„Tzuby’s Kids” joined Romania Without Orphans Alliance (ARFO) 5 years ago specifically to contribute on changing legislation to better serve the needs of children in the Romanian protection system. We have good news: the efforts paid off! Recently, changes to the adoption law and the wins we had over the years provide an improved legislation to help…
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Orphan Sunday’s read: Gaby’s adoption story
“ Our story starts like any other, at a summer camp back in 2014. My husband and I were leaders on a team, and one cute little boy especially stuck out to us because of his innocence. As he was supposed to be listening to the lesson, he was busily constructing a paper airplane and…
Everyone can do something! – ARFO 2020 Summit
Tzuby’s Kids is part of the Romania Without Orphans (ARFO) movement. Every year, we run a national Summit and this year we are doing it online with national and international speakers. The Summit aims to inspire, encourage, and train people in Romania who work or want to work with children at risk. Details at: https://www.romaniafaraorfani.ro/en/summit/
Circle of Security training – delivered online for the first time by Tzuby’s Kids Training Academy
Starting today, we started a new Circle of Security training session for parents and future parents, but, for the first time… online! The program focuses on parent-child interaction, based on the theory of attachment described by John Bowlby. It is developed by Kent Hoffman, Glen Copper and Bert Powell, three of the initiators of the internationally…
Attachment theory and practice
This webinar discusses how our first relationships impact our attachment style, which in turn shapes our relationship landscape for life. Participants can find about the basics of secure and insecure attachment, as well as how to encourage secure attachments or cure insecure attachments.
Three messages of encouragement
We started 5 years ago and, looking back, we have nothing to regret: over 1,000 people trained in trauma-informed caregiving, hundreds of adoptive and foster parents counselled and part of our support groups, dozens of children who are no longer in institutions but in families due to our direct support. While evaluating the effectiveness of the…
Preparing the biological child for a new adopted family member
Teddy and Gabi are adoptive parents that have been part of our support groups while in Romania and online after they moved to Germany. They continue to share their adoption story and present the perspective of preparing the biological child for adopting a new family member in the episode below:
About the need of a support system in adoption – Gabi & Teddy’s story
Gabi and Teddy continue to unveil their adoption story. They have been part of our support groups and in the episode below they are talking about the need of such a support system with a few examples available in Romania:
A real life adoption journey: how Teddy and Gabi have met their son
In this video Gabi and Teddy remember the first visits they had with their future adoptive son, and the bad news they got shortly after – that he had severe autism. This is the story of how they struggled with the news and what their decision was:
Evening tea party with your family – unexpected connection opportunity
An idea that supports the principles of intervention for adopted or foster children but that can be applied in any family. Follow us on http://youtube.com/tzubyskidstv, http://fb.com/tzubyskids or http://instagram.com/tzubyland for other ideas and details on intervention principles.