Nancy Thomas

Nancy Thomas is a woman with a big heart. The mother of three and grandmother of seven Thomas has taken several adoptive children into her Glenwood Springs, Colorado home, and she continues to educate people on how to handle challenging and challenged children. Nancy Thomas founded Families by Design in 1995 to further her goal of helping families with challenging children heal. Nancy Thomas supplements her work with Families by Design by providing phone consultations with parents, teachers, and mental health professionals.

For over 30 years, Nancy Thomas has helped parents with severely emotionally challenged children. First as a Therapeutic Parenting Specialist and later as a Professional Therapeutic Parent, Thomas has broken new ground in an important and under-studied field. Nancy's book, "When Love is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder," is considered a must-read for those dealing with at-risk and troubled children, and she has lectured in 47 states and 8 countries on the subject. Mrs. Thomas' work with Providence General Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education in Washington earned her a Physician's Recognition Award from the American Medical Association (AMA).

At home with her husband Jerry, Nancy Thomas has created a warm and curative atmosphere that fosters trust and healing. When she is not operating Families by Design or her other organization, SAVY, Inc., Nancy volunteers her time caring for the violent children of financially disadvantaged parents throughout the week and weekends.

I direct family camps for families with challenging children. I do phone consultations and support with parents, mental health professionals and teachers. I teach seminars worldwide to help others help to heal traumatized and institutionalized children. I have authored books and articles and produce training DVDs to help people to help these difficult children. My main responsibility is to help parents to love unlovable children. I work to help teachers teach children who don't want to learn and to help therapist to treat children who don't want to heal.

I have been invited to speak on radio and TV shows. Articles have been written about my work in newspapers around the world. My most notable achievement is the healing of the hearts of the children. My adopted daughter, Beth, was featured in an HBO special called "Child of Rage" . She is now happy and healthy and very loving. I have tens of thousands of email, letters and phone calls from parents, teachers, and the children thanking me for the help I have given to make a difference in their lives. Touching the lives of children and making a positive difference is by far my greatest achievement! I have taught over 50,000 parents, teachers and professionals through-out the US, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Romania, India, China, and Australia. My work has been translated into four languages to help others to help troubled children.

I serve on the advisory Board for the Attachment and Trauma Network. I am Chairman of the Board and founder of SAVY (Stop America's Violent Youth), Inc.

I volunteer my time to provide relief for financially disadvantaged parents with violent children by caring for the children throughout the week and weekends. Twice a year I donate my time to teach for non profit groups as a fund raiser for their projects. I donate 35 hours per week supporting and encouraging parents through email correspondence. I have done missionary work in China, India and Romania. I have taught missionaries through the YWAM ( Youth with a Mission) program that travel through out the world helping orphans.

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