• 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 .
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.