Shell Shocker

Discussion Guide:

1. Activity: Team Building
   Caregiver Note: You could offer to play the game with the child in Team mode to build rapport and show that you are a team.   This presents an opportunity to allow the child to teach you something.
2. Do you feel like I trust you? Why is having trust important in a relationship?
   Caregiver Note: By allowing them to play an online browser-based game, you are showing that  you trust them to play the game and not to visit other sites while on the computer. You can talk about why trust is important and how it effects your relationship. Children with a background of trauma often have a difficult time knowing how and when to trust others and may feel like their caregivers don’t trust them. This is an opportunity for them to explore a little independence in a…

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About the Author: Amy Blackwell

Amy lives in Maryville, TN with her husband and 5 Children. Amy became passionate about Foster Care, adoption, and trauma education after adopting her 3 youngest through the foster care system. Amy works as a Certified Family Support Specialist for a non-profit that focuses on Mental health for youth and young adults. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, playing games, and thrift store shopping.

**Transfiguring Adoption is a nonprofit organization seeking to nurture growth in foster and adoptive families by giving a HOOT about their families. Transfiguring Adoption does not intend for its reviewers nor its review to be professional, medical or legal advice. These reviews and discussion guides are intended to help parents to better be able to connect and understand their children who come from traumatic backgrounds.