Nevada

Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) Caregiver Training includes the four modules of TBRI® training. Each is six hours in length. The Complete TBRI® Caregiver Training Series includes:

• Introduction and Overview: This initial course will focus on understanding the meaning of child behaviors, the brain chemistry of a child from a hard place, and how to help children who have experienced trauma (and your family) heal and connect. Participants will learn tools they can put into action with their children immediately.
• Connecting Principles: Offering an in-depth look at connection and attachment and how to help children (and your family) heal.
• Empowering Principles: Providing an in-depth look at ways to empower your children physiologically, with sensory processing tools and information, and ecological strategies with self-regulation tools and ideas.
• Correcting Principles: Providing an in-depth look at correction and discipline techniques that are effective with children from hard places.

UPCOMING TBRI® CAREGIVER TRAINING:

• NV Family Support Events

Learn more about the TBRI® model here.

Once a family has completed the TBRI® training series, they become eligible to receive short-term personalized in-home coaching, providing hands-on guidance to help caregivers implement TBRI® strategies effectively in their home.

To get connected to the program, please fill out a referral here

Upon completion of the TBRI® training series, families are encouraged to participate in monthly Implementation & Connection Groups. The goal of these groups is to ensure ongoing support, training, group coaching, and networking for families. A TBRI® Practitioner will facilitate monthly support groups in each region served.

Learn more about our upcoming Implementation & Connection Groups here.

Raise the Future continues to offer training courses for families and professionals through in-person and web-based learning platforms. Training topics focus on issues related to permanency, trauma, attachment, behavioral and developmental challenges, educational needs, and more. Click here to see the on demand and recorded classes available on our website.

Raise the Future, in partnership with the Clark County Department of Family Services, provides the Foster Parent Pre-Service Licensing Training to all individuals who intend to become licensed foster parents. The training consists of 7 sessions and is offered in weekly cohorts, quarterly in an expedited format, and in English well as in Spanish. The training prepares prospective foster parents in the areas of loss and grief, understanding the trauma kids experience, addressing behaviors and sexual safety, and how to best support teens and youth who are represented in the LGBTQIA+ community, all with an emphasis on reunification being the ultimate goal for kids experiencing the foster care system. Participants are equipped with hands on trauma-healing tools to best support children in their care who have experienced relational trauma, this training also supports their individuals growth and provides interventions to create the safest and most welcoming home. Pre-Service training and relationships built throughout the course then become a bridge for families to feel supported to one another and to stay connected with Raise the Future for additional support services as they begin and navigate their fostering journey.

Raise the Future connects families to additional community resources and services available statewide. Resources include mental health providers, special education resources, child development information, services to support behavioral needs, support groups, and more.

For more information, contact us.

After attending the TBRI® training series, professionals in our service area may access customized consultation. A TBRI® Practitioner will provide hands-on guidance to address challenges, clarify related case plan goals, improve staff recognition and response to trauma in children and families, and other areas as it relates to the application of TBRI® principles. We also offer monthly virtual professional consultation tailored to meet your needs.

Register for our next Professional Consultation here.

Raise the Future has collaborated with the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development (KPICD) at Texas Christian University to co-create video conversations about a variety of TBRI®-related topics. These conversations employ the expertise and experiences of KPICD and Raise the Future team members to highlight and discuss TBRI® in action. The videos range from 3 to 40 minutes in length and are intended to support continued learning and implementation of TBRI® following completion of the TBRI® Caregiver Training Series. Click here to access the videos.

The Lending Library was created to deliver information and knowledge to parents and professionals working with children who need extra support. It's an easy-to-use format where patrons can check out up to three items at a time for up to six weeks. Postage is included to return the items free of charge. The lending library is available to residents across the country.

For more information, please visit our website or contact us.

Family Support Services sends its monthly newsletter to families and professionals. The current edition of our Clark County newsletter is available here. (View the Washoe County/rural regions version of the newsletter here.)

A Child’s Dream: Private adoption agency offering orientation, home studies, matching and placement

• Las Vegas: 702-399-3274

Adoption Choices of Nevada: Private adoption agency offering orientation, home studies, matching and placement

• Las Vegas: 702-474-4673
• Reno: 775-825-4673
• Elko: 775-738-4673
• Carson City: 775-884-4673

Loving Hearts: Private adoption agency offering orientation, home studies, matching and placement

• Las Vegas: 702-385-3351
  

Open Arms Adoption: Private adoption agency offering orientation, home studies, matching and placement

• Las Vegas: 702-732-0307

Premier Adoption Agency: Domestic and international adoption, home studies and post-placement services

• Mesquite: 1-800-876-0187

Nevada Department of Health & Human Services Division of Child & Family Services: Information and resources for adoption in Nevada

Clark County Department of Family Services (DFS): Foster care information sessions

Child Find: Resources and trainings

Child Welfare Information Gateway: Resources and Information including background information on adoptive children, foster care parents considering adoption, adoption and the stages of development, etc.

Eagle Quest – Providing Quality Behavioral Healthcare (eaglequestservices.org): Providing quality Behavioral Healthcare and Treatment Foster Care

Foster Connect: Resources for foster and adoptive families for emotional, spiritual, and practical support

Fostering Hope: Foster and adoptive resources

Have a Heart Washoe: County-specific information on becoming an adoptive or foster caregiver

North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC): Adoption resources and information

Olive Crest: Information on fostering, foster to adopt, Operation Independence

Quality Parenting Initiative: Advanced training for foster and adoptive parents

SAFY of Nevada: Works with families across service systems to enhance their capacity to care for and protect their children

Tapestry Books: Literary source for adoptive families, birth families, adoptees and adoption professionals

Aging Out Institute: Resources and strategies that help youth age out of foster care and into adulthood successfully

Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA): Volunteers that are well-trained and speak in court to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children.

Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth: Shelter, food, clothing, hygiene supplies, support for homeless youth in Las Vegas

HELP of Southern Nevada's Shannon West Homeless Youth Center: Services for at-risk youth who are homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless

Tahoe Youth and Family Services: Mental health services, emergency shelter, rapid rehousing program, transitional living program

Rite Of Passage: Evidence-based, trauma-responsive programs and services as well as direct resources for youth and families

Hannah's Closet North: Resource center for foster and adoptive families to receive clothing, toys, and other items that are needed for their children

Las Vegas Rescue Mission: Basic needs such as free clothing, daily essentials, hygiene kits, showers

Lutheran Social Services: Food services, SNAP, Medicaid Nevada check-up, celebration programs, back to school program

Project 150: Clothing and food for Clark County High School students and their families

Three Square Food Bank: Food banking, food rescue, and read-to-eat meals

Canyon Ridge Christian Church: Foster parent night out, resources and support for foster families

Foster Kinship: Resources for kinship caregivers

Grace Point Church: Foster parent night out, resources and support for foster families

The ACLU of Nevada: The ACLU is working for the full legal and social equality of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees, students, couples, and other individuals

Henderson Equality Center: Henderson Equality Center offers education programs, a food pantry, support groups, scholarship funds, and a wellness center

Our Center: Our Center provides northern Nevada’s LGBTQ community with access to advocacy, support, educational programs, services, and resources

The Center: Community based organization that supports and promotes the well-being, positive image and human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, two-spirit and queer community

Gender Justice Nevada: Gender Justice Nevada is dedicated to an intersectional approach to changing law, policy, and attitudes so that all Nevadans can live safely, authentically and free from fear, violence and mistreatment regardless of their sex/gender identity or expression.