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A structured group therapy programme to assist vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS, poverty and violence
University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa(2003)
Children benefit greatly from having routines in their world, as it is through the use of routines that the world becomes a predictable and therefore safe place to be. Therefore in the therapy session, a routine that is strictly adhered to, is important in order to establish feelings of predictability, safety and therapeutic frame. Children find this both helpful and reassuring.
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Caring for Refugees and Survivors of Torture
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (2005)
Learning Objectives:
*To understand the scope and magnitude of human right violations
*To recognize signs and symptoms
*To learn how to approach these patients
*To be aware of resources available for this population To top

Community Crisis Response Team Training Manual
By Marlene A. Young, US. Department of Justice (1998)
A training manual exploring the emotional aftermath of such crisis as mass murders, natural disasters, and other catastrophe affecting a community. To top

Community Manual
Survivors International
The manual is intended to help those who work with refugees and immigrants understand the high incidence of past torture experiences among these communities. Focus of this manual will be on the aftereffects of torture, symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and how to direct victims of torture to appropriate medical and psychological help. To top

Community-based psychological support - a training manual
By The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2003)
This training manual builds on the experience of psychological support gathered in many different critical events over the last decade by National Societies, and covers more recently developed technical areas as well as recommended methodologies. To top

Compilation of psychosocial training materials for the emotional well-being of orphans and vulnerable children
Family Health International, Lusaka, Zambia (2001)
All children are faced with emotional experiences and challenges as a part of their development. However, orphans and other vulnerable children face specific challenges unique to their own circumstances much of which are brought on by extreme poverty and/or the illness and death of parent(s) or guardian.
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Disaster Mental Health Services: An Overview. (Instructor`s Manual)
By the American Red Cross(2002)
The purpose of this course is to help participants understand the Disaster Mental Health Services (DMHS) function within the American Red Cross Disaster Services Program. Participants will earn how Disaster Mental Health Services support disaster relief workers and people affected by disasters.
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Disaster Psychosocial Response - Handbook for community counsellor trainers
Academy for Disaster Management Education, Planning, & Training, India (2005)
More than 100,000 people have been unsettled in the Tsunami hit Cuddalore district in Tamilnadu, India. The Academy for Disaster Management Education, Planning & Training (ADEPT) coordinated with a group of major charitable hospitals from all over the country and mmobilized medical relief on a war footing. It was estimated that less than 10% of the Tsunami affected population had suffered physical injury or illness. Almost EVERYONE had suffered severe psychological and emotional trauma.
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Global War and Violence: Implications for U.S. Social Workers
By the Minnesota Mainstream Social Work Training Team, the Center for Victims of Torture (2002)
This resource guide for College Educators is offered as assistance to educators as they help students to become aware of the history and reality of refugees and asylees and to prepare for work among these newcomers as social work professionals.
(22 pages, .pdf) To top

Mental health of Refugees
WHO (1996)
This manual is written primarily for relief workers, community workers, primary health care workers, primary school teachers and other who provide support to refugees and other displaced persons who have fled war or disaster.
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Psycho-Social and Mental Health Programmes
UNHCR (2000)
Overview of useful resources and information to guide psychosocial interventions.
(59 pages, .pdf) To top

Stress Management in Disasters
By Cyralene P. Bryce, Pan American Health Organization (2001)
A workbook which is a part of a stress management program designed to prevent and to mitigate the psychological dysfunction which exposure to traumatic situations like disasters may cause in emergency response personnel.
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The Community Crisis Response Team Training Manual
By the Office for Victims of Crime and the National Organization for Victims Assistance (1994)
The manual is, in fact, an evolutionary document, the outgrowth of NOVA`s first Crisis Response Team training outline, published independently in 1987, and an expanded version, whose title is retained in this "Second Edition," published and copyrighted independently, in 1994. To top

The Missing: Mourning process and commemoration
ICRC (2002)
This workshop is part of an interactive process of reflection launched by the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) on the tragedy of people unaccounted for as a result of armed conflict or internal violence.
(92 pages, .pdf) To top

The Refugee Experience - Psychosocial Training Module
By Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford (2001)
The Refugee Experience is a 30-hour psychosocial training module with associated resources designed to facilitate the training of humanitarian assistance workers in response to the psychosocial needs of refugees. The module is targeting the development of critical competences in the planning, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial programmes. To top

Training Module for Education for a Culture of Peace
By UNESCO/FAWE (1999)
Training Module on Women`s Traditional Conflict Resolution and Mediating Practices.
(92 pages, .pdf) To top

Training to Help Traumatized Populations
US Institute of Peace (2002)
Millions of people around the world have experienced psychological distress caused by exposure to armed conflict. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as it is often called, involves a range of normal responses to events outside the realm of normal human experience.
(8 pages, .pdf) To top

Understanding Trauma
By PLAN International Sierra Leone (2001)
Sierra Leonean children are growing up amidst civil unrest and armed conflict as well as disease and deprivation.
It is an everyday life for these children. But even children from less violent surroundings sometimes experience the death of a loved one, loss of properties and relatives. As one grieves over these losses, he/she goes through some stages.
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