Archive for May, 2019
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Grieving a death vs. grieving a divorce: a child’s perspective
Losing a parent to death or to divorce is catastrophic for any child. However, there are different issues in the grief process between the death of a parent and the end of the parent’s marriage. When a child loses a parent due to death, even young children can understand the concept that the body quit working. All children come across toys or things that Read more…
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Creative tips to use when living with or ministering to a traumatized child
In the last blog, “Do you recognize the behaviors of a traumatized child?” I presented how children might act when exposed to various crisis. Today let’s look at what we can do when ministering to, living with or working with a child that has been traumatized. What to do When dealing with unruly children change from the thinking or asking, “What’s wrong with you?” Read more…
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Do you recognize the behaviors of a traumatized child?
Are you are aware of the many crises children today experience? A trauma-informed church understands how a crisis affects a child. Experiencing a life crisis can lead to some children exhibiting particular characteristics of being “traumatized?” Definitions of crisis and trauma Crisis is the event – the disaster, the emergency, the calamity or predicament. Trauma is the result of experiencing a crisis – Read more…