Call for translations
The Foundation wants to to add new language versions of the instruments that measure the effects of war, disaster and trauma on children to its website. Read more »
Book now for our next workshop
The next training in the Teaching Recovery Techniques will take place in London 21-22 October.
William Yule and Patrick Smith will teach participants from mental health and educational professionals on how to run groups for young people who have been affected by exposure to the traumas of war and disasters. Read more »
First Kenyan assessment shows high trauma exposure
Most adolescents in Nairobi City public schools were not only extensively exposed to Kenya’s previous post election violence, they also had high levels of trauma exposure and many indicated critical levels of PTSD, Gladys Mwiti Phd reports.
Mwiti has led our Kenya-based Nairobi Public School based Trauma Healing, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation project which has assessed the traumatic exposure and symptoms in 882 students in 49 public high schools. Read more »
Half of Afghani children has PTSD
At least half of the children who had experienced a traumatic life event were diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study in the Journal of Traumatic Stress. Read more »
Better equipped after training
A majority of participants reported that they felt better equipped to deal with challenging issues after a training in the Recovery Techniques Manual in Nairobi. They also reported a high exposure of post traumatic symptoms in children. Read more »
Evaluation found less traumatic stress
Photo: Lucia Puertas
A recent evaluation of the Recovery Manual in Palestinian schools found a significant decrease in traumatic stress reactions among adolescents who participated in the group intervention. Read more »
Cortisol use feasible
Results from a pilot conducted in Iraq have demonstrated that it is feasible to
use a measure of cortisol in the evaluation of Writing for Recovery. Read more »
Supports handbook for young children
We are delighted that the Norwegian company BKK has decided to sponsor the Foundation’s Handbook for parents on how to support young children after disasters. Read more »
High likelihood of depression, anxiety and distress
Photo by Lars Svenkerud.
Being orphaned by a war during childhood or adolescence is associated with a high likelihood of depression, anxiety disorders and other psychological distress in young adulthood, results from the Kosovo study indicates. Read more »
Distress screener available
We are happy to announce that we have added an instrument that assesses child psychosocial distress and the likelihood of need for psychosocial treatment on our resource page. Read more »
