The document discusses the essential elements of crisis care training for children, emphasizing the importance of a safe and predictable environment for emotional healing. It highlights the need for organized play as a therapeutic tool, the vital role of parental support, and the spiritual dimensions of trauma. Understanding these factors is critical for caregivers to effectively support children's recovery from trauma.

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3. Introduction to Crisis Care Training International

5. STRUCTURE PROVIDES
• Children’s need for predictability in a safe, disciplined (not rigid)
environment;
• Internal control;
• Healing emotionally: as children learn internal control, it forms a
container for their emotions.
• Limitations on behavior/natural form of discipline
• Discipline promotes security and a sense of well-being (knowing
their boundaries);
• Emotional security;
• A level of responsibility and belonging

6. TALKING AND TIME
• Talking
Starting point in the children’s healing process
Children need:
Time to open up
Time to develop trust
Someone to genuinely listen

7. ORGANIZED PLAY
•To be instruments of healing for hurting children,
caregivers must enter the child’s world through
play.
•Organized play entails purposeful, guided play that
involves keen observation of what is being acted
out and a sensitive interpretation

8. PARENTAL SUPPORT
(CAREGIVERS)
The influence of parental support in trauma is considered the most
important factor for all children:
Vital to ensure that every child is attached to a caring, trusted adult
Provides:
Refuge from the trauma
Stability
Support system
A peaceful environment conducive to children’s healthy
development

9. SPIRITUALITY
• “The spiritual effects of trauma question the nature of God,
the nature of human beings and questions the religious
community.” (Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis)
• “Feeding the body keeps a child alive; feeding the spirit
allows him/her to thrive.” (Dr. Richard Stellway)