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This manual provides guidance on psychosocial support training in light of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. The manual outlines activities and materials for six training sessions, including:
- Appropriate Safety on Ebola Prevention
- Psychosocial Counselling
- Stress
- Life Skills
- Details of some Types of Life Skills
- Decision Making
- Assertiveness
- Empathy
- Communication
- Interpersonal relationship
- Teenage Pregnancy
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (The Alliance) is an interagency coalition of nearly 100 member organizations that work together to protect children facing adversity. The Better Care Network (BCN) is an international network of organizations committed to supporting children without adequate family care. To reduce the impact of family separation on children, we are calling for the prompt reunification…
Ebola virus disease outbreaks have a significant impact on the wellbeing of those affected, their family, community members and the health workers treating people with Ebola.
This guide focuses on psychological first aid, which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It is written for people who can help others experiencing an extremely distressing event.
This guide is an adaptation of the Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers (World Health Organization, War Trauma Foundation, World Vision International, 2011). It…
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Emergency placements in child welfare services have increased during the last 10 years in Norway. At the time of placement, some of these children have been in the child welfare system for several years. Based on qualitative interviews, our study explores Norwegian child welfare workers' perceptions of long‐term cases resulting in emergency placements. The participants reported that they felt they had intervened too late, as it took them too long to understand the severity of the situation. This occurred mainly due to three factors: (a) The work had mainly been based on the…
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To develop the capacity of Red Cross Red Crescent psychosocial workers to adequately address the PSS needs in the Ebola outbreak, guidance materials and PowerPoint presentations are available here for download, along with a three-day programme to train trainers who are able to further disseminate the PSS knowledge and skills to frontline workers. Download files containing: Community-based Psychosocial Support Training of Trainers (PPT 1) Psychological first aid (PPT 2) Psychological first aid role play exercise (PPT 3) Psychological first aid and Supportive Communication (PPT 4…
The child protection sector lacks a robust evidence-base conveying what effective support during the recovery and reintegration process for children affected by child sexual exploitation (CSE) looks like. This report starts to collate evidence on what appears to be important to children who have experienced sexual exploitation. Recognizing the current gaps in knowledge, this report represents a first attempt to start ‘connecting the dots’ between primary data and existing literature to help states and service providers better respond to the needs of children affected by CSE. This report…
The Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners (PFA) was developed by Save the Children Denmark for the Child Protection Initiative, to facilitate training in psychological first aid with a focus on children. It is aimed at developing skills and competences that will help child protection staff reduce the initial distress of children who have recently been exposed to a traumatic event. The training targets Save the Childrens staff, partners, and professionals such as teachers, educators, health and social workers etc., and volunteers working…
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Child abuse remains a major issue in South Africa. In many cases, the emergency removal of a child from his/her family is necessary in order to protect the child from further harm. Working with children and families in these contexts is a specialised field within social work, and as such requires specialised interventions. There is a gap in terms of providing professionals with a practice model for implementing emergency child protection interventions with children at risk. This study aims to address this gap by means of developing a model for practice. In the development of such…
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El 27 de febrero de 2010 un fuerte terremoto, con una intensidad de 8,8 grados en la escala de Richter, sacudió más de 630 km del territorio de Chile, afectando a cinco regiones del país, desde La Araucanía hasta Valparaíso, en las que se concentra el 75 % de la población. Con posterioridad al sismo se originó un maremoto, en una amplia extensión del borde costero, que arrasó con muchas construcciones emplazadas a orillas del mar.
El terremoto y tsunami produjeron importantes impactos: pérdida de vidas humanas, daños estructurales, problemas de conectividad y en el…
The MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change global competition for a $100 million grant brought together the four finalists to deliver presentations on their proposed projects at '100&Change: The Finalists Live in Chicago.' At this event, Catholic Relief Services, Lumos, and Maestral International presented their project: Changing the Way We Care, a project aimed at ending the institutionalization of children. The presentation also includes a segment on voluntourism in orphanages and the contributions of international donors to orphanages, which perpetuate the corrupt orphanage industry, a…