Psychosocial interventions - training manual

This training workshop module intended as a guide to train people in how to respond to the psychosocial effects of disasters. It aims to help psycho-social program administrators and trainers to give training to their staff in understanding how disasters affect children and adults, how people cope with the emotional effects of disasters and how one can facilitate community's natural recovery process. It also aims to equip them with basics of psychosocial intervention and communication skills aimed at reducing distress, improving adaptive functioning in the face of the practical and emotional demands created by the disaster, and preventing longer-term disability.

Key wordschildren / mental health / psychosocial intervention / reconstruction / refugee health / refugees / rehabilitation / social support / treatment

CategoryManuals and guidelines