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Soothing Traumatized Children
March 5, 2012
Allow children to be happy their own way, for what better way will they ever find?
-Samuel Johnson
-Samuel Johnson
"Created by Mercy Corps...these workbooks are designed to help traumatized kids process what happened to them....Recent research has revealed abnormal patterns of brain activation in people who have experienced psychological trauma...Many people suffering from...stress related disorders show increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain -- and in emotional, nonverbal processing -- and in decreased activity in the left [where logical, linear and verbal processing takes place]...
"The goal in treating trauma is often to get the linear left hemisphere back into action....The books sent to Haiti, entitled My Earthquake Story, are designed to exercise that part of the brain in telling a more cohesive and coherent story....Prompts encourage kids to write and draw about what they were doing when the quake struck, what happened to their homes, and whether they saw any people doing good deeds in the aftermath of the disaster, among other things. In essence, the workbooks ask the kids, 'How can you rewrite this story in a way that makes sense to you?'"
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Comments (2)
Displaying All 2 CommentsWestEd PITC
Petaluma, CA, United States
While these workbooks might help older children, (preschoolers and up), process what happened to them, I'm curious how the infants and toddlers in Haiti were helped to process this devastating experience. Workbooks would not be appropriate for children birth to 3 or so...so as someone who is concerned with infant mental health, I'm wondering how these younger children were assisted with their fears and anxieties. They have those feelings and perhaps experience them in a more viseral way than older children. Just a question from an infant/toddler person!
Greenport, NY, United States
What a beautiful way to help these children. What a great way to process life events. Good job folks!
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