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…
Somethimes beaurocracy helps, here is one of such case
Bureaucracy is always frustrating and seen as a time-waster (sometimes it genuinely is). But in one critical instance, it helped Teddy and Gabi Verzea to complete the adoption process with Cristi. In this video they are telling us the story of how and why they went back on their decision not to continue the adoption…
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:
How can I adopt a child from Romania? International adoption procedure (limited to nationals living abroad)
Romania ratified the Hague Convention on Child Protection and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption by Law No. 84/1994. The Romanian central authority in matters relating to intercountry adoption is the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child and Adoption(NAPCRA). NAPRCA receives the intercountry adoption applications and it is the authority…
Why we exist and what we do @ Tzuby’s Kids
A short video on why Tzuby’s Kids exist and what we do: Subscribe, Like & Share: http://youtube.com/TZUBYsKIDS or donate to support. Thank you!
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:
