Sara & Her Family Overcome Challenges After The Earthquake (Earthquake Trauma Support)

Story by : Nida Sheriff  |  Psychology advisory : Sheena Vassiliades
Illustrated by : Arpita Sawant, Robert Thompson

What is the book about?

Sara is a 9 year old girl who is displaced along with her family when an earthquake destroys their home. Sara learns to cope with feelings of fear, anxiety, worry, and uncertainty with the help of her parents and friends. Sara also learns how to support her friends and community. 

For parents: In this book, parents will receive conversation prompts to help discuss difficult topics with their children such as loss, grief, natural disasters, and confusing emotions. This book will also help identify and understand children’s emotions and behaviour when experiencing trauma from a natural disaster.

Topics covered in this book are:

• Displacement

• Natural Disaster

• Anxiety

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Grounding exercises in this book:

• Bubble Fish Exercise:
  The Bubble Fish Exercise helps children focus on their breathing if they are feeling extreme emotions like anxiety or fear.

• Tummy Rub Exercise:
  This is a calming exercise that helps children calm themselves if they are feeling anxious, scared or overwhelmed. 

• Fire Fists:
  This exercise helps children focus on and release emotion from their body. 

• Paper Football Dribble:
  This is a fun game/exercise that helps distract children from negative emotions by focusing on a positive activity that they enjoy.

This book is also available in:

Arabic

English

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