PFC Foundational Training - Trust-Based Relationship Intervention (TBRI) 

TBRI Intro and Overview

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. While the intervention is based on years of attachment, sensory processing, and neuroscience research, the heartbeat of TBRI® is connection. 

“When you connect to the heart of a child, everything is possible.” – Dr. Karyn Purvis

Participants will 1) understand Adverse Childhood Experiences and how they affect brain development and feelings of "felt-safety", 2) learn how the application of TBRI builds trust, encourages healing, and leads to better behaviors, 3) learn different tools and techniques to correct behavior while simultaneously building trust.

Matt Borst is the co-founder and Executive Director of Village to Village Intl. He and his wife Stacey have been married for 22 years and have five kids ages 10 to 20. They have been through two adoptions. Before starting Village to Village Intl., Matt worked with teens in IA for 9 years, and taught ESL at a refugee resettling agency in Chicago for five years. Matt is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Village to Village, parent coaching for foster and adoptive parents, and facilitating other TBRI trainings. Matt has also been a CASA for over 5 years in Elkhart County. One of his favorite quotes is from Dr. Karyn Purvis, “Tell your children, ‘you are precious, you are valuable, and nobody else is created like you.’”

Anthony Troyer came on staff with Village to Village, Intl in 2018.  He was a teacher and administrator at The Crossing Educational Center previously.  He and his wife were foster parents for 5 years, and they are just about to complete their 3rd adoption.  His responsibilities with Village To Village include TBRI trainings, parent coaching, and developing TBRI lesson plans for teachers.  He will graduate with his MSW in 2022 and he plans on becoming a therapist for foster/adoptive youth and their families.