Trust-Based Relational Intervention®
Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, or 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.
TBRI® Caregiver Training
Naomi Strawhorn, Victim Services Coordinator, provides ongoing TBRI training and support services to caregivers of children who have been abused or neglected. Training Classes include the following:
- Introduction and Overview
- Connecting Principles
- Empowering Principles
- Correcting Principles
Statewide TBRI® Implementation
In partnership with the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development, CASA of South Mississippi coordinates the statewide implementation of TBRI across multiple sectors including Youth Courts, juvenile justice, mental health professionals, educators, and child welfare.
These efforts include hosting monthly TBRI Practitioner online meetings, coordinating training for courts, providing statewide TBRI Training to CASA programs, hosting training events for practitioners, supporting ongoing modeling for partner organizations, developing TBRI in the Workplace model, and providing technical support for TBRI Practitioners.
Please email naomi@casasouthms.org for more information.
TBRI® Practitioner Supportive Networks
CASA of South Mississippi facilitates the inter-agency voluntary collaborative of Practitioners within the state. These agencies include Choices Coordinated Care Solutions, Mississippi State University, the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services, Hancock and Harrison Youth Courts, Pine Belt Mental Healthcare, Rescue 100, and many more.
To learn more about the monthly online TBRI Check-Ins, please contact naomi@casasouthms.org.
Building Bridges, TBRI® Statewide Training Conference
This year’s TBRI Conference is open to all TBRI Practitioners in the state of Mississippi. This training conference is designed to provide training for practitioners to take TBRI from theory to practice. This year’s conference will be held in Starkville, MS on Oct 22-23. Please remember that this training is open to TBRI Practitioners only and does not replace Practitioner Training:
Please email naomi@casasouthms.org for more information.
TBRI® Ambassador Organization
In February 2024, CASA of South Mississippi was recently inducted as a TBRI® Ambassador Organization by TCU’s
Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development (KPICD). TBRI® Ambassador Organizations are identified as key partners who have long-term relationships with the Purvis Institute and are furthering its mission at a systemic level using TBRI®.
Executive Director Chauvin said, “CASA of South Mississippi is honored to come alongside the Institute in a strategic way in the state. This formal partnership will propel the use of TBRI with the children & families who need it most.”
The partnership multiplies the work of both CASA of South Mississippi and KPICD. Dr. Danica Knight, Rees-Jones Director, said, “After a careful review, it’s clear to us that CASA of South Mississippi embodies and is committed to KPICD’s vision—to bring hope and healing to children around the world. They help to make this vision a reality by amplifying our impact and doing so with integrity, creativity, and tenacity.”
To learn more about KPICD and CASA of South Mississippi, visit child.tcu.edu and
casasouthms.org.