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Caring For Kids From Hard Places | Am I Safe Here

In this session, Dr. David and Jayne Schooler speak about the impact of creating an environment of felt safety.

00:00 Introduction

00:38 Where Do Our Children Live

02:45 The Problem

04:36 Behavior Is Their Language

06:32 The Life Pyramid

07:34 Sense of Safety

12:13 Fostering Story

David and Jayne Schooler have served in the ministry together for over 45 years. Much of David’s focus as a counselor was on working with adults with a lifetime impact of early childhood trauma. Jayne is a social work trainer and author/co-author of eight books on child welfare including Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Parents. They have worked in over 22 countries as trauma trainers in children’s homes, orphanages, and churches.

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