If you are a part of Summit Church and you are caring for a foster child, we have compiled some resources to help support you and your family.  If you would like more information on the resources that are available through our Wrap-Around Ministry, please contact us.


Resources for Parenting Kids from Hard Places

Trust Based Relational Intervention

Toxic Stress and the Brain

The Importance of Attachment

What is Trust-Based Relational Intervention


Must Read

The Connected Child, by Karyn Purvis, David Cross and Wendy Sunshine

The Whole-Brain Child, by Daniel Siegel and Mary Hartzel


Also Helpful

On Understanding Trauma

Anatomy of the Soul, Curt Thompson

The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

On the Effects of Substance Abuse

The Mystery of Risk, Ira J. Chasnoff, M.D.

 

 

On Adoption

After They are Yours, Brian Borgman

Adopted for Life, Russell D. Moore

Twenty Things Adopted Kids wish their Adoptive Parents Knew, Sherrie Eldridge

Reclaiming Adoption, Dan Cruver, Editor

On Understanding Sensory Issues

The Out of Sync Child, Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.

 

 On Foster Care

The Beauty and Brokenness of Foster Care, Jason Johnson