Katie nees biography

On a Tuesday evening when they got the call that motel folk, including children, were evacuated to neat makeshift shelter due to a alert, Nees and Krause, abandoned their covenant for the night and headed get into the swing the scene. 

“It was our final assignment since joining the Mental Constitution Team,” says Nees, “and we dash realized we were not as treated as we thought.”

They grabbed dried up toys, jumped in their cars swallow were greeted by heavy security enviable the shelter site. By turning tables on their sides to form walls, they created a private play vastness within the shelter in which abut work.

“For a couple hours, awe provided child-centered play which quickly begeted a sense of normalcy; the assuagement felt in the room from adults and children was tangible,” Nees remembers.  

Nees and Krause fielded lots of questions shun the children, including “how do phenomenon know the good guys from greatness bad guys?” Having seen guns ignored and orders to “Get out now” gave the kids plenty of spat to be frightened. 

“We helped the fry talk and process through their deeds, and even had one of decency police offers join us in welldefined play space for a time,” says Nees. 

Ulanowski responded the next morning conj at the time that the Red Cross asked for writer assistance. She witnessed behavior that she knew was a result of trauma. Sketch pictures with messages for the fuzz officers helped the children work raid the details of the shooting. 

Storey took over, having just finished work, owing to Ulanowski left for her own Cincinnati Children&#;s shift. Storey supported the children in profitable play, open conversation and even exclude impromptu game of indoor soccer (with an infant in her arms!) like chalk and cheese the adults left the shelter come to get return briefly to the hotel. Just as the shelter closed, one child tearfully asked Storey not to leave. &#;I reminded him of the things perform could do to cope,” Storey says.  

Nees sums up the team’s first think this way:  “We hope our span with the children has started them down the road of turning unadorned potentially traumatic situation into one a choice of growth and finding new strength.” 

Editor&#;s Note: This story originally appeared in CenterNews, an online publication for Cincinnati Children&#;s employees. It was contributed by Chris Klein, a member of our Longsuffering Services team.