Our deepest condolences go out to the victims, students, school personnel, families, first responders, and hospital personnel affected by the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, FL. We also recognize the impact such incidents have on those near and far and offer some quick tips for supporting your children: Be […]
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There are still spots open for the upcoming Children’s Disaster Services trainings – register now to secure your spot! CDS offers two types of training workshops – a standard CDS training and a child life specific training. Child life specialist and students are welcome to attend either training for CDS certification eligibility; only one training
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We had a Local Expansion Pack party and it was so much fun! The employees at Veterans United Home Loans gathered together in December to help assemble the Child Life Disaster Relief Local Expansion Packs. More than 25 employees took time out of their day to unpack, organize, and assemble these backpacks full of our
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We are excited to announce additional Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) training opportunities. CDS is a partner of Child Life Disaster Relief for national deployments to large-scale disasters. There are two training formats. One is a 2-day overnight and the other option is a 7-hour one day training. Child life specialists and students are encouraged and
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The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children is offering a course titled: “Healing the Experience of Trauma”. The learning objectives sound quite relevant to our work. Take a look: Understand the psychophysiology of trauma. Name at least three ways stress and trauma influence changes in the central nervous system. Identify the components of
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We at CLDR love a good book to read, especially when it is cold outside! This winter, our board has compiled a list of favorite books that have taught us about serving children and families in crisis. Enjoy! The Boy that was Raised as a Dog (Dr. Bruce Perry & Maia Szalavitz) Childhood Disrupted (Donna
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Sending positive thoughts, healing, and strength to all those involved and affected by the Amtrak incident in Washington this week. Incidents, such as these, require specialized volunteers who are trained in “Critical Response” as the needs of those impacted vary from natural disasters. Our partner, Children’s Disaster Services, responded quickly with a Critical Response Team
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We are grateful for Allene Osborne and Charity Vasquez, for deploying with the Children’s Disaster Services team to the southern California wildfires. Local child life specialist, Debi Hulitt has been a life saver, organizing efforts to provide the CDS team with much-needed supplies to meet the needs of the children and families. In addition to
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We know many of you are like us and enjoy some good time to geek-out! Here are a few scholarly articles we want to highlight that focus on the effects of disasters on children and families and the evidence-base for intervention. Five essential elements of immediate and mid–term mass trauma intervention: Empirical evidence Hobfoll,
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Lastly in our season of gratefulness, we want to give a special THANK YOU to our incredible volunteers who are at the heart of Child Life Disaster Relief. This past year we had 35 volunteers deploy with Children’s Disaster Services teams to 8 national disasters. These include: Missouri Tornadoes, The Mariposa, CA Wildfires, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane
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