Welcome to FaithBridgeU!

Parenting can feel like a tightrope walk, especially when dealing with challenging behaviors. How do you stay compassionate while setting firm boundaries? How can you encourage growth and accountability without damaging trust? This course is designed to help parents navigate the delicate balance between positive parenting and tough love, equipping you with the tools to guide your child with clarity, empathy, and confidence.

What you'll learn:

The principles of positive parenting and how to foster a supportive, nurturing environment.

When and how to apply tough love in a way that promotes growth and responsibility.

Techniques for handling resistance, defiance, and other challenging behaviors.

How to strengthen your relationship with your child while maintaining authority.

Strategies for self-regulation to remain calm and effective in difficult moments.

Through practical strategies, real-world examples, and expert insights, this course will empower you to approach parenting challenges with a balanced mindset. You'll leave with actionable tools to address difficult situations while fostering connection, respect, and mutual understanding.

This course is perfect for parents seeking a harmonious way to navigate the complexities of raising resilient, responsible, and emotionally secure children. Join us and learn how to walk the line with confidence and grace!  This course is taught by Ashlyn Ellington.  Ashlyn is a LCSW and therapist providing individual treatment, family therapy, and parent coaching.

Find out what your primal question is and understand how to effectively utilize your core in parenting through an interactive assessment during the training. Fighting off a constant urge to shrink back or even give up? Confused by your own behavior when tension arises? Using the Primal Question Framework, foster parents work with Angela to find much-needed clarity around our own emotional needs, unlocking our capacity to stay the course and spend less time in frustration and more time making a meaningful impact! We’ll nurture our relational intelligence by putting language around the subconscious questions brewing below the surface and discover how these hidden forces simultaneously drive both our relational superpower and most chaotic moments.

Raising a child with autism can be both deeply rewarding and uniquely challenging. This comprehensive course is designed to help parents understand autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children and adolescents while providing practical tools to support their development, manage behaviors, and foster meaningful connections.

Gain insights into a child’s experiences, learn how to navigate common challenges, and build a nurturing environment that empowers the children in your home to thrive. Whether a child is newly diagnosed, has traits of autism, or you’re looking to enhance your current strategies- this course offers valuable guidance to help you on your parenting journey.

What You'll Learn:
• Core characteristics of autism spectrum disorder and how it evolves from childhood to adolescence.
• Strategies for improving communication and social skills.
• Techniques to address sensory sensitivities and emotional regulation.
• Tools for managing challenging behaviors and creating effective routines.
• How to advocate for your child’s needs at school and in the community.
• Tips for promoting independence and preparing for the transition to adulthood.

A Stronger Marriage

The Foster Care and Adoption Connection Group is led by Nicole Barlow. 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. This Connection Group will be held every second Thursday of the month January - November 2025.

This group offers a faith-based support network for foster and adoptive parents. Join us to explore how Gospel principles can guide and enrich our parenting journey. We share resources, prayer, and encouragement, fostering spiritual growth and resilient family dynamics in a Gospel-centered environment.

THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE CONNECTION GROUP WHERE PARTICIPATION IS PART OF THE TRAINING.

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.

All Things Hospitals and Foster Children - From a Former Hospital Social Worker. This course is taught by Anne Keller. Anne Keller is a LCSW, Therapist, SAFE Certified Home Study Consultant and FaithBridge Trainer.

This training aims to equip foster caregivers, social workers, and support staff with the knowledge and strategies needed to successfully integrate children in care into the foster family unit. It will cover the emotional, social, and practical aspects of the integration process, emphasizing the importance of building trust, fostering a sense of belonging, and promoting emotional stability for the child.