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…
Author: Tzuby's Kids
Scopul Asociaţiei „Tzuby’s Kids” este ca fiecare copil să beneficieze de o familie fie prin prevenirea avortului şi a abandonului, fie prin sprijinirea reintegrării copiilor în familii biologice, a integrării în familia extinsă, a plasamentului familial, a asistenţei maternale şi a adopţiei.
Acolo unde nu există altă posibilitate de intervenţie, scopul nostru este dezvoltarea durabilă a copiilor instituţionalizaţi, aflaţi în risc sau dificultate, precum şi a tinerilor care ies din sistemul de protecţie sau care sunt în situaţie de risc şi dificultate prin oferirea de suport în vederea recuperării fizice şi psiho-emoţionale, a dezvoltării vocaţionale şi a integrării sociale.
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.
An adoption story for the International Family Day
Today is the International Family Day and a proper time to listen to this half-hour interview about an adoption experience shared for Speranta TV in Romania, just after the family had completed the process and they were preparing to go back home in Germany. The interview is in Romanian, but you have English subtitles (make…
How can we help children with a history of trauma? Be WISE… go clockWISE!
When we set up the training room, we made a unique watch, specially made for Tzuby’s Kids, through which we explain the therapeutic intervention for children with a history of trauma. Here’s how:
How we did Online Support Groups during the COVID-19 pandemic
A few years ago, at Tzuby’s Kids, we started developing good practices regarding support groups and group therapeutic interventions for adopted or foster children. Every year, almost 50 children benefit from therapeutic intervention programs and their parents attended our support groups. When the isolation period began, we asked ourselves, “How can we be close to…
How we camped in our livingroom | Pandemic ideas – new Vlog from Tzuby’s Kids
We are starting a series of VLOGs that offer resources, sometimes more didactic, sometimes more recreational, for parents with children at home. We encourage you to subscribe to the youtube channel and activate the notification bell to be up to date with the following videos. Today, we have a Vlog post about an idea that…
The Adoption Process in Romania as presented by Gabi and Teddy Verzea
Gabi and Teddy Verzea are a Romanian adoptive family currently living in Germany. They have created a video where they provide details of their experience and the steps in the adoption process:
