Welcome to FaithBridgeU!

Targeting different aspects of life with both biological and foster children. Addressing everyone's needs while making them all feel like equals. 

Parent Coaching available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Caring for trauma-affected kids is hard. Many compassionate people want to care for kids but burn out or give up. We've got a new app that helps your staff and families know how to handle tough stuff and gives them encouragement to stay in the game! Ticco has the potential to help us tremendously in our daily lives and work with children and youth! Learn how we can all feel more equipped and encouraged to do this hard, but meaningful work of caring for kids.
Join us to learn more and answer any questions you may have!

Nicole Barlow will guide our TBRI® Coaching Group. Nicole is a Foster and Adoptive Parent, TBRI Practitioner, Empowered to Connect Facilitator, Founder of Foster Parent WELL Podcast, IMPACT Certified Trainer, and NTDC Certified Pre-Service Trainer with FaithBridge.

Parenting a child with a history of trauma comes with unique challenges—and questions. TBRI® Parent Coaching Sessions are designed to give you real-time answers tailored to your family's specific needs. Bring your parenting questions, concerns, and scenarios, and receive personalized guidance grounded in Trust-Based Relational Intervention® principles. These sessions are a safe space to explore practical, connection-driven strategies that help you build trust, foster healing, and confidently navigate the ups and downs of parenting.

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. the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research. TBRI is designed for children from “hard places” such as abuse, neglect, and/or trauma. Because of their histories, it is often difficult for these children to trust the loving adults in their lives, which often results in perplexing behaviors. TBRI offers practical tools for caregivers, or anyone who works with children, to see the “whole child” in their care and help that child reach his highest potential.  

This course is taught by Anne Keller. Anne is a LCSW, Therapist, SAFE Certified Home Study Consultant and FaithBridge Trainer.

Join us for an empowering wellness training tailored specifically for foster and adoptive parents. This webinar dives deep into practical self-care strategies, stress management techniques, and tips for fitting it all in, even with the busiest schedules. Led by wellness coach and foster parent advocate Nicole Barlow, this session is designed to help you care for yourself amidst the challenges of parenting children with trauma histories. We’ll discuss:

• Simple and effective self-care habits that you can implement today
• Proven stress management techniques to bring more calm and resilience into your life
• Time management tips for juggling your responsibilities and finding balance
• Faith-based support to lean into God's strength as you walk this journey 

Whether you’re in the early stages of foster care or have been navigating this path for years, this training will equip you with tools to support your well-being so you can better care for those who depend on you. Join us to create a self-care plan that fits seamlessly into your life!

Ashlyn Ellington, LCSW, will lead us in Breaking the Anxiety Cycle: Practical Tools for Parents of Worried Kids.

Parenting an anxious child can feel like walking a tightrope—wanting to support them while also encouraging independence. In this 2-hour interactive workshop, we’ll explore how to balance healthy expectations and appropriate accommodations to help your child build confidence, manage anxiety, and develop resilience.

Topics include:

• Understanding anxiety in children: What’s normal and when to be concerned
• The role of parental responses: How to provide support without reinforcing fear
• Balancing empathy with encouragement: When to push and when to comfort
• Strategies to reduce anxious behaviors at home and school
• Practical tools to help your child tolerate uncertainty and build emotional resilience