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.

Author-Margaret McCallin

This paper assesses the psychosocial model with reference to displaced and war-affected children and adolescents.The author reviews critical issues and special needs arising from children’s experiences, and discusses how psychosocial programming can meet these needs.The paper mainly assumes a child rights based…[Read more]

This discussion guide examines non-western concepts of mental health, specifically from Mozambique and Angola.It looks at the ways in which mental health and illness can be understood outside the framework of western biomedical paradigms.It discusses how mental health is understood by local people,how it relates to war and other social crises,and…[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]

Authors: Roberta J. Apfel, M.D., M.P.H.; Bennett Simon, M.D.

The authors focus first on psychosocial interventions that enhance the
resiliency of children. Resiliency is the child’s capacity to bounce back
from traumatic childhood events and develop into a sane, integrated,
and socially responsible adult. Utilizing the focus on interventions…[Read more]

Authors: Dyan Mazurana and Susan McKay
Rights and Democracy, 2004

This is an opinion piece developed through a series of four workshops organised by the Bernard van Leer Foundation entitled “On the Road to Toronto.”

Authors: Dyan Mazurana and Susan McKay
Rights and Democracy, 2004

This study raises our awareness of the ‘militarization of the lives of girls in the fighting forces and the role they play’. As it was necessary to separate women from children in order to ensure that women’s rights were understood to be human rights, it is now necessary to…[Read more]