TRAUMA RESOURCES

WEBSITES

BBC - Children of Conflict, "Wounded Children"

The BBC World Service is an important site of statistics, general information, resources, and ways to help.

Kids Peace
The goal of this website is to develop and propagate resources and services designed to cultivate resiliency in all kids.

Save the Children
National bases in several countries target help especially to children suffering with HIV/AIDS or from the ravages of war and land mines.

UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Formerly the UN International Children's Emergency Fund, the UN Children's Fund exists to provide information about and aid to these children: "Every year 11 million children world-wide die from preventable causes." See "voices of youth."

BOOKS

Borgman, Dean. (2003) "Children and Trauma," in Hear My Story: Understanding the Cries of Troubled Youth, Hendrickson Publishers, pp 141-163.

Hunter, Linda B. (1998) Images of Resiliency. Palm Beach, FL: Behavioral Communications Institute. Called Sandplay Therapy, this 'impressive and deeply touching' book will show you how severely troubled children can be reached through sandplay and stories.

Wead, Douglas. (1977) The Compassionate Touch. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany Fellowship. The amazing ministry of Mark and Hulda Buntain brought God's grace to poor children of the streets trapped in prostitution, begging, and drugs. The book is honest enough to admit 'failures' as well as 'successes.'

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