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October 7, 2025 22 mins

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Join Ken and Michelle as they discuss the three main principles of Trust-based Relational Intervention  (TBRI)® : Empowering, Connecting and Correcting. TBRI®  was developed in 1999 by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross. In 2018, Michelle was trained as a TBRI® Practitioner at The Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development in Fort Worth, Texas.  

From the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development website: 

"TBRI® is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI® uses Empowering Principles to address physical needs, Connecting Principles for attachment needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI® is connection". 

“When you connect to the heart of a child, everything is possible.”

– Dr. Karyn Purvis 


RESOURCES:

TBRI® Website:

https://child.tcu.edu/about-us/tbri/#sthash.PFd3D9hW.dpbs

Video on TBRI®:

https://youtu.be/FWScSJKjn1A?si=ODaxJW1IrEnLxYrK

Putting the Pieces Together: TBRI® Overview

https://youtu.be/T43zJDgTNPA?si=2LifCJDRd0VgM70_

TBRI® Articles:

https://child.tcu.edu/resources/articles/#sthash.mdq0bUEN.dpbs

The TBRI® Podcast:

https://child.tcu.edu/podcast/#sthash.M9fp67Bw.dpbs

The Connected Child Book: (Michelle also recommends The Connected Parent and The Connected Therapist)

https://www.amazon.com/Connected-Child-healing-adoptive-family/dp/0071475001/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1489416417&sr=1-1

Find a TBRI® Practitioner in your area:

https://myols.net/kpicd/user-directory/practitioner

Sponsored by the Idaho Children's Trust Fund
https://idahochildrenstrustfund.org/

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