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The Resilience Programme for Young Men – A psychosocial handbook

Danish Red Cross

The Resilience Programme for Young Men focuses specifically on the needs of young men, featuring activities that support increased self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-perception, all vital to psychosocial wellbeing. It aims to strengthen social interaction, creativity and peer support by encouraging good communication, group collaboration, mutual trust, respect, understanding and valuing of differences. These are key elements for young men in creating a better life for themselves and their communities.

http://pscentre.org/wp-content/uploads/Resilience-Programme-for-Young-Men.pdf

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Headington Institute

Care for caregivers. To promote welness through training for caregivers. Sharing information on how workers in the field can deal with stressful situations. The Headington Institute provides some good online training courses. On their site you will find training courses that are helpful.

http://www.headington-institute.org/

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Mindfulnext

In partners hip with The Oxford Mindfulness Centre a project called Mindfulness was created for NGOs aimed at building resilience and preventing burnout in frontline professionals through mindfulness-based training.

http://mindfulnext.org/

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The impact of child detention in occupied Palestinian territory

Save the children Sweden

This report aims at giving an insight into the treatment of children in armed conflict, with a primary focus on children in detention. It also provides an overview on psychosocial responses, as developed by Save the Children and the EJ-YMCA, whereas the last part discusses the role of community in the re-integration process of children and presents a list of recommendations when dealing with this subject.

http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/sites/default/files/documents/5720.pdf

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AsianSTSS

AsianSTSS was founded for professionals to advance knowledge about the nature and consequences of highly stressful events and to provide a forum for the sharing of research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns and theoretical formulations on trauma around the Asian region, as well as promoting high standards and ethical practice in the trauma field.

http://www.asianstss.org/2012/index.php?lang=en

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David V. Baldwins Trauma Information Page

These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) and dissociation, whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster.

http://www.trauma-pages.com/

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Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (ATSS)

The Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (ATSS) has internationally recognized certifications for trauma responders. It is a membership Association which develops standards of service and education for those who provide critical emotional care to trauma victims and survivors. ATSS has always endeavored to recognize and support both service providers and the consumers affected by all aspects of trauma in the international setting. ATSS is dedicated to excellence in training, education and experience to ensure that victims of crime, abuse, war, terrorism and disasters receive the most compassionate and effective care as possible.

http://www.atss.info/

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Manual Psycho-social support of orphans

Humuliza Project, Terre des Hommes, Switzerland

Representing a different crisis, our aim is to contribute to the discussion of and the search for new coping mechanisms needed in such a situation. Our focus goes on children and the way how the Tanzanian society is looking to them.

http://ovcsupport.net/wp-content/uploads/Documents/Humuliza_Manual_on_Psychosocial_Support_Manual_Content_Eng_1.pdf

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Working with Children in Unstable Situations – A Guiding Manual for Psycho-social Interventions

UNICEF

The manual ‘Working with Children in Unstable Settings’ aims to guide UNICEF staff and UNICEF partners in how best to respond to the psychosocial needs of children in unstable situations. It aims to introduce humanitarian workers to psychosocial principles and UNICEF’s position on these principles. It provides a number of examples from UNICEF field work of how these principles have been turned into concrete interventions.

https://www.crin.org/en/docs/Working_Guide%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.PM6.pdf

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Managing Traumatic Stress: Tips for Recovering From Natural Disasters

APA Help Center

When a natural disaster affects a community, the resulting trauma can reverberate even with those not directly affected by the disaster.Disasters of this type can be sudden and overwhelming. In addition to the often catastrophic toll on lives and property, a disaster like a tsunami(tidal wave), hurricane or fire can have an impact on those who have lost loved ones and even those who feel more vulnerable as a result of learning about the disaster.

http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2005/01/tsunami.aspx

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