Play of Life by Dr Carlos Raimundo
This is an innovative, simple and effective technique which uses small figures on boards as a way of helping break down the barriers to communication which can arise within families. The tool is based on Christian teaching and helps people to communicate in a constructive way.
The Play of Life has been developed by Dr Raimundo, a Christian psychiatrist now living in Australia. Trainers and educators have been successfully introducing this powerful and simple tool to bring new health and hope to people in their relationships. The tool can be learnt by distance education and should be of interest to psycho-therapists, counsellors, pastoral carers and self-help groups.
Active Learning Pty Limited, PO Box 275, Gladesville 2111, Australia. E-mail: enquiries@playoflife.com Website: www.playoflife.com …for more information and case studies.
Time out for parents
A manual, workbook and other information to encourage good parenting are produced by Positive Parenting. They also have a number of leaflets available on subjects like discipline and relationships. Their materials are available in English but some are also available in Spanish, Urdu and Punjabi. For more information contact:
Positive Parenting, 2a South Street, Gosport, PO12 1ES, UK. E-mail: info@parenting.org.uk Website: www.parenting.org.uk
Family and Pastoral Counselling
The Latin American Association for Family and Pastoral Counselling (EIRENE) offers training and a certificate in family counselling (El ciclo vital de la familia). It is targeted at religious leaders, health professionals or anybody else interested in work with families. It provides training in counselling with a biblical focus. The training takes around 600 hours for tutored and distance courses, workshops and regular evaluations. Teaching is in Spanish.
The first level (300 hours) covers topics such as today’s changing families, basic psychology, communication within the family, biblical foundations for the family and sexual issues. These topics can be studied either by distance learning or by attending classes.
The second level consists of five work-shops (180 hours), usually held over weekends, while the third level is work or discussions supervised by the tutor (120 hours).
Further information from: Dr Jorge E Maldonado, Centro Hispano de Estudios Teologicos, 6113 Clara Street, Bell Gardens, CA 90201, USA. Tel: +1 (562) 806 8325 Fax: +1 (562) 928 6983
Mujer y Autoestima by Esly Carvalho
A helpful manual in Spanish which can be used with individuals or groups. It is designed to build confidence and self-esteem in women. Copies cost US $5, including postage, and can be ordered from:
Plaza del Encuentro, PO Box 915, Little Elm, TX 75068, USA. E-mail: plazadelcuentro@attglobal.net
Familia em Crise by Esly Carvalho IINDEF Publications
This is a book about families in crisis. It discusses issues of AIDS in the family, domestic violence, sexual abuse, addiction, divorce and homosexuality. It has nearly 100 pages, costs US $4 and is available only in Spanish and Portuguese.
Spanish copies are available from: Apartado 168-2350, San Francisco de Dos Ríos, Costa Rica. E-mail: iindefcr@racsa.co.cr
Portuguese copies are available from: ABU Editora, Caixa postal 2216, São Paulo, SP 01060-970, Brazil. E-mail: editora@abub.org.br
Practical health training
ENDA Tiers-Monde has a training centre in Senegal set in a large botanical garden with 182 local medicinal plants. It offers practical training in traditional medicine in French to health workers and can take groups of 12 to 60 participants for short courses. For more information and prices contact:
CADI, Enda-Madesahel, BP 6259, Dakar, Senegal. E-mail: salyloisirs@ns.arc.sn
ThermoSpot
Keeping new babies warm, particularly premature babies, can be difficult. If a newborn baby’s temperature falls too much, this can lead to death. It can be hard for nursing staff and mothers to know when a baby is getting too cold. The ThermoSpot is a new and simple way of showing the temperature. It consists of a small adhesive plastic disc that is placed on the baby’s stomach. If the baby is warm enough, the disc turns green and shows a happy face. If the baby gets too cold, the disc turns black, indicating that action is needed. A pack of 25 ThermoSpots costs £2.50 from:
TALC, PO Box 49, St Albans, AL1 5TX, UK
For more information, contact John Zeal E-mail: temperaturedoc@aol.com
Tearfund publications…
- Two new ROOTS publications aimed at organisations are now available in English (with copies in French, Spanish and Portuguese available shortly)
Capacity self-assessment is an organisational assessment tool to enable groups to identify their capacity-building needs and to plan for the future.
Peace-building within our communities contains key learning points taken from case studies of Tearfund partners who have been involved in encouraging peace and reconciliation in their communities. Both these publications cost £10 each (US $15 or € 15) including postage.
- Three new PILLARS guides for use with grassroots community groups are now available in English (with copies in French, Spanish and Portuguese available shortly)…
Preparing for disaster encourages communities to consider possible risk situations in order to prepare and respond effectively. It includes information on first aid, emergency stores and community shelters.
Healthy eating Ideas to help improve household nutrition at low cost – food groups, kitchen gardens, recipes, methods of food preservation and hygiene.
Mobilising the community An exciting process of encouraging and supporting communities to analyse their own situations and to take steps to work together to make changes for the better. PILLARS guides cost £5 each (US $8 or € 8) including postage.
- Children and family breakdown The first volume in the Children at Risk Guidelines, containing case studies, biblical perspectives on families, key principles and questions and resource information. Available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese for £5 (US $8 or € 8) including postage.
- Footsteps CD-ROM Do you lend out issues of Footsteps to friends and then never see them again? Have you lost some of your issues? Are you a new reader and wish you had back copies? A CD-ROM with issues 18–50 of Footsteps is available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. You can search for issues or topics and print out the information you need. We also have copies of the earlier CD-ROM (issues 1–40) still available.
These CD–ROMs cost £15 each (US $22 or € 22) including postage. Organisations unable to pay can request free copies.
- Also available, is the Community development CD-ROM library, published by Human Info NGO. Version 1.0 of this very useful resource contains over 1,500 books and newspapers about development. It covers agriculture, building, education, forestry, gender, nutrition and water. Copies are available for £7.50 (US $11 or € 11) including postage.
To order any of the items, or for more information, please contact: PO Box 200, Bridgnorth, WV16 4WQ UK Fax +44 1746 764594 E-mail: roots@tearfund.org