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Mental health and psychosocial support
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Healing the Invisible Wounds of War: A roadmap for addressing the mental health needs of children
The Wilton Park Dialogue, in partnership with Save the Children and the UK Department for International Development, brought together 50 experts in the field of mental health and psychosocial support in January 2018. Together they looked at challenges and
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Operational Guidelines on Community Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings: Three-tiered support for children and families (field test version)
Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is a critical component of the United Nations Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health for 2016-2030. It is also a fundamental part of UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children (CCC) in Hu
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Children's Development and Wellbeing E-learning
Children’s Development and Wellbeing is an interactive online training, hosted on DisasterReady, that focuses on the provision of psychosocial support to children, adolescents and youth. Save the Children is grateful to have developed this initiative in c
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One Year of Transforming Care: An annual report about Save the Children's trauma-informed care programme in Sweden 2017
”One Year of Transforming Care 2017” presents Save the Children Sweden’s work on trauma-informed care, led by the Transforming Care unit, and highlights how it is to educate practitioners in trauma-informed care. With transforming care, Save the Children
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Beyond Survival: Seven years of war on Syria's children
In February 2018, World Vision spoke to 1,254 Syrian girls and boys in Southern Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. They talked about their daily lives, their hopes for the future and the things they think about. Their stories included war-induced violence, displa
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Handbook on Counselling and Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents Living with and Affected by HIV in Africa
The African Network for the Care of Children Affected by AIDS (ANECCA) developed the Handbook on Counselling and Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents Living with and Affected by HIV in Africa, with support from the Strengthening High Impact Inte
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Added on Benefits of Structured Peer to Peer Support on Unconditional Cash Transfer: Short-term evidence from a field experiment in Baidoa, Somalia
Approximately a third of the Somali population is affected by some kind of mental disorder; common among them is depression. Prevalence of violence, displacement, unemployment, and drug abuse are among some of the contributing factors. The country’s menta
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Singing to the Lions: A facilitator's guide to overcoming fear and violence in our lives
There is considerable research into the impact of violence on children’s psychological and physical health. Violence, as it is understood in this guide, refers to experiences of physical, sexual or emotional abuse, injury, exploitation or significant loss
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One Year of Transforming Care: An annual report about Save the Children's trauma-informed care programme in Sweden 2016
2016 was the year when there was such a strong interest in Transforming Care (trauma-informed care) from professionals in Sweden that Save the Children’s course leaders were overwhelmed by the demand. Transforming Care is a research-based approach that Sa
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FARO Model Handbook: Mental health and psychosocial support to unaccompanied minor migrants and families with children upon first reception
The Faro project of Terre des Hommes Italy represents an attempt to efficiently meet the needs of unaccompanied foreign minors or children coming with their families; it is an incentive for policy-makers and professionals dealing with migration. The model
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A Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: Field test version
This document provides guidance in the assessment, research, design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programmes in emergency settings. Although designed specifically for emergency contexts (in
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Healing Personal Trauma to Restore Communities: Integrating trauma healing for partner staff into recovery programming
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) works closely with local partners in the CAR—mainly Caritas and the Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace (CDJP)—in Bouar and Boda. Most CRS and partner staff come from, and experienced the same trauma as, the communitie