Event	Date	Time
San Antonio, TX	March 23-24, 2012	Fri & Sat 9-5pm
Houston, TX	Will be finalized by 12-1-11
Atlanta, GA	Will be finalized by 12-1-11
Seattle, WA	Will be finalized by 12-1-11

Therapeutic Parenting Manual
Over the past 8 years Denise has created a therapeutic parenting model that is both trauma-informed and developmentally-targeted.  Children with an early history of maltreatment require a very different parenting model than how most of us were raised.  In fact, "old-fashioned" parenting techniques often result in an increase in behaviors.  Children who have symptoms of, or have been diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder have extremely complex behavioral sets.  Parents spend about as much time trying to figure out the "why" of a behavior as they spend on "what to do" in response to the behavior.  Punitive, coercive and fear-based techniques typically trigger additional behaviors and interfere with the necessary attachment basics - developing a sense of trust and safety.  Denise's "Therapeutic Parenting for Adopted Children"© Manual guides adoptive parents through reader-friendly answers to the "why do they do that?" questions, and provides responses designed to increase a child's sense of safety and responsibility.  Denise's manual is more than 75% interventions and techniques.  Parents utilizing this model find that they not only understand what causes behaviors, but that behaviors previously perceived as oppositional/defiant are actually trauma-triggers, sensory overload, or relational trauma triggers.  Once a parent is able to "see" what is really going on behind (driving) the behavior, and has trauma-informed responses readily available, healing can begin.    


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Upon request Denise has extended her Therapeutic Parenting training to 2 days!  This training is also frequently attended by professionals to gain therapeutic interaction skills with developmentally traumatized children.  Visit the "Parent Training" page to learn where the nearest city is to you or to register.  Please feel free to contact Denise to request a city here.

Denise provides treatment to adoptive families at the Adoption & Attachment Treatment Center of Iowa in Iowa City.  Families from across the U.S. come to participate in a life-changing 2 Week Intensive.  Click here for Intensive Info   Denise is also available for Adoption Coaching in-home and Therapeutic Parenting via Phone Consultations  Click here for Phone Consultation Info