Understanding Reactive Attachment: From the Inside Out
Featuring Nancy and Beth Thomas

June 12-13, 2008
Toledo Riverfront Hotel
Toledo, OH

Day One:  Beth Thomas

Beth Thomas, RN, once labeled the Child of Rage by HBO, is now a phenomenal woman. Beth knows what it’s like to be an angry, defiant, destructive child. She once was one. She has unique insights into the mind of a challenging child with Attachment Disorder. Her life of survival and victory brings hope and understanding to parents and professionals working to heal a wounded child. She shares her experience and wisdom with love and laughter. Come learn what parenting and therapy techniques softened her once cold heart. Her story has touched the hearts of those committed to making a difference in the lives of children.

Beth gives a deeper understanding of Reactive Attachment Disorder from the inside out. She shares effective tools to make a difference with challenging children. Most of all she gives hope in a hopeless exhausting situation, empowering parents with a positive vision for their child’s future.

This presentation will highlight:
•Identifying and understand RAD
•Healing techniques that work
•What the future holds for kids with treatment

Day Two:  Nancy Thomas

Since 1985, Nancy Thomas has worked as a therapeutic parenting specialist with children in intensive attachment therapy with eight of the leading attachment therapists, psychiatrists, and psychologists in the country. Nancy specializes in bonding and conscience development. The children Nancy and her husband have worked with have had symptoms of being ritualistically abused, borderline psychotic, abusive to animals, mood disorders, reactive attachment disorders, Asperger’s, ADD, ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, bipolar disorder and some with a history of homicide and arson. Ninety
percent of the children placed in their care have killed. Despite these complex issues, the Thomas’ have an eighty-five percent success rate with these high-risk children, one of the highest in the country. Please join Adriel in welcoming Beth and Nancy for two days of refreshing and revitalizing insights as we continue to make a difference.

Experience how Nancy Thomas captivates audiences with love and laughter as she teaches parents and professionals the skills of how to teach children to be respectful, responsible and fun to be around.

This presentation will highlight:
•Spotlight on the problem
•Building Brilliant Brains
•Overview of effective interventions
•Conscience development
•Rebuilding the foundation
•Understanding defiance
•Putting the brakes on behavior problems
•Specific interventions to help challenging children
•The future outlook and Q’s and A’s

Seminar Information
$195 for both days if registered by May 31, 2008
$225 after May 31

Seminar includes:
Thursday and Friday workshops
Thursday features Beth Thomas and Friday’s speaker will be Nancy Thomas
Continental breakfast and morning and afternoon snacks on both days
Soup & Salad buffet on Thursday
Italian-themed hot buffet on Friday

Continuing Education
Continuing Education Units have been approved with the Ohio Counselor and Social Work Board for LSW’s, Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. Certificate of attendance will be provided with contact hours and course information at the conclusion of the seminar.

Hotel Information
Adriel has arranged for special seminar rates of $109 plus tax. Be sure to mention you are with Adriel to be accorded these special rates; reservations must be made by 5/21/2008 to receive the discounted rate.

Toledo Riverfront Hotel
444 North Summit St.
Toledo, OH 43604
P: (419) 241-1411

Please note that on April 1, 2008, the Toledo Riverfront Hotel will be changing to the Crowne Plaza.
Reservations can be made by calling the hotel number listed above, or 1-877-2-CROWNE.

Seminar Registration
By phone: Call (937) 465-0010 ext 142
By mail: download a registration form (.pdf)
Online: fill out our online registration form below.