Speech Delivered by

Chaplain Dr. Joy David-Mike

On the Mini Graduation Ceremony of Psychological First Aid Training (GYMHA)

On Sat. 9^th Oct, AD 2021

Topic: The Relationship Between Spiritual Care and Psychological First Aid (PFA).

Welcome: I welcome you all severally and collectively to this epoch making event. It wonderful being here. I appreciate everyone and thank you for the wonderful opportunity granted me to speak to you all, it is an honour that will not be taken for granted.

I thank the leadership of this unique organization, I appreciate the visionary leader, Prof. Jude, God bless you sir and give you the sufficient grace to accomplish this laudable vision of yours.

I will also not forget to thank Vivian, whom I call Lady V, whose mode of attending in our first contact was so inviting and appealing, God bless you richly. Also permit me to thank in the house my personal person and colleague; my motivator and encourager, Chaplain Mathew Ngobua, the one I call the man with the master  key, he knows how to pull me out from my shell, God bless you richly.

My prayer for us all is that this organization and its vision will not dies in our hands but outlive us all with a lot of benefits to the young ones who are her targeted audience, you are all welcome. God bless you all.

Introduction: Human life is filled with up and down situation or journey with a lot of stressors that hinders one from experiencing a wholisitic health and well-being, thereby making it difficult for many to make meaning in life they live; this and many more makes it difficult or if not impossible for many to live fulfilled lives or experiencing fulfillment in life.

The resultant effect of human ills, pains and sufferings affect every aspect of human life – physical, emotional, mental, psychological, spiritual and social which make daily living difficult and a challenging one.

To keep one safe, sane, sound and healthy brought about the emergence of various forms of aids and care to help and support people to cope with their day-to-day living and whatever crisis they are confronted with.

These aids and care comes in various forms such as psychological first aid and care, emotional first aid and care, mental first aid and care, spiritual first aid and care, psychosocial aid and care, psychospiritual aid and care.

If one must live a wholistic life, all these aspects of life must be taken care of or attended to.

Journey with me in this presentation to learn more and take a place where you dim fit to be of assistance to people around you who are faced with one life challenges or the other. God bless you all.

Definition of Terms: Permit me as I define the key words in this presentation:

Relationship: This I will like to define in line with the topic of this presentation: relationship is a state of connectedness between people or things; The state of being related; The way in which two or more people or things are connected or associated.

Spiritual: Relating to or affecting human soul or spirit, usually in contrast to material or physical things; pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the spirit.

Psychological: Affecting or arising from the mind; relating to the mental and emotional state of a person; mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; relating to the mind and mental processes.

Spiritual Care: Spiritual care is the support chaplains and Spiritual Care-givers as specialists offer people who are struggling with emotional, mental and spiritual crisis, their families and staff of various organizations, institution and industries in dealing with the stress of life, crisis, illness, trauma, questions of meaning, suffering, death and grief.

Spiritual care also is the attention given to the spirituality and spiritual health of another for the purpose of assisting the person in taking steps to move towards a balance and greater personal authenticity, integrity or inner congruence.

As this assistance is offered and received, the stress caused by the dissonance is moderated and diminished, as movement towards balance is made which result in enhanced spiritual health and well-being.

The part of human health tended to in spiritual care is known as “Spiritual Health,” when it includes mental, emotional and psychological aspect of human life it is known as “Psycho-spiritual Care” which I prefer to call it “Emo-Psycho-Spiritual Care.”

People seek meaning in order to live authentically with themselves and others. This can become a particular set of spiritual beliefs, guiding the ultimate purpose of our life. Spiritual care is not same as religious care, though related but different and unique.

Psychological First Aid: There are various definition of PFA but let’s take these two:

·        PFA is an evidence-informed approach that is built on the concept of human resilience, to reduce stress symptoms and assist the receiver in a healthy recovery following a traumatic event, natural disaster, public health emergency or even personal crisis.

·        PFA is an evidence-informed modular approach to help people of various ages (children, adolescents, youth, adults, elderly and their families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism, designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and foster short-term adaptive functioning and coping.

From the definitions, I believe we have the understanding of the importance and interconnectedness of spiritual and psychological, which I will love to put the two terms in one word “Psychospiritual.” Call it psychospiritual First Aid or Psychospiritual Care, okay.

Believe you me, human beings are tripartite beings, with the makeup of the body, the soul and the spirit which are interwoven with each other. No one of this aspect of life is affected without the other having the feel of the pain that is what makes it is important that all of them need to be attended to.

Research Support: Research validates that the help and support people receive in times of crisis and life challenging situations matters. Providing effective psychological, emotional, mental and spiritual care to individuals, families and communities in difficult times is critical and help promote resilience, healing and recovery.

Spiritual and psychological First Aid (SPFA) seeks to provide psychological, emotional, mental and spiritual care for people who experienced or are experiencing traumas or any life crisis.

SPFA is a practical compassionate and supportive presence of one person to another or a professional to another which is designed to mitigate acute distress, assess needs, provide essential supportive care and link with other support systems as needed for ongoing psychological, spiritual, emotional and mental health care.

The relationship Between Spiritual Care and PFA: I plead with you to be patience with me as I would like to consider the differences between spiritual care and PFA first.   

Their Differences: No matter how connected, related and associated they seem to be, there are differences between them and each is unique in the goals it sets to achieve in human existence.

1.     PFA is a short-term care to people who experienced traumatic events to help relieve tension, stress and get them calm pending when professional care will be available while Spiritual Care is a long-term care that may span through care-recipients’ life time to enable them live a fulfilling and meaningful live despite their conditions.

2.     PFA offers a temporal relief to curb or avoid further crisis or damage while Spiritual Care is more comprehensive, targeted to the “whole person” for wholistic healing and recovery.

3.     PFA deals with immediate and present conditions of the recipients while Spiritual Care deals with the past, present and future for interconnectedness of the spirit, soul and body for a meaningful-fulfilled life.

4.     PFA focuses in the reduction of stress in the victims of traumatic events and to get them calm and safe before the needed support or solution of their problems are being attended to while Spiritual Care focuses on helping people to answer the “Big Life Questions” such as meaning, purpose, connection etc. brought to them by the traumatic events they experienced.

5.     PFA is like a palliative care to sooth the mind of traumatized individuals for a while to mitigate further crisis that may be detrimental to the persons’ health like self-medication, drug/chemical abuse while Spiritual Care takes the process of wound healing and recovery to enable them live a wholistic life with meaning and purpose.

Having done justice to the differences, follow me as we go on to spiritual care and PFA connectivity and association:

Spiritual care and PFA have one target which is human beings, wherever they may be, who are facing difficult and critical situations in life which will hinder them from enjoying their God-given lives and the opportunities to live, explore and make meaning of life.

The two terms seek to help people in traumatic or painful situations to navigate through their pains and ugly situations, bounce back and thrive, without making wrong decisions or taking wrong actions that will be detrimental to their well-being, families, and the society at large.

Spiritual care and PFA seek to safeguard individuals who experienced traumatic events or passing through critical life challenges and problems from resorting to hard drugs as a means of escaping their pain and challenges but give them the needed stamina and coping capacity to face their pain squarely until victory is sure.

These two terms have two categories of people or group that offer these care to achieve maximum benefits in people who are in need of each, they are called the volunteers or the professionals. In my profession, chaplaincy, we have them as the generalists and the specialists.

In conclusion, Just the way first aid is related to medical care in times of emergency, when the professional health care providers are not readily available, anyone who is skilled in providing the needed medical first aid can do so to save a life before the professionals come for proper medical care.

In the same vein, PFA and spiritual care can be offered by anyone who is skilled on each of them based on temporal ground before professionals or specialists in the field will take over to offer the needed care or solution to the recipients’ problems.

Final Word: I hope you have learnt something from this little knowledge of mine on this topic. My prayer for us all is that God will safeguard us from all ills, crisis, traumas or any experience that may alter our wholistic health, wellness and well-being.

Stay sane, safe, whole, sound, and healthy and remain eternally blessed.

God bless you one more time. Thank you

Chaplain Dr. Joy David-Mike SCC, CPC

DMin. Chaplaincy Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Webinar Presentation Delivered by

Chaplain Dr. Joy David-Mike

On 15^th Oct, 2021AD

Topic: Chaplaincy in the Industrial and Business Sector

Introduction:

Industrial or business chaplaincy is a chaplaincy practice geared toward people in the economic life. It is taking chaplaincy profession, care and services on mission into various industries and business concerns such as marketplaces, industries (manufacturing, construction or service) or other institutions that are business centered.

The idea of chaplaincy among people in the economic life is not new, the practice has existed for centuries – from Britain and the industrial revolution and later to US, mainly dominated by Christian faith clergies reaching out to people in economic life.

The  Development of Industrial and Business Chaplaincy:

Though at its inception, industrial and business chaplaincy was limited to Christian religion but today is no longer the trend or limited to any particular religion or faith group as there are growth in proportion of people who identify with other religions who are in industrial and business sector such as Hindus, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhist, Jewish etc.

This has made industrial and business chaplaincy to become multi-religious and multi-faith in nature, comprising and accommodating all people irrespective of age, ethnicity, religious affiliation, social status etc, in its practice.

Definition of Industrial and Business Chaplaincy:

Industrial and business chaplaincy is chaplaincy practice and service delivery in workplaces of all descriptions such heavy manufacturing industries and construction firms. This chaplaincy scopes also include airports, seaports, road transports, service industries etc.

Chaplaincy care in a modern industries and business concerns is a growing trend and a much needed one in this technological and rapid growth age.

Industrial and business chaplaincy is related to workplace chaplaincy such as we see in US (Marketplace chaplaincy, Cooperate chaplaincy Association of America). It is one of the most varied areas or aspects of chaplaincy profession, practice and service delivery because it is all encompassing in nature.

The Emergence of Chaplaincy in Industrial and Business Sector

In UK, the history was associated with the city of Sheffield, where the first industrial chaplaincy mission (known as Britain Industrial Mission) was established in 1944AD. This was as a result of the understanding of Bishop Lesile Hunter, Bishop of Sheffield who discovered that the Church of England had been losing touch with people in the individualized and business cities during the inter-war years.

Bishop Lisile then sent the Rev’d Ted Wickam into factories to engage workers, this approach of his was well received by the working people.

In 1959, the Industrial Mission Association was formed, by late 1970s, it was at its height with an estimated number of 115 full-time and 175 part-time clergies who engaged in industrial chaplaincy in UK.

Due to the changing dynamics of the economy, with economic activity moving away from traditional industry and business to consumer and service industries, the industrial mission association changed its name to “Workplace Chaplaincy Mission UK” in 2018AD with 500 chaplains across UK.

In US, the justifiable claim of the industrial and business chaplaincy started in 1940s, but there was a claim that the first known industrial and business chaplaincy ministry was established in 1643, at the Saugus Iron Works, Massachusetts. The industrial and business chaplaincy was later replicated with corporate chaplaincy in 1980s.

Industrial and Business Chaplains:

An industrial or business chaplain is someone who works for a business or an industry, who offers workplace chaplaincy care and services to the industry or business concern as well as to its employees.

Majority of people spend most of their waking lives in their workplaces and contrary to what people might think and management might wish, employees’ personal problems don’t evaporate when the whistle blows; they carried the hangover to work. And if this is not taken care of, will affect their effectiveness and productivity at work.

Industrial and business chaplains (workplace chaplains) support both people at work, customers/clients or visitors in a wide variety of working environments.

Industrial and business chaplains are always ecumenical and pragmatic in nature and practice with the mainstream clergies from different religions and faith groups working together and also lay persons’ involvement.

Industrial and business chaplaincy (or Marketplace chaplaincy) practioners are becoming diverse in the sorts of business or organization or industry they relate to or serve; such as transportation companies/industry, construction industry, manufacturing industry, retail shops, service industries, business centers, marketplaces etc.

Chaplains in the industrial and business sectors offer various chaplaincy care and services to workers/employees, employers, and the management. Emotional and spiritual support they provide in the industrial and business sector is on the rise in the developed nations.

There are chaplains from various chaplaincy associations to serve this growing field. This calls for a great concern for us in Africa and most importantly Nigeria in particular.

Three Objectives of Industrial and Business Chaplaincy

1.     That the world of work is the part of God’s realm and that people matter in a work community, they need chaplaincy care and services as well.

2.     The care of the hurt and disadvantaged within the work community and also for the unemployed without a work community.

3.     The development of a competent theology of work and industrial/business chaplaincy.

Their Roles: The role of industrial and business involve but not limited to the following:

·        Giving listening ears to people in the economic life.

·        Being present with them and in any situation to give guidance or counsel on matters related to emotional, psychological or spiritual crisis or needs etc.

·        Working across all levels of departments in the industry or business concern for the good of the organization.

·        Collaborating with other departments in the industry or business such as occupational health dept., human resources or trade unions when dealing with organizational or individual issues.

·        Supporting individual employee or sometimes a whole department in crisis situation, such as when there is the occurrence of sudden unexpected tragedy, stress, redundancy of individual and personal or affecting the whole department or organization.

These and many more are the roles of industrial and business chaplains.       

Why Chaplaincy in Industrial and Business Sector?

Different faith and religious groups provide chaplaincy in industrial and business sector because it is important for them to maintain contact with the economic life of the society.

No one will want a particular religion or faith communities which are exclusively concerned with their own life and affairs, this is what make chaplaincy industrial and business an interfaith, inter-religious and multi-faith professional practice.

“Chaplaincy existed for the benefit of those who are members of a particular religion or faith groups and as well as of those who are none.” And that is what we chaplains must sustain.

Benefits of/from Chaplaincy in Industrial and Business Sector:

In developed nations like UK, US and Australia, Industrial and business chaplaincy (Workplace chaplaincy) has been rated a valuable employee benefit.

Though chaplains are not there for only life difficulties. A good chaplain will:

1.     Contribute to the positive atmosphere of working environment.

2.     Encourage workers/employees at all times to enhance effectiveness.

3.     Affirm their values to the organization or industry they serve.

4.     Be able to link workers with places of worship for any religious ceremonies or celebrations.

5.     Be able to train people in basic budgeting skills to enable them make good use of their resources and salaries if knowledgeable in such aspect.

Important of Chaplaincy in the Industrial and Business Sector

It is often said that the most important assets a business or industry has are its people (workers). If this is a sure fact, this assets need to be care for and there is no factory or instrument put in place anywhere in the world which will be used for the maintenance of this unique assets in any given industry, business or organization because they are not machines or robots but humans who are created in three unique parts which requires wholistic care and attention for wholisitic health and well-being that will enable them to function optimally for successful growth and expansion of the business and industries.

This is the main reason chaplaincy is highly needed in the industrial and business sector. A group of staff, motivated and focused on a task, make a real difference in the performance and profit making of any industry or business.

At times, the stress of life may make it difficult for staff in any business or industry not to be motivated and focus to task lost. This is the ups and downs of human beings. We may be able to leave behind us concerns about our homes and health, families and finances for a while to concentrate on work, but eventually they catch up with us.

Work and task on their own, can bring pressure and uncertainty and when it does; co-workers/colleagues no matter how supportive they may be, may have little time to help.

Before now, people were more attached to their faith community, where they could talk about their problems and concerns, this is less the situation now. Regularly committed or not, they missed the stability and support with the background and faith tradition offered. They missed someone to talk to, this why chaplaincy is needed in the industrial and business sector.

Chaplains have been present in hospitals, prisons, armed forces, educational institutions for many years. The community recognizes the value of the presence of those places where people are under particular pressure and chaplaincy is essential in each of them.

With the same purpose, chaplains come into industrial and business sector, they are people who knows what it is to be alongside others at the turning point of life (pain or joy), though they are not immune from problems but their trainings made them exceptionally unique to serve others as the wounded healer.

In Conclusion, Chaplains in Africa and Nigeria in particular, where are we on this page of chaplaincy profession and practice. The chaplains in developed nations of the world who we are proud of that made chaplaincy in this setting known, felt, desired, accepted and valued took the advantage of the opportunity before them, rose up, practice and never gave up until they were engendered by the industrial and business sector.

What is our own part in this part of the world, what do we need to do to make industrial and business sector of this great nation have a feel of the benefits in professional chaplaincy practice.

A clarion call! A clarion call!! A clarion call!!! “Who is ready? Who is available? Who is prepared? Who is adequately equipped?” Rise up now and take up this challenge to take professional chaplaincy on mission into this vast and large sector of the economy.

“Come over to this sector and help us, cries the community of industrial and business sector.”

God blessings, thank you all.

Chaplain Dr. Joy David-Mike SCC, CPC.

DMin. Chaplaincy Education.

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October AD2021 Online Practice Detailing

WELCOME: You are again welcome severally and collectively to this month’s chaplaincy practice detailing and training in this Professional Chaplaincy Lab.

As usual, your contributions are highly valued, you should therefore participate very well, making genuine contributions.

Chap. Prof. David Mike, Anchor

TOPIC: BOREDOM, Its Prevention and Treatment.

PREAMBLE: Boredom in its simplest term is said to be the act or situation where one gets bored of doing one thing over and over again leading to an uninteresting situation or circumstances.

When boredom sets in, there will be a demonstration of lack of interest or loss of interest in whatever one is doing or even lack of interest in living.

DEFINITION: Is the state of feeling bored, the quality of being very boring. And to be bored is to make someone feel bored, especially by talking too much.

CAUSES OF BOREDOM:

1.     Loss of interest

2.     Confusing instruction.

3.     Inadequate rest or nutrition.

4.     Low level of mental stimulation.

5.     Lack of choice or control over one’s daily activities.

6.     Lack of diversified recreational interests.

7.     Poor perception of time.

8.     Fear of making a mistake.

9.     Repetition of the activity for too much time.

10.                        Feeling unable to try new approaches to activities.

EEFECTS OF BOREDOM ON MENTAL HEALTH:

People highly prone to boredom perform poorly on task that require sustained attention and are more likely to show increased symptoms of both ADHD and anxiety.

Question: Give other effects of boredom on mental health you may know.

HOW TO PREVENT BOREDOM:

1.     By socializing.

2.     Get your compass straight.

3.     Add a new challenge.

4.     Learn to journal.

5.     Engage in mindfulness and meditation.

6.     Fill schedule holes.

7.     Cut off distraction.

8.     Put off your boredom.

9.     Become your own cheer leader.

10.                        Nuke procrastination.

11.                        Figure out what you really want to do.

HOW IS BOREDOM TREATED: There is no specific medical treatment for boredom, that means it boils down to “Talk therapy” which is part of the approaches in chaplaincy in meeting with need of CR.

However, there are tons of solutions for anyone who is experiencing boredom. For example, the individual may consider:

1.     Trying some new diversional activities.

2.     Joining a social group can be a good way to thwart boredom such as reading club, hobby groups or exercise are all great places to start.

3.     Joining a community group that organizes activities and outings.

4.     Talking to a professional for the needed counseling or guidance on what makes the person bored.

What other things can be used as treatment for boredom?

QUESTIONS:

Definitions:

QUESTION 1: Define in your own understanding what you consider boredom to be?

QUESTION 2: Compare this definition with your own submission and other colleagues’ definitions, do you get something new to add to your understanding? If yes, what?

QUESTION 3: Have ever experienced boredom before, what was your experience and how did handled it?

Causes:

QUESTION 3: Compare the listed causes with yours as well as with other colleagues’ listings, what other causes of boredom have you discovered from this practice lab?

Effects:

QUESTION 4: Compare your listed effects of boredom on people with the submission of other colleagues, what new things have you discovered as effects of boredom?

QUESTION 5: Boredom surely have some dangerous effects on personalities and people, what in your own opinion are the resultant outcomes of the effects on people?

QUESTION 6: Why has boredom become a thing of concern, deserving attention, care, analysis and treatment?

Prevention:

QUESTION 7: There is an age long adage which says, “prevention is better than cure,” what in your opinion is this adage trying to buttress?

QUESTION 8: What other preventive method would you suggest for boredom in addition to the listed above?

QUESTION 9: Compare listed prevention tips and your own lists as well as of other colleagues and state what new prevention tips you have discovered.

QUESTION 10: How do you intend to make use of these tips in actual professional chaplaincy practice?

ESSENCE OF PRACTICE: It is essential that every practioner on this platform –Chaplaincy Practice Lab – engages in the actual professional chaplaincy practice and service delivery as we have moved from para and voluntary practice to actual chaplaincy practice where one can gain experiences, skills and competencies for effective chaplaincy practice.

Chaplaincy have gone beyond imaginary and ceremony to actual professional chaplaincy practices with evidence-based outcomes. Imbibe actual professional chaplaincy now and serve humanity better.

God bless you all.

 

 

September AD 2021 Chaplaincy Practice Detailing

WELCOME: I welcome you all severally and collectively to this month’s outing, I wish to assure you that your contributions are valued and you should therefore offer beneficial contributions for the development of our nascent professional practice and service delivery.

Passivity please note is not a virtue in professional chaplaincy practice and we have zero tolerance for it on this platform. This platform is where people are being groomed and equipped for effective chaplaincy service delivery. Please treat it as such always.

Happy deliberation.

Chap. Prof. David Mike, the Anchor.

 

TOPIC: Diseases, Sicknesses and Ailment that make people abandon their family members or those which make Healthcare providers not to allow people to have contact with their beloved one suffering such.

PREAMBLE: Beloved, there are numerous health challenges and diseases known to the world which are classified as contagious, dangerous and unsafe for people to have physical contacts with those who suffer from such diseases, while some make the family members and friend to abandon their loved ones and run away.

While there are some the Medical Healthcare professionals would prevent family members and friends from having physical contact with their loved ones who are suffering such sicknesses because of contamination and community spread.

In this month’s outing, we are going to concern ourselves with the 2 categories with the intention of showcasing the roles of Healthcare chaplains in such.

POINT 1 - CATEGORY 1: Diseases which make family members, friends and relations abandon their member suffering from such diseases.

a.     What in your understanding are diseases which make family members, friends and relations run away or abandon their member suffering from such diseases?

b.     How would this abandonment affect the one who is sick?

c.      What do you think should be the role of chaplains in this situation both to the patient, the family and friends?

POINT 2- CATEORY 2: Diseases which makes healthcare professionals prevent family members and friends from having direct contact with the sick person.

a.     Make a list of such diseases.

b.     Why do healthcare professionals prevent others from having direct contact with patients with such disease?

c.      What do you think the loneliness experienced by these patients affects their healing and recovery?

d.     What will be the roles of healthcare chaplains in this situation?

POINT 3: Problems and challenges faced by people in category 1

a.     What physical problems are they likely face (both the sick person and the family) and the roles chaplains can play to solve such problems and meet with their physical needs?

b.     What psychological problems are they likely to experience and the roles of chaplains in proffering the needed solution and meeting their psychological needs?

c.      What emotional problems are they likely to face and what would be the roles of chaplains in meeting such need?

d.     What spiritual problems and needs they may be faced with and how will a chaplain meet with them?

e.     What mental health problem would they portray and how would that be solved by the chaplain?

f.       What religious problems would they be faced with and what would be the role of chaplain in solving them?

POINT 4: Problems and challenges faced by people in category 2. Please repeat the same for the people in category 2

Having completed this exercise, what opinion do you have about chaplains and chaplaincy profession?

Would you be able to promote and project chaplaincy better now?

CONCULSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August AD 2021 Chaplaincy Practice Detailing

WELCOME: I welcome you all severally and collectively to this month’s outing, believing that we will see the need to rise up to our responsibilities as problem-solvers to offer beneficial services to people in our various societies and nations who are faced and bedeviled with the problems of divorce and abandonment.

TOPIC: The Increase Rate of Divorce and Abandonment by Married Couples.

PREAMBLE:  The rate and the ease at which people all over the world get divorced is very alarming and has become a matter of global concern. It is on record that there are more divorces nowadays than the number of marriages solemnized.

This situation calls for greater and better attention on the part of professionals who have the mandate to help mend broken homes and marriages, striving hard to prevent divorce and abandonment.

POINT 1: DIVORCE

a.     What in your own understanding is divorce?

b.     How has divorce affected the society, negatively or positively?

c.      How common or rare is divorce in your community and nation?

POINT 2: SEPARATION

a.     What in your opinion is separation?

b.     Is separation the same as divorce? If no, what is the differences between both?

c.      Is separation of couples any use at all in solving marital problems? Give reasons for your answer

d.     What should come first separation or divorce?

e.     What can professionals help to bring our in the lives of separated couples?

POINT 3: ABANDONMENT

a.     What in your opinion is abandonment among married couples?

b.     What can cause abandonment in marriage relationship?

c.      How can professionals help abandoned couple?

GENERAL QUESTION: What devastating effects can separation, divorce and abandonment on the couple, children, parents and the society at large?

NB: Beloved chaplains, separation, divorce and abandonment have grave consequences on the society, name 5 most consequences known to you.

POINT 4: PARENTING

a.     What in your opinion is parenting?

b.     Is there anything like good or bad parenting? If yes, what are the differences?

c.      How has separation, divorce and abandonment affected parenting?

d.     Is good parenting learnable? If yes, how? If no, why?

e.     What roles can practicing chaplains, marriage counselors/therapists, family counselors/therapists play in ensuring good parenting in the society?

f.       What would chaplains be preventing in the society if they rise up to their responsibility in enduring good parenting?

POINT 5: CAUSES

It is an accepted adage that there can be no smoke without fire; in like manner, separation, divorce and abandonment do not just occur, there are known causes which may vary from society to society.

a.     List 5 most common causes in your operation and jurisdiction.

b.     How can these causes be prevented among martial couples?

c.      How can they be handled among couples who have being separated, divorces and abandoned?

POINT 6: DEPRESSED AND UNFAVOURABLE SITUATIONS

In depressed economy or when a nation is experiencing economic downturn or recession, experts are called upon to come forward to offer needed solutions capable of bringing about an economic recovery. In the case of separation, divorce and abandonment:

a.     Who are the experts and specialists that must be called upon for recovery or reversal?

b.     How readily available are such experts and where can be found and accessed?

POINT 7: GROWING EXPERTS AND SPECIALISTS

a.     Who should be responsible for growing these experts and specialists?

b.     What roles should chaplains play in such situations?

c.      What roles or obligation do chaplaincy association or institutions have to the society in cases of separation, divorce and abandonment?