• Training of Trainers on Psychological First Aid (PFA) - Application Form (114Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 4/19/2012 in Sri Lanka
    Training of Trainers on Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Crisis Events in
    Sri Lanka: 16th – 19th May 2012 in Batticaloa

    Please refer 'Training of Trainers on Psychological First Aid (PFA) - Call for Applications' which is uploaded to this group separately, for further information regarding the training.
  • Training of Trainers on Psychological First Aid (PFA) - Call for Applications (147.2Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 4/19/2012 in Sri Lanka
    Training of Trainers on Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Crisis Events in
    Sri Lanka: 16th – 19th May 2012 in Batticaloa

    Applications are invited for a Training of Trainers programme on
    “Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Crisis Events in Sri Lanka”. This
    training is designed to equip participants to deliver training in
    Psychological First Aid in Sinhala or Tamil to a wide spectrum of
    potential responders to large and small scale crisis events in community
    settings. The training content is based on the international field guide
    published by WHO, War-Trauma Foundation and World Vision International in
    2011, which is currently being translated and adapted for use in Sri Lanka
    by The Good Practice Group, in collaboration with World Vision Australia.
    This programme is relevant for trainers of emergency workers, humanitarian
    personnel, health and education staff, community workers and community
    members.

    Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-supported approach for
    immediate post-crisis psychosocial care, recommended by the IASC
    Guidelines for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency
    Settings (2007), the current Sphere Guidelines (2011) and the WHO Mental
    Health GAP Intervention Guide (2010). PFA covers both social and
    psychological support and involves the provision of humane, supportive and
    practical help to people suffering from serious crisis events. It is the
    expert-recommended alternative to immediate psychological therapies -
    which are not supported by available evidence to be appropriate in an
    acute crisis.

    This is the detailed call for applications, which provides
    background information to the training process and its contents. An application form for prospective participants is uploaded separately.

    There are only 30 places available (15 in each language group) and
    applications will be processed on a 'rolling' basis. Therefore please do
    encourage interested candidates to apply as early as possible to avoid
    disappointment. Applications close on 4th May 2012.

    For further information, please contact Gayathri Jayasooriya: 0777-574826
    / gayathri@goodpracticegroup.org .
  • A resiliencia e o atendimento das Crianças Orfas e Vulneraveis (1.4Mb)   Uploaded by Frederic Baele on 7/28/2011 in Apoio Psicossocial Moçambique
    Este Manual destina-se aos formadores de voluntários e activistas, pais,
    trabalhadores e educadores infantis e juvenis, incluindo os profi ssionais de
    organizações e instituições vocacionadas e interessadas nesse grupo alvo.
    Ele é uma ferramenta prática, para o reforço das capacidades dos adultos e
    das próprias crianças e jovens, no sentido de melhorar a sua qualidade de
    vida, no presente e no futuro.
    Para o efeito, ao longo deste Manual são abordados diferentes temas que se
    revelaram importantes durante as diversas actividades de treino e debates
    sobre o Atendimento da Criança Órfã e/ou Vulnerável. Em todas elas foi
    manifesta a necessidade de recomendações práticas que possam conciliar a
    promoção e a criação de Resiliência através do Atendimento da Criança,
    seja ele domiciliário ou institucional (escola, hospital, creche).
    O presente Manual foi revisto e chancelado pelo Centro de Reabilitação
    Psicológica Infantil e Juvenil (CERPIJ) do Hospital Central de Maputo e irá
    evoluindo através de várias edições, aglutinando os enriquecimentos e experiências
    recolhidas durante a sua utilização em actividades de treinamento
    e uso e de contribuições de todos os que possam lê-lo e queiram aperfeiçoar
    os seus conteúdos, métodos, apresentação.
  • Psychological Trauma of the Civil War in Sri Lanka (250Kb)   Uploaded by Ananda Galappatti on 7/25/2011 in Sri Lanka
    Short article published in The Lancet. • Vol 359 • April 27, 2002
    Authors: Kaz de Jong, Maureen Mulhern, Nathan Ford, Isabel Simpson,
    Alison Swan, Saskia van der Kam
  • TRAUMA, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACEBUILDING: Cross- Regional Challenges, South Asia (189.5Kb)   Uploaded by Ananda Galappatti on 7/22/2011 in South Asia
    TRAUMA, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACEBUILDING
    Cross- Regional Challenges: South Asia
    by Shobna Sonpar
    Paper presented at the Trauma, Development and Peacebuilding Conference, New Delhi, India, September 9-11, 2008
    Hosted by: International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE) &
    International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
  • Childrens’ clubs: new ways of working with conflict-displaced children in Sri Lanka (132.9Kb)   Uploaded by Ananda Galappatti on 7/22/2011 in Sri Lanka
    Author: Jason Hart
    Source: Forced Migration Review (15)

    This article is based on research conducted in Eastern Sri Lanka, and discusses the potential of participatory work with children's clubs drawing on experience from Save the Children Norway's work in this areaa
  • Assessing Psychosocial Needs: What are we looking for and why? Analysing psychosocial needs assessment in Sri Lanka post-tsunami (247.2Kb)   Uploaded by Ananda Galappatti on 7/22/2011 in Sri Lanka
    Research report for: UNICEF Sri Lanka
    Date: January 2006
    Report written by: Ruth Marsden and Alison Strang
    Research conducted by: Institute of International Health and Development,
    Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, U.K.

    This research set out to review the practice of assessing psychosocial needs in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the tsunami. Gathering information from a small cross section of organisations involved in psychosocial work in Jaffna, Batticaloa and Galle, this study has explored current processes and methods being used by humanitarian agencies to assess psychosocial needs. Through analysis of this current practice this report aims to inform the future development of more effective psychosocial needs assessment practice.
  • Manual de treinamento do trabalho de memoria, Sinomlando. (358.5Kb)   Uploaded by on 7/14/2011 in Apoio Psicossocial Moçambique
    Este manual é voltado para a capacitação de trabalhadores comunitários e voluntários que dão
    assistência às famílias afetadas ou infectadas por HIV/SIDA. A oficina padrão do treinamento em
    trabalho de memória dura quatro dias. Durante a primeira parte das oficinas os participantes
    aprendem lidar com sofrimento e luto. Eles também são ensinados como fornecer apoio psicossocial
    para crianças em sofrimento. A última parte do workshop é uma introdução à metodologia da caixa
    de memória.
  • What is a Psychosocial Intervention? Mapping the Field in Sri Lanka (283.7Kb)   Uploaded by Ananda Galappatti on 6/28/2011 in Sri Lanka
    Galappatti, A (2003) published in Intervention Vol.1(2).

    Abstract: The psychosocial field in Sri Lanka suffers from a lack of consensus about what precisely constitutes a psychosocial intervention, also at a global level. By using a number of available frameworks and examples of practice in Sri Lanka, the author attempts to demonstrate how it is possible to include the wide range of existing interventions under the ‘umbrella’ category psychosocial. Finally, through the exposition of an emerging conceptual framework offered by the Psychosocial Working Group (Ager & Strang, 2001), the article suggests measures that could form the basis for a broad understanding of psychosocial intervention in contexts such as Sri Lanka.
  • Rir, Correr, Movimentar-se para crescer juntos (2.4Mb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 5/22/2011 in Apoio Psicossocial Moçambique
    Este manual de jogos, numa compilação de vinte jogos, não pretende enumerar e descrever os jogos desportivos que podem
    ser desenvolvidos com as crianças num objetivo recreativo. A idéia é colocar nas mãos das pessoas que têm ao seu encargo
    crianças, um instrumento lúdico que integra a abordagem psicossocial e utiliza as etapas de aprendizagem através da
    experiência.
  • Onde não há médico (10.8Mb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 5/22/2011 in Apoio Psicossocial Moçambique
    Este livro baseia-se nos princípios dos Cuidados de Saúde Primários e contém material produzido por diversos programas de saúde. Ele contém informação valiosa sobre a revenção e o tratamento das doenças mais frequentes no nosso País. O original do livro Donde No Hay Doctor foi escrito em 1973 para as comunidades camponesas que vivem nas montanhas do México. Em Moçambique, o livro Onde Não Há Médico, de edição brasileira, foi largamente usado no período pós-independência por trabalhadores de saúde de nível primário.
    Esta edição è uma versão africana em língua portuguesa.
    Inclui um novo capítulo sobre a saúde mental (capitulo 33).
    O livro foi adaptado nas normas do MISAU, material da OMS e de muitas outras fontes e intervenientes no Pais.
  • Apoio Psicossocial a Criança HIV+ (1.7Mb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 5/22/2011 in Apoio Psicossocial Moçambique
    Este manual foi escrito para apoiar projectos de HIV/SIDA no desenvolvimento de uma abordagem específica voltada ao apoio psicossocial à criança HIV+.
    Ele reúne experiências, lições aprendidas e as melhores práticas da MSF e de outras organizações.
    O apoio psicossocial compreende todas as actividades de sustentação do paciente diante da sua doença e do seu tratamento, além dos cuidados exclusivamente médicos. Isto inclui:
    • Educação do paciente: Educação e informação à saúde, e educação sobre o tratamento etc.
    • Apoio emocional: Aconselhamento (individual e de grupo), grupos de apoio, etc.
    • Apoio social: Consultas de assistência social, visitas domiciliares, estabelecimento e fortalecimento de redes da sociedade civil, etc.
    Este manual destina-se ao Coordenador do Apoio Psicossocial à Criança, num projecto de HIV/SIDA, uma pessoal que esteja encarregada de desenvolver serviços de apoio psicossocial apropriados para crianças.
  • 15 Technical sheets psychosocial support (438.9Kb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 5/22/2011 in Apoio Psicossocial Moçambique
    Fichas techniquas com ideas de intervencoes psychosocais (ingles)
  • Stepping Up Child Protection (1.9Mb)   Uploaded by Chathuri Jayasooriyya on 4/17/2011 in South Asia
    Presents a comprehensive analysis of the child protection situation in South Asia.
  • Checklist IASC guidelines mental health PSS (718.3Kb)   Uploaded by Brighton Gwezera on 4/1/2011 in Xenophobic Violence South Africa 2010
    This is an abbreviated for easy field use of the IASC guidelines for mental health and PSS in emergencies.
  • IASC Guideline Mental Health PSS in Emergencies (615.5Kb)   Uploaded by Brighton Gwezera on 4/1/2011 in Xenophobic Violence South Africa 2010
    The primary purpose of these guidelines is to enable humanitarian actors and communities to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum multi-sectoral responses to protect and improve people\'s mental health and psychosocial well-being in the midst of an emergency. FULL RESOURCE NOT CHECKLIST
  • Minutes civil society meeting xenophobic threats Cape Town (46.5Kb)   Uploaded by Brighton Gwezera on 4/1/2011 in Xenophobic Violence South Africa 2010
    These minutes might be useful for individuals and organisations wishing to become involved in the W Cape In the Western Cape, there are two main structures to deal with possible xenophobic violence, namely the Provincial Joints (a safety and security structure convened by the SAPS, which also convenes the Safety Forum) and the Provincial Committee on Social Conflict (convened by the Province). The Safety Forum is the official platform for engagement with civil society.
  • Action plan Xenophobic Violence SA (32.5Kb)   Uploaded by Brighton Gwezera on 4/1/2011 in Xenophobic Violence South Africa 2010
    Xenophobia... In South Africa and around the world took note of what happened in 2008 where just over 60 people (20 of which were South Africans) were killed during the eruption of violence throughout communities. The SA Council of Churches has circulated this excellent plan of action to guide responses and coordination in the face of this current emergency July 2010
  • FHI program guidelines: Vulnerable children and youths (690.6Kb)   Uploaded by Brighton Gwezera on 4/1/2011 in Africa
    This document was developed to support FHI’s IPs in improving
    the quality of these interventions and services. The goal is to achieve a level of quality consistent with global principles and standards for optimal care, support, and protection of vulnerable children and youth.
  • Anthology of resources - PFA (2.9Mb)   Uploaded by Brighton Gwezera on 4/1/2011 in Africa
    Anthology of resources Psychological First Aid for low and middle income countries project 2009-2010 is a collection of resources gathered in 2009-2010 for the project to develop a Psychological First Aid Guide for low and middle income countries.