This summer, 30 kids participated in our 3rd annual Crossroads Connection Camp, our biggest trauma-informed summer camp yet! Each camper (ages 4-15) was paired 1:1 with a camp “buddy” to support them throughout the week. Parents gathered daily for a “Lunch and Learn” to collaborate around TBRI® techniques from camp to implement at home. Our teen-specific group provided opportunities for … Read More
Back to School
We’ve been so privileged to work alongside St. Bernard Parish School District as they plan for a successful start of the year with their students. To bolster academic success, St. Bernard Parish Schools are going above and beyond to invest in the lives of their students. SBPS District continues to develop TBRI® informed teachers and schools that strive to meet … Read More
TBRI® Summer Update
Crossroads Connection Camp Last summer, Crossroads launched our first TBRI® Connection Camp for foster/adoptive families. Thanks to the support of partners like First Baptist New Orleans and Volunteers for Youth Justice, we were able to host this camp again in June and it was a huge success! TBRI® (Trust-Based Relational Intervention®) is an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention that is designed to … Read More
TBRI® Practitioner Training in New Orleans
Much of the work we do is “in the weeds” recruiting, equipping, and supporting families to care for vulnerable children. Through this in the weeds work, we have come to understand the need to ZOOM OUT and evaluate the needs and challenges that exist within the systems that serve children and families. Last month, we zoomed out to partner with … Read More
Crossroads Connection Camp
Crossroads hosted our inaugural Crossroads Connection TBRI® Camp last month at First Baptist New Orleans. This camp was specially designed to meet the needs of kids who have experienced early childhood trauma. It was a week of connecting, empowering, and correcting through the lens of TBRI®. Our goal was to give children an environment where they could learn and grow, … Read More
Crossroads NOLA moves to Online Training to Support Foster Families and Supporters
Trauma-informed training supported by $30,000 grant, available statewide August 31, 2020 (New Orleans, LA) – Crossroads NOLA — a New Orleans-based nonprofit organization that recruits, equips and supports foster families — is adapting to the COVID-19 outbreak by moving its trauma-informed training programs online. The Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) courses will help to meet the additional needs of foster families … Read More
Fostering Connection with Popsicles!
Why TBRI®? Children and families affected by trauma need safe connected relationships to heal. Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI) is an evidenced-based caregiving model that provides practical and effective principles to build relationships needed for healing. We bring together individuals and organizations to infuse TBRI® practices across the state, to give children and families access to the relationships and support they … Read More