Manual for grieving children
Photo: Frances Kraus, Marianne Straume, Atle Dyregrov and William Yule.
Four experienced psychologists are gathered this week to develop a group manual for children bereaved in disaster situations. Read more »
Case demonstrates manual’s efficacy
The manual was deemed effective in a study by researches from the University of Tehran, Iran. Read more »
Reports on Haiti-training
Nairobi-based Leila Gupta has returned from Haiti where she trained 66 PLAN employees. Read more »
Georgian Ombudsperson for Children joins Board
The Georgian Ombudsperson for Children, Maia Gedevanishvili, Cole Dodge, Sølvi Rolland Murphy and Rosalie Kwong have joined our Board of Overseers. Read more »
Plan to spread the manual
The participants who were trained in the Teaching Recovery Technique manual in Bangkok in January, report that they intend to spread the use of the manual. Read more »
Trauma measure available in Mandarin Chinese
We have posted a Mandarin Chinese version of the negative trauma-related cognition for children, the Child Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory, cPTCI, on our website. In line with the Foundation’s aims we upload instruments for use in measuring the effects of war, disaster and trauma on children. Read more »
New reference lists
Three of the reference lists we have made available have been updated by Atle Dyregrov and uploaded to our reference section.
Psychosocial support a must post-disaster
Atle Dyregrov and William Yule were interviewed by IPS at the open forum “Psychosocial Response to Disasters with Focus on Children in Asia” in Bangkok last week.
The deputy executive director of the organiser Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Aloysius Rego, said “psychosocial support will greatly assist people, especially children in recovering mental health. This is why we need to build more effective systems structures and mechanisms and this requires long-term support.” Read more »
Board supports Haitian training
Photo by UNDP.
The Board of Directors has decided to support Leila Gupta and Eugenie Mukanoheli’s forthcoming travel to Haiti, where they plan to train personnel in the use of our manual.
The manual allows large groups of children to be helped, and has previously been used in earthquakes in Greece, Turkey, Iran and China. Read more »
Query to help Haitians
The Foundation is already receiving queries regarding help to Haitian children who have been affected by the devastating earthquake in the capital Port-au-Prince Tuesday. Read more »
