Child Trauma Workshop

Calling all who are burdened for hurting children! Trauma workshop training, specifically designed to build Trauma-Competent caregivers, will be held at Onderberg Community Church (37 Park Street, Malelane) at R300 per person to include tea, lunch & study materials.  The course is scheduled to take place over three consecutive days 3-5 May 2021. Attendance times are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (3.30 p.m. on the final day).

Participants may receive 8 CPD points (CPSC [ACRP]) attending the course and completing the tasks involved over the three days.

RSVP to Jaco by the 25th of April on WA 0825628505 or email onderberginfo@gmail.com to allow for preparation of material, including Participation Certificates. This course was developed and written under LAMb international founders, mainly by the Johnstons. Training for trauma awareness (Ruby and Lynn Johnston) LAMb International Learning and Development Center (All Rights Reserved). http://lambinternational.blogspot.com/. The course at Onderberg Community Church, will be presented by Bev van Rensburg (MTh), Africa Consortium Trainer (LAMb International).

Trainer’s Background

Bev van Rensburg - MTh in Practical Theology (Children in Crisis: Imperatives and Strategies for the Church in South Africa). Work experience: Educator: Primary, Secondary then Tertiary institutions- Student Counsellor and tutor for Children and Youth Ministry courses, Christian Relationships and Counselling courses for the South African Theological Seminary. South African Director for Apples of Gold, a Titus 2 Mentorship Ministry where women are trained in these principles. She supplies resources to teens and their mentors, including her discipleships books which emanated from her concerns for crisis issues of absent fathers, need for sexual purity, and other crisis issues. Books include: Where are You, Father? (Need to welcome Father God into the home), Destined for Pure Love (concerning sexual purity, gender and healing) and Children in Crisis Manual (covering fundamental crisis issues to help youth and their mentors to come alongside hurting peers with some understanding). The aim of this training is to teach and equip caregivers in understanding trauma and in turn how to recognize trauma, to understand the impact trauma has on the life of a child and how to become competent in dealing with the child's behaviours and helping them to work through that trauma so that it is dealt with quickly and effectively.

The course covers topics such as:

Understanding need. Goals of trauma care Trauma versus stress. Acute trauma. Complex developmental trauma Trauma’s impact on development. Domains of impairment. Understanding behaviour Essential skills of trauma informed care. Remapping thinking and responses Caregivers’ personal self-care. Excellent practical exercises, group work and discussion, with PowerPoint presentations and videos are included in the training. We have also adapted it to suit the African context as much as we can, so that it is relevant and understandable for the people we are training. Patrick encourages all parents to join if this is a possibility for you, all training is for Godly wisdom in raising your children.  Payment for the workshop can be made into the Church bank account with reference: 'Your name, Workshop' by the 25th of April and please send proof of payment to onderberginfo@gmail.com. Thank you Onderberg Church Banking Details: Onderberg Woordbediening ABSA branch 632005 A/c No. 1650320332 Kind Regards

Much material is from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma Toolkit www.nctsn.org Ruby and Lynn Johnston are the founders of LAMb International and have constructed this course (one of many), particularly meant for carers of orphans but is also suitable for any adult who needs to help a child suffering from the results of trauma.

Ruby and Lynn Johnson’s profile: foster parents; adopted daughter; 6 children; 11 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. Ruby’s profile: Our background is training - personally, I was the former director of the Canadian Institute for Human Services - a branch of the USA Institute for Human Services.  I am a curricula writer, consultant in Organizational Development, etc.  My background is business, with a BS in Business Administration, MS in Organizational Development and PhD work in OD as well.  I am also a Licensed Social Worker from the USA, with over 30 years working in the child and family/child protection system.   The ministry of LAMb was started in 2002 and is focused on doing what we did in the secular world – now focused on orphans.  During my secular work, I started Child Welfare training systems in many USA states and several Canadian provinces, working with state and provincial government offices for this to happen.  All our team members have similar backgrounds. Now, we work globally for the cause of the orphan - and have worked in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Mexico, USA, Canada, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Belarus, Poland, Armenia, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Thailand, and Indonesia, Cambodia, Haiti, Japan, Ecuador, and a number of countries is Africa- over forty in person globally in person, and many others in virtual training.