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Today we're wrapping up our mini series with the KPICD founders and directors. This interview features audio footage from a 2014 interview with the late Dr. Karyn Purvis. Here she shares stories from her personal journey, the origins of the Institute, and her reflections on motherhood, faith, and caring for vulnerable children and families. As we close our 20th year as an Institute, we are ever grateful for the legacy of Dr. Karyn Purvis.

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, we're re-releasing one of our favorite episodes of the TBRI Podcast, Stories from our Founder with Dr. David Cross. Dr. Cross is the co-founder and former Rees-Jones Director of the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at TCU. In this episode he and our host Sarah Mercado talk about the origins of the Institute, memories with Dr. Purvis, and how the Institute has evolved. Links from this episode: TCU Psychology Department UNT Center for Play Therapy The Neighborhood Walk Brenda Bryant The Parent Network for the Post-Inst. Child Child Study Center Fort Worth Starpoint School The Strange Situation T Berry Brazelton Allan Schore The Connected Child Trust-Based Relational Intervention Adult Attachment Interview Travis County Collaborative Anna Palmer/ Crossroads NOLA Methodist Children’s Home Daren Jones Amanda Purvis Casey Call Sarah Mercado TBRI Mantra Tami DeCoteau Neither Wolf Nor Dog Book The Wolf of Twilight Book Dr. Cross Resiliency blog post Amy Abell

In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, Dr. Danica Knight joins the TBRI Podcast!

Jill Crewes joins us on the podcast today to talk about how TBRI has impacted both her professional and personal journey.

John Warren, a TBRI Practitioner, TBRI Mentor, is the Community Engagement and Training Specialist at Methodist Children's Home. He joined us on the podcast to talk about his time with MCH and their journey to implement TBRI across their organization. John is a longtime friend of KPICD and also shares stories from our shared history and his favorite memories with Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross.

Reba Huskins, a TBRI Practitioner and the Family Support Services Coordinator for Restoration Rome, joins the TBRI Podcast to talk about how to meet the needs of the biological families of children who have entered foster care.

Today we have two TCU professors from our Education Team joining the podcast! Dr. Casey Call and Dr. Molly O'Mealy share how they support the emerging adults that sit in their classrooms and give insight into the developmental changes occurring during the college years.

Brooks Kaskela returns to the podcast to talk about launching young adults from highschool to college or career.

What does it look like to view the transition from highschool to young adulthood through a developmental lens? TBRI Podcast regular, Kim Glaudy, joins us to kick off our miniseries about this very topic. Kim and Sarah talk about the way that attachment, biological changes, mindfulness, and more play out in our relationships with young adults as they gain independence.

How can parents and caregivers best support children who are walking through a traumatic loss? In this episode, Dr. Jim Henry and Samantha Farris help us understand the importance of holding space for our children’s emotions, how adults  can acknowledge  their own feelings while helping kids process theirs, sharing information with kids based on their development, how trauma affects behavior, and helpful resources for learning more. Resources mentioned in this Episode: Free Access to TBRI 101 FASTER Program WMU Circle of Security Dr. Dan Diegel Help Kids Cope App National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network Once I Was Very Scared (Book)  A Terrible Thing Happened (Book)  The Wild Edge of Sorrow (Book) Sounds True Podcast (Frances Weller) Trauma and The Brain TBRI Podcast Episode 

2025 marks 20 years of KPICD, and we're chatting with some of our team to reflect on how the Institute has evolved during that time. Henry Milton is a longtime training and consultation specialist and shares what it was like to work with Drs. Purvis and Cross, the evolution of the work, and his hopes for the future.

What does it look like to see the needs and radically meet the needs of foster families? Susan Ramirez is the CEO and founder of Austin Angels, a nonprofit with 19 chapters spanning 14 states that seeks to walk alongside children, youth, and families in the foster care community by offering consistent support through intentional giving, relationship building, and mentorship.

TCU Child Development Graduates join Dr. Casey Call to talk about their experience in the TCU Child Development Program and what the future holds for them.

Jane Snaith, a TBRI Practitioner living and working in Estonia, joins us on the podcast to talk about the adaptation of TBRI Across Cultures and how the history of Estonia impacts relationships.

What does it look like to implement TBRI within a large organization? Leah Gilliam and Scott Watters joined us on the podcast to talk about how MHMR Tarrant County is implementing TBRI across the entire organization's programs, and also within interpersonal relationships between colleagues.