Retired Police Officer Embarks on 14-Day Mountain Climb to Conquer PTSD and Raise Awareness for First Responders.
A compassionate guide for explaining and understanding PTSD with children of first responders.
By Stewart Williams.
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It’s Just Work Stuff by Stewart Williams is a powerful story that helps kids and families understand what happens when brave parents – paramedics, firefighters, police, and SES workers – bring home sad or scary feelings from work.
It’s Just Work Stuff is a book for parents working in front-line emergency services roles who may be experiencing PTSD or it’s symptoms. It is intended to be used as a tool to stimulate family discussions and to help children better understand the changes they have seen in their mum or dad. In the absence of an explanation, children will often blame themselves for a changing home environment.
This book aims to demystify PTSD and like illnesses ad ensure children understand it’s not their fault and that they are loved without exception.
Stewart Williams is a dedicated police officer with 31 years of service and a loving dad to two teenage daughters.
After witnessing the toll that first responder work can take on family life, he wrote and illustrated “It’s Just Work Stuff, ” a heartfelt children’s book that addresses how first responders can unintentionally bring home scary and sad feelings and the impact it can have on kids, who often blame themselves.
Stewart, along with the Tasmanian Police, Fire and Emergency Management identified a gap in the support offered to the children of parents who may struggle with strong emotions, stress and PTSD and created this story so children can better understand these complex challenges.
This book is available to purchase from several online bookstores.