A paper is now in preparation for the first of two randomised controlled trials conducted in Baghdad that evaluated the efficacy of Writing for Recovery with adolescents who have lived through a lifetime of violence. Read more »
If you’re in London 10 January 2012, we would be delighted if you could attend our meeting. Read more »
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.
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 »
We have updated reference lists and other material in different areas concerning children who experience war, trauma and disasters.
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 »
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 was appointed new Chair of Children and War Foundation by the Board of Directors in June. Read more »
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 »
An article on our Kosovo project has now been published in an open source publication.
Nexhmedin Morina and Ulrike von Lersner found that war-related loss during childhood and adolescence presented a significant risk for mental health and dysfunction in young adulthood. Read more »
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