rzecz Rodzinnej Opieki Zastępczej" - a coalition of foster parent associations around Poland. Thank you Joanna for the opportunity to share.
Our time in Poland is over for now, but we will continue to work with them on several projects...just hoping also to get back there and see those beautiful children (see blog entry below)....
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