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Created To Connect

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Chapter 1: Hope & Healing

The Healing Power of Presence

The Dyer Family

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Chapter 2: Where Your Child Began

Speaking Life Over Who Your Child Is

Kristin Allender

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Chapter 3: Solving the Puzzle of Difficult Behavior

Seeing the Needs of Each Child

Zawadi Morrow

Loved With Compassion and Growth

Joshua Christian Oswald

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Chapter 4: Disarming the Fear Response

Coaching Your Child Through Connection

The Carver Family

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Chapter 5: Teaching Life Values

Life Values

Naomi Strawhorn

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Chapter 6: You are the Boss

Leading Your Family With Intention and Grace

The Archambault Family

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Chapter 7: Dealing with Defiance

A Framework for Responding to Our Children's Needs

Mark Ottinger

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Chapter 8: Nurturing at Every Opportunity

Nurtured Relationships Are The Foundation

The Gonzalez Family

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Chapter 9: Proactive Strategies to Make Life Easier

Teaching Through Correcting

Brooks Kaskela

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Chapter 10: Supporting Healthy Brain Chemistry

Trauma's Effects on Neurological Development

Dr. Scott LePor

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Chapter 11: Handling Setbacks

We Signed Up for "Not Easy"

The Mullican Family

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Chapter 12: Healing Yourself to Heal Your Child

Going Back to Go Forward

Megan Strobel

Caring For Self to Care For Your Child

The Jackson Family

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