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.

This Training will help you know how much to share about your child’s history with children’s ministry volunteers, how to handle sensory issues, and setting up your child for success in the church setting.

This course is taught by Wendy McMahan.  Through her work as President of "For The Children", Wendy leads a team mobilizing the local Church to create life-changing moments for children who have experienced relational trauma. Wendy has over 20 years of experience serving vulnerable children

Maybe you thought that your biological children would have an easier time adjusting to your placement. Or maybe you had hopes that your biological children and your foster children would get along better. Maybe because of the reactions of your biological children you’re second guessing your decision to foster. It’s not uncommon for biological children to have a hard time when you start fostering. Come hear about some of the norms of adjustment for your children as well as ideas of how to help them cope better during this time and keep some peace in your home! This course is taught by Anne Keller. Anne is a LCSW, Therapist, SAFE Certified Home Study Consultant and FaithBridge Trainer.

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 Lindsey Martin.  Lindsey Martin, LCSW is a practicing therapist, TBRI Practitioner,  and a trainer for FaithBridge. She specializes in Complex Childhood Trauma, Grief and Loss, Sexual Trauma, Parenting Issues, Attachment, Anxiety, Self Esteem, Career Counseling, and Spiritual Trauma. Lindsey has her Masters of Social Work from the University of Southern Mississippi, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Alabama, Licensed Clinical, Social Worker Georgia, Trust Based Relational Intervention, National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative, W.I.S.E. Up! Facilitator, Research/Continuing Education Training Curriculum Development: Grief and Loss in Foster Care, Supporting Biological Parents in Foster Care, Connecting Your Spiritual Health to Your Child's Well Being, Crucial Conversations in Foster Care and Adoption.

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 Lindsey Martin.  Lindsey Martin, LCSW is a practicing therapist, TBRI Practitioner,  and a trainer for FaithBridge. She specializes in Complex Childhood Trauma, Grief and Loss, Sexual Trauma, Parenting Issues, Attachment, Anxiety, Self Esteem, Career Counseling, and Spiritual Trauma. Lindsey has her Masters of Social Work from the University of Southern Mississippi, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Alabama, Licensed Clinical, Social Worker Georgia, Trust Based Relational Intervention, National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative, W.I.S.E. Up! Facilitator, Research/Continuing Education Training Curriculum Development: Grief and Loss in Foster Care, Supporting Biological Parents in Foster Care, Connecting Your Spiritual Health to Your Child's Well Being, Crucial Conversations in Foster Care and Adoption.

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a behavioral condition in children characterized by a persistent pattern of anger, irritability, defiance, and vindictiveness toward authority figures.  ODD is primarily diagnosed in childhood and is marked by a consistent pattern of uncooperative and defiant behavior. Children with ODD often exhibit symptoms that disrupt their daily functioning, affecting relationships with family, peers, and authority figures. This disorder is more common in boys than in girls, especially in younger children, but the prevalence tends to equalize in adolescence.