Trauma Part 3… How to Help

How to Help after a Trauma By Dr. Gisela Roth In our last editions we looked at the effects of single event trauma, chronic trauma and developmental trauma. Today we will look at helpful interventions after a trauma. We can distinguish 4 stages of post trauma...

Trauma Part 1

Trauma Trauma is all around us here in East Africa. We may suffer one ourselves or be called upon to assist others caught up in one. So it pays to be prepared. Traumata are events that overwhelm a person’s ability to cope. Traumatic events can be sudden and unexpected...

Working With Children After Traumatic Events

Working With Children After Traumatic Events Article by Dr Richard W. Baggé I. General Principles A. Children and adolescents (and adults) need to be understood in relationship to the stage of their development. B. The younger the child, the more dependent their...

Grief and Loss in TCKs

We often think about grief and loss as being adult experiences and emotions.  However, Missionary Kids (MK’s) experience incredible amounts of loss with their frequent travel and moving.  They lose their best friends when they leave a country or someone goes on...