This section contains a variety of resources to help you do member care well. Please send us suggestions for additional materials. Our goal is to develop a toolbox of practical materials to support member care work, especially in LPG contexts.

Checklists and Assessment Tool

12 Tools for Member Care (resources to help mission workers, from assessment through reentry)

CACTUS Kit for Teams (overviews eight areas and tools for developing resilient teams)

CHOPS Inventory for Stress (helps identify struggles, successes, and strategies)

Giants, Foxes, Wolves, and Flies (article on spiritual warfare and vulnerability, distractions, stress, addictions)

Headington Institute Checklists (free on-line checklists for stress, burnout, and work-life balance)

Cerny-Smith Adjustment Index (CSAI) (growth tool assessing life in cross-cultural contexts, done on-line and with coaching)

Some Suggested Courses

Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills www.itpartners.org

Headington Institute (on-line courses on stress and trauma management )

Member Care Overview Course

(10 topics and readings; can be done by oneself or with others) www.membercare.org (see training section)