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Chrystie, Mr Atkins’ wife, is one of the committee members that oversaw the production of the book.<\/p>\n
“It’s for undiagnosed first responders to recognise symptoms, it explains PTSD and mental injury in first responders to their kids, but it also shows them what they need to do to get better,” she said.<\/p>\n
“The thing we’re trying to teach kids is the alarm isn’t something you can see but it really impacts your ability to function.”<\/p>\n
As well as the Atkins, the self-published book was developed by Mark Thomas, Rachel Yeo, Kym Scherf, Sally-Anne McCormack, and Samantha Vella, with illustrations by Anastasia Beth.<\/p>\n
The launch event featured Code 9 Foundation ambassador and former AFL umpire Ray Chamberlain as special guest.<\/p>\n
Physical copies of the book can be found at Everybody Knows Books, otherwise the book can be purchased digitally via the Code 9 Foundation website through Amazon.<\/p>\n
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A NEW book aimed at helping children and families of first responders to understand the impacts of their parents’ jobs was released to the public this week. The work called My Dad, My Hero was launched at Everybody Knows Books on Sunday afternoon, and is the result of two years of work by the book’s […]<\/p>\n