As American school children start their summer vacation plans, I got to thinking about the state of unrest in so many countries and what it was like for children in Syria, Yemen, Japan, Egypt, Mongolia, and so on.
With so much strife going on in the streets, are there even classes available for them to attend?
And if so, is there a way to effectively help a whole school of potentially traumatized children?
While thinking about these issues, I came across an Israeli study that provided some possibilities…
In 2006, the Lebanon War exposed children in the north of Israel to daily rocket attacks.
In order to address massive psychological needs, the teacher worked with students on enhancing personal resilience.
A study by Leo Wolmer, MA, published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress, tested the value of a mass intervention. Students were assessed before the sixteen week program, after it’s completion and at a 3 month follow up for risk factors, symptoms and adaptation.
Compared to the control group, a significant decrease in symptoms was found at the completion of the program. And even fewer symptoms were found at the 3 month follow up.
The results suggest that addressing early causes of PTSD in a school environment can be a very effective way to teach resilience and reduce symptoms associated with trauma.
New Treatments for Trauma is NICABM’s newest teleseminar series. This series will offer cutting edge interviews with experts in the field.
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Thank you.I’m still working on my own resilience.Poem:Conned by the Quakers.Lost my:home,life savings,livlihood,retirement security.[re Santa Rosa Creek Commons]If someone is starting a group.Need a(“client centerd”)volunteer?Yay that intervention like this is happening!It can stop actions that could trauumaitize a next generation.Sorry I’ve become”spell check” dependent.
Ah I was so glad to hear this today. Sometimes it can be hard to keep showing-up, felieng like you’re not getting anywhere, and looking around and seemingly everyone else is!! It’s so easy to believe that that must mean something, so this was really reassuring! Thanks Andrea.
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