TCU Model

The research, training and outreach we engage in are focused on special needs children who have been adopted into caring families. We believe these children and families are best served by an interdisciplinary approach that combines empathy and warmth with structure and behavioral goals. This approach is based on a solid foundation of neuropsychological theory and research, tempered by humanitarian principles. Our goal is to extend this healing environment, through training and advocacy, into the home and educational settings of children who have come from "hard places."

Seeds of Hope is our model which guides our interactions and programming with children and their families. It includes the three facets of The Embodied Self, The Relational Self, and The Behaving Self.

Warriors of Hope is our model for the training and knowledge that is expected of those who work with us.

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