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Become a Certified Respite Provider

At King’s Ranch Ministries, we are doing everything we can to support parents and families as they implement the Unplowed Ground tools and techniques they need to help their children, but without your help, our reach will continue to be limited.

As a respite provider, you play a vital role in supporting families raising children who have experienced trauma. This opportunity allows you to offer care and stability while helping families maintain progress in therapeutic parenting.

Onsite Training Event

February 26-March 1, 2026

Fill out an application to be considered for our February training dates.

Onsite Training Event

August 6-9, 2026

Fill out an application to be considered for our August training dates.

Training & Certification Roadmap to Becoming a Certified Respite Provider

Read the testimonials below detailing how consistent respite providers can impact families!

``I wanted to take a moment to share how much motivational respite from the Unplowed Ground Therapeutic Team has helped our family. It not only helped our son get unstuck, but it also gave him a new respect and willingness to embrace our family values- like doing things Mom and Dad's way. He realized we were not alone in requiring a respectful attitude, which has made a significant difference in our home. Being able to send our children somewhere where the role models are modeling the Unplowed Ground therapeutic parenting guidelines helped our kids immensely. Because of this consistency, we didn't lose ground on the progress we made before they went to respite.
The respite care also provided us with much-needed time alone to reconnect with each other and with God. This time of refreshment has empowered us to be the better parents we desired to be. I am incredibly grateful for the King's Ranch team and the invaluable opportunity they offered us. Having experienced respite care multiple times, we truly recognize its importance for our family. We have utilized the motivational respite with one child while utilizing the therapeutic respite with the other kids, and I just can’t say enough about how much it helped our family move forward. Thank you King's Ranch for this wonderful opportunity!``
-A Grateful Unplowed Ground Mom

King's Ranch respite was absolutely a lifeline for our family. With no extended family or support in our lives willing to follow the guidelines required to keep our son from acting out after I got a break, we came to rely on the highly specialized and structured level of care that the respite staff at King's Ranch provided. I could rest easier knowing that his requirement for safe, structured, and kind care was being met, and that it was consistent with the program we were doing at home. Just as important, there wasn't retaliation on his part when he returned home! Thank you King's Ranch for these years of treasured support.
-Monica, Unplowed Ground Mom

What You’ll Learn:

How to become a valuable part of the therapeutic parenting team for families raising children from trauma.

Practical tools for implementing Unplowed Ground methods, along with strategies for delivering the level of care children with trauma require.

Insights into the neurological impact of trauma on children’s brain development and practical strategies to rewire the brain to thrive rather than survive.

How to maintain a balance between structured care and nurturing support to help children progress without interfering with parent-child attachment.

The difference between therapeutic and motivational respite—and why it matters for preserving parent-child attachment.

Tools and guidance for launching and growing your therapeutic respite career, as well as how to set appropriate fees.

Resources for therapeutic play-based stations and motivational chore-based stations during respite.

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As Certified Unplowed Ground Respite Providers, We Are:

Prayerful.

We are prayerful, realizing our dependence on the Lord to carry out our mission.

Called.

We are called to end the cycle of child abuse by focusing on restoration not just short-term relief.

Knowledgable.

We are knowledgable, willing to learn about early childhood trauma and excel at Unplowed Ground Therapeutic Parenting techniques.

Welcome! We're Glad You're Here!

Meet Coordinator of Respite Care, Jessica Gray

Jessica serves as both a respite provider and an “Unplowed Ground” mom. Jessica's passion for caring for children from trauma is drawn from her own family’s journey through trauma and healing.
Jessica says ``Respite care was a vital lifeline for us during the most intense stages of the Unplowed Ground program, giving us the strength to keep moving forward. Because I’ve lived the impact of respite firsthand, thanks to King's Ranch, I now help children engage in their healing, support families with practical tools, and offer hope rooted in experience. We started implementing the tools from Unplowed Ground in 2019, and we are so thankful for the growth we have seen. I have been doing respite for several years and have enjoyed being able to help others in a way most people cannot.``
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