ECPAT International

This guide for trainers has been written as a response to the many requests received at ECPAT International for advice and assistance in training carers to look after children who have been commercially sexually exploited. Often carers find themselves in the position of having to fulfill many of the child’s needs, and…[Read more]

April 2006 – UNICEF

This paper reviews existing concepts, methods and tools used by UN agencies, humanitarian organizations and academic researchers for assessing children’s psychosocial wellbeing and evaluating subsequent interventions. It highlights examples of best practice and makes recommendations regarding some basic principles and…[Read more]

Research Conducted By
Christian Children’s Fund, Oxford University, & Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh

The purpose of this research project was to strengthen our ability to answer the fundamental question: Do community-based psychosocial interventions work? The research focused on war-affected children because children typically…[Read more]

Action for the Rights of Children (ARC)

This resource pack is intended to provide an introduction to the skills of
working effectively with children: it does not aim to provide comprehensive
training. It is strongly recommended that personnel who have a regular need to communicate with children, and particularly those who regularly work…[Read more]

Association des Volontaires pour le Service International

GIOVANNI GALLI , ANNE DEVREUX

” Pourquoi est ce que les gens ne s’entendent pas alors que nous sommes tous enfants de Dieu ?
Pourquoi font- ils la guerre ?
Pourquoi se disputent-ils?
Pourquoi est-ce que l’o-n ne s’entend pas avec nos amis, alors que nous sommes enfants de Dieu…[Read more]

How can people at risk in war and disaster be better protected? And what
practical role can humanitarian agencies and their staff play in helping to bring about such protection on the ground? This guide aims to provide some answers to these questions, and is intended as a practical guide for field staff in humanitarian agencies.

Wietse A Tol and Mark van Ommeren

In this editorial, we discuss the emerging field of MHPSS from the perspective of evidence-based practice. We describe challenges to evidence-based MHPSS practice, and highlight areas where concerted action may either (A) improve the quality of MHPSS programming (by basing decision-making on research findings)…[Read more]

Professor Alastair Ager

This paper gives guidance for the planning and implementation of psychosocial programmes as part of development assistance projects. It aims to turn the reader’s attention to the two chief questions involved in such planning:What are we appropriately seeking to achieve? What is the best way of going about this? For…[Read more]

Participatory Research Study with Adolescents in Northern Uganda.
May – July 2001

From May to July 2001, the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (Women’s Commission) conducted a research study on the situation of adolescents in three Districts of northern Uganda: Gulu, Kitgum and Pader. Young people’s lives in these areas have…[Read more]

Cris Ratiner, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Psychosocial Consultant
UNICEF Pakistan

Without understanding the healthy, happy child, it is hard to gauge the extent of dysfunction in a distressed child. Being aware of normal expectations makes it possible to get a sense how well a child is doing after a terrible event, and how to help…[Read more]

UNICEF – Innocenti Working Paper – December 2008

Mindful of the important contribution that young people can make to our understanding of the issues that concern them, in 2005 and 2006 UNICEF arranged for children and young people who had been trafficked while under 18 years of age, to be interviewed in their home countries. Interviews were…[Read more]

Protracted armed conflict and the worst drought in living memory have displaced large numbers of Afghans and created a crisis for children. Following the defeat of the Taliban and the establishment of an interim government, new opportunities for child protection and assistance have opened. Amidst a rapidly changing situation and shortages of…[Read more]

Since the psychology of disasters was introduced in 1948, many have struggled with the concept of disasters and mental health. The last 30 years have seen a major shift of perspective from the treatment of “mental
illness” to “mental health care.” This has meant that mental health care providers have moved closer to the community in there…[Read more]

At the beginning of the 21st century, new challenges face practitioners and policy-makers who are concerned with the protection and care of children. The HIV pandemic is creating a rapidly escalating care crisis on top of pre-existing high levels of need arising from poverty, conflict, natural disasters and family breakdown. Despite these growing…[Read more]

This document has been prepared for general health coordinators working at national and sub-national level in low and middle income countries. These include national-level Health Cluster members, such as general
health coordinators for government, UN and non-UN international agencies and local NGO health programmes.

This document is largely…[Read more]