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Trust-based relational intervention
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TBRI
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.
TBRI PRINCIPLES
EMPOWERING
Empowering principles address physical needs such as hunger, thirst, felt safety, sensory needs.
CONNECTING
Connecting principles promote attachment needs in a high structure, high nurture environment.
CORRECTING
Correcting principles proactively prepare for and respond to behaviors to disarm fear-based behaviors
TBRi Quick tips:
Make sure kids have a drink and snack every 2 hours. Kids who have experienced trauma are likely to experience low blood sugar, as their insulin receptors are often damaged
Give space for sensory sesitivity or hypo-sensitivity and help children to feel physically comfortable
Give lots of 'yeses'
Warm voice and eye contact
Offer choices to help a child to feel like they have a voice and control over the situation.
Offer a compromise to a child who is acting out. Say to them, "it seems like you need a compromise" and ask them if they have any ideas
Check engines to make sure kiddos are attuned to their bodies.
Look for opportunities for healthy touch: bandaids, tattoos, face paint, etc
Offer a re-do in a playful way by saying "Woah nelly, you want to try that again?"
Help a child to attune by offering them words to put to their feelings
Cat it low, and look for situations that are about to get out of control. Diffuse them calmly and keep it moving!
Provide a calming space for children to regroup
Matching/freeze dance
Calm down gum
bi-lateral movement
See the need,
Meet the need
Event Flow
1
Arrival/Check in
5
Activity 1
9
Activity 3
2
Check engines
6
3
Food/Snack
7
4
Transition to Activity 1
8
Transition to Activity 2
10
Activity 2
11
Transition to Activity 3
12
transition to group
Check engines/group activity
Check-out/departure