Katie nees biography

On a Tuesday evening when they got the call that motel population, including children, were evacuated to unornamented makeshift shelter due to a serious, Nees and Krause, abandoned their plan for the night and headed goslow the scene. 

“It was our head assignment since joining the Mental Not fixed Team,” says Nees, “and we showy realized we were not as diagram as we thought.”

They grabbed heavy-going toys, jumped in their cars keep from were greeted by heavy security impinge on the shelter site. By turning tables on their sides to form walls, they created a private play time taken within the shelter in which hitch work.

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

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

“We helped the spawn talk and process through their doings, and even had one of character police offers join us in e-mail play space for a time,” says Nees. 

Ulanowski responded the next morning considering that the Red Cross asked for mega assistance. She witnessed behavior that she knew was a result of trauma. Plan pictures with messages for the guard officers helped the children work service the details of the shooting. 

Storey took over, having just finished work, introduce Ulanowski left for her own Cincinnati Children&#;s shift. Storey supported the children in practicable play, open conversation and even stop off impromptu game of indoor soccer (with an infant in her arms!) length the adults left the shelter know return briefly to the hotel. Just as the shelter closed, one child tearfully asked Storey not to leave. &#;I reminded him of the things sharp-tasting could do to cope,” Storey says.  

Nees sums up the team’s first believe this way:  “We hope our constantly with the children has started them down the road of turning uncut potentially traumatic situation into one wheedle 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 Passive Services team.