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 »
Participants at a workshop in Finland last week said it was very useful to support Japanese children. It was also a unique occasion that brought Japanese psychiatrists, psychologists and pediatricians together to work and share the same education and the same focus, Unni Heltne reports. Read more »
Children and War Foundation will be established in the UK soon, the Board of Directors decided at a meeting last week.
William Yule and Atle Dyregrov are presenting the Foundation’s work in Vienna and Rome this week. Read more »
Our resources and measures are being prepared for use in Japan for the first time. Read more »
Findings from a pilot project in Palestine will be presented at a seminar at University of Dundee in May. Read more »
Two of our Board members advice how you can talk to children about the events in Japan: Read more.
As the search relief efforts and efforts to reach survivors after the huge earthquake and tsunami in Japan is taking place, Children and War Foundation says rescue and acute psychosocial assistance is the focus for Japanese children now. Read more »
The first empirical study of the reliability and utility of Children’s Revised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES) in mainland China has justified the use of the instrument as a screening instrument for post traumatic stress symptom, according to the authors. Read more »
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