Meet Children and War in January
If you’re in London 10 January 2012, we would be delighted if you could attend our meeting. Read more »
List of research on children available
More than 15 studies on the effects and consequences of war and disaster for children have been published so far, and there’s more to come.
Five articles are currently in submission. A paper on the Iran-based Efficacy of Writing for Recovery project is currently in press in Omega, and a paper on our Gaza project has been accepted in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
We have added a list of published studies the Children and War Foundation has supported on our website: Publications using the CAW Manuals and Measures.
More Teaching Recovery Techniques users in Japan
Participants at our workshop in using Teaching Recovery Techniques in Helsinki, have spread the manual in Japan. Read more »
Mental illness increases in Australian detention centres
Many children don’t get proper mental health care in Australian health care, according to Four Corners.
Read more: Detention centres are factories for mental illness.
Increased hostility in former child soldiers
Former child soldiers who had wounded or killed others during the war in Sierra Leone, showed increased hostility in the first prospective study on former child soldiers’ psychosocial adjustment and social reintegration. Read more »
Updated reference lists
We have updated reference lists and other material in different areas concerning children who experience war, trauma and disasters.
Learn more on trauma and grief in children
Recent brain research shows that trauma and grief have a negative impact on children if they don’t receive the right help at the right time.
Two of our Board members, Atle Dyregrov and Magne Raundalen, will give advice on how to help children who experience trauma and grief at an anniversary seminar in Oslo in December. Read more »
Measure available in Swedish
We’re delighted that the child version of Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory (cPTCI) is now available in Swedish.
Richard Meiser-Stedman and the translators have kindly agreed to share it.
Patrick Smith new Chair
Patrick Smith was appointed new Chair of Children and War Foundation by the Board of Directors in June. Read more »
Hero sponsor for new handbook
We are happy to report that Hero Norge has decided to be one of the sponsors of a new handbook. Children and War Foundation will develop a handbook for parents and caretakers aimed to prevent traumatic symptoms in children aged 0-6 years after wars and disasters. Read more »
