Meeting a child’s sensory needs
Our interview series on The Connected Parent closes with the topic of sensory needs. For children from hard places, sensory challenges...
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Sep 22, 2021
Holistic self-care with TBRI
'Our interview series based on The Connected Parent continues today with a focus on self-care. One might wonder how self-care applies...
Sep 16, 2021
Parenting with TBRI
Today we turn to CCHO’s Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) expert to give us first-hand guidance on parenting. Sheila...
Sep 8, 2021
Self-care for caregivers
Today we continue in our blog series based on the book The Connected Parent. We began the series with a focus on attachment styles (our...
Aug 11, 2021
Skills for meaningful attachments
Today, we’re starting a blog series based on the book, The Connected Parent, to give caregivers support as they raise youth who have...
Mar 10, 2021
Prep course update
Encourage is excited to announce that our prep courses to become a licensed foster family is now 24 hours. Due to House Bill 8, the Ohio...
Feb 24, 2021
Therapeutic supports
Encourage cares deeply about youth with high-level needs and we are equally committed to supporting treatment foster families who open...
Feb 17, 2021
Saying yes to teenagers
Teens from hard places crave safety, acceptance, respect and unconditional love. They desire, and deserve, to be wanted and cherished...
Feb 10, 2021
Higher levels of need
As mentioned in our previous blog post, Encourage is passionate about serving youth with higher levels of need including medical,...
Aug 17, 2020
2 Hour Tuesday
This has been a year of unknowns and uncertainties. We are incredibly grateful for the safety and stability Encourage foster families...
Jul 20, 2020
The greatest need
We recently shared a news article on the Encourage Facebook page about youth in foster care being housed at the Cuyahoga County...
Oct 22, 2019
The Power of Connection
Encourage uses the TBRI approach because connecting and belonging is central to the human heart. It is central to how we were created in
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