A little help for little survivors

For children with traumatic experience and their families you find on this website two counselling tools, a Trauma Picture Book and a Trauma Picture Sheet. By reading, painting and playing the children and their parents gain a better understanding of the effect of post-traumatic stress upon their present situation. It just does not disappear once you are in a safe(r) place. Tips are given on how to feel better: with help of parents and supporters, by own activities and possibly with the help of a trauma therapist.

The Trauma Picture Book (first edition, 2014) is primarily made for children. It contains the story of a child, who grows up in a peaceful surrounding, who was traumatized during a war, whose family fled to a safe country or place and at least were able to free themselves from the traumatic experience. For the parents it contains basic explanations about trauma and trauma help. Children find suggestions for drawing and playing with the figures.

The Trauma Picture Sheet (first edition, 2019) is made especially for parents. It shows them by pictures with only a headline how children may react to traumatic experiences, what makes children’s fears even bigger and what parents can do themselves to sooth the injured soul of their children.

I created both booklets supported by therapists of different methods. A great number of volunteers translated it into many languages, a graphic designer helped to publish it on the website www.susannestein.de.
Both booklets are available as free downloads. It is also possible to get hard copies printed by the GEW. Just write an email to me susanne.stein@hamburg.de.

Here you will find presentation slides from my keynote about the usage of the Trauma Picture Books. Part 1 is abount trauma-sensitive education. Part 2 takes a look into the possible use cases of the Trauma Picture Books in kindergarten, schools and accommodations: