Burns Recovered

Programs For Burn Survivors:
INDIVIDUALIZED AND GROUP PEER SUPPORT: Burn survivor peer support volunteers meet individually with burn patients and their family members in the burn unit at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis. Individualized peer support provides burn patients with practical solutions to adjust and cope with their injuries, emotional support, as well as easing the transition from the hospital to home and eventually back to work or school. Group peer support is also available through monthly support group meetings held in St. Louis and Columbia, Missouri.
MIDWEST CHILDREN'S BURN CAMP: Beginning in 1997, Midwest Children's Burn Camp is a week-long residential summer camp program for burn injured children ages 6 to 17. Children enjoy zip lining, kayaking, water tubing and more. Most importantly, they learn who they are in the inside is more important than the scars they see on the outside.
WORK AND SCHOOL RE-ENTRY: Returning to school or work is often a big adjustment for a burn survivor. Our staff work in partnership with the burn survivor to ease the transition back to school or work by educating classmates, teachers, and co-workers about the issues burn survivors face.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Burns Recovered provides assistance to family members who need housing, while a loved one is hospitalized for his or her burn injuries as well as providing financial assistance to burn survivors to purchase necessary and costly compression garments.
PREVENTION & EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Our safety and prevention education programming provides information, strategies, and skills to identify and avoid high risk situations so individuals can prevent burn and fire injuries.
Our YOUTH FIRE PREVENTION TEAM created our Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program for children who display a risk for fire-setting and/or fire-play. Our team consists of fire responders (fire, police, EMT), juvenile court personnel, psychologist, social worker, as well as burn survivors. Upon referral, the child and their parent or guardian participate in a risk assessment to help identify a child's level of fire setting behavior. Based on the unique situation of each child, the team creates a customized educational program for the child and parents to prevent further experimentation with fire.