The subject matter shifted seamlessly through Understanding Hidden Hurts (session 1), Critical Skills for Tackling the Tough Stuff (session 2) and Successful Response Strategies (session 3).
I lifted some of this stuff as a teaser:
- Do you need an effective strategy for responding to a hurting kid? Listen, Invest, Validate, Explore (LIVE).
- What must a kid-helper keep in mind when helping a hurting kid? Confidentiality, Enlist Help, Mandatory Reporting, Don't be Stupid.
- The Core recommends some online resources: Celebrate Recovery, Be Broken Ministries, RSA Ministries, National Eating Disorders, Mirror Mirror, Help Guide, To Write Love On Her Arms, National Self-Harm Network, Self-Injury, Abuse & Trauma Resource Directory, Teen Health Center, Self-Injury Information and Support, American Association of Suicidology, Kristin Brooks Hope Center, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
I concur. I felt the Core gave helpful advice and sound encouragement to youthworkers longing to impact the lives of hurting teens. I thought they did a fabulous job of giving insight on the need for boundaries and the necessary ingredient of referring to professionals on a regular basis. I pray we could allow the Spirit to fill us and lead us to Christ-centered Isaiah 61 ministry.
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ReplyDeleteOf course, only someone who is a Bible-Ordained Head Case could even think of referencing Isaiah 61 in this context. You're awesome!
I really appreciate the web links you listed. I'm in the process of checking them out - and have already been touched by one of them (twloha). Thanks a ton!
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