Family Assignment 2 - What were the strongest areas of growth

Family  

Assignment 2 

 please read the short discussion sections in the two studies below that asks children about their growth – one after a natural disaster and the other after a car accident:

· Cryder, C. H., Kilmer, R. P., Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2006).  An exploratory study of posttraumatic growth in children following a natural disaster . American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76, 65–69.

· Salter, E., & Stallard, P. (2004).  Posttraumatic growth in child survivors of a road traffic accident. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 17, 335–340.

Then, read the article that considers posttraumatic growth – as well as the harm – that can influence our interventions with children:

· Kilmer, R. P., Gil-Rivas, V., Griese, B., Hardy, S. J., Hafstad, G. S., & Alisic, E. (2014).  Posttraumatic growth in children and youth: clinical implications of emerging research literature .  The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,  84(5), 506–518.

respond to the following four questions:

1. What were the strongest areas of growth that children reported? Which areas were surprising to you?

2. What additional questions might you have liked to ask the children in these studies? Explain your answer, please.

3. How do you think taking PTG into account can change a counselor's interventions with a child and family?

4. How and when would you imagine raising the issue of PTG with a child and family to be respectful of their experience of crisis?