"Helping Traumatized Children Learn is the result of an extraordinary collaboration among educators, parents, mental health professionals, community
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groups, and attorneys determined to help children experiencing the traumatic effects of exposure to family violence succeed in school."
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National Child Traumatic Stress Network National Center for PTSD | The field of school safety and emergency management has evolved significantly over the past decade. Tragically, acts of violence, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks have taught us many lessons. We also know that other types of
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emergencies can impact schools, including medical emergencies, transportation accidents, sports injuries, peer victimization, public health emergencies, and the sudden death of a member of the school community. We now recognize the need for school emergency management plans that are up-to-date and take an “all-hazards” approach with clear communication channels and procedures that effectively reunite parents and caregivers with students. We have also learned that preparing school administrators, teachers, and school partnering agencies before a critical event is crucial for effective response, the value of ongoing training and emergency exercises, and that having intervention models that address the public health, mental health, and psychosocial needs of students and staff is essential to a safe school environment and the resumption of learning.
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When explosive weapons are used in populated areas, they have direct and indirect impacts
on the provision of services, community cohesion, humanitarian access, regular support for
basic needs, physical safety,
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mental health and psychological well-being, as well as other
social and economic impacts. The challenges and human impacts in hard-to-reach areas –
such as in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Kherson Oblasts – exemplify the specific and systematic
pattern of harm caused by explosive weapons during and after armed conflicts.
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2nd edition. The Pan American Health Organization and the Caribbean Development Bank developed this booklet as a tool to help you take care of yourself and your community during crisis situations. T
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his is achieved through psychological first aid, also known as PFA, a humane, supportive and practical response to a fellow human being who is suffering and may need support. In this booklet, our “PFA helper” will guide you through the three basic principles of PFA: look, listen and link. This will help you to approach affected people, listen and understand their needs, and link them with practical support and information. It will also bring to your attention the needs of specific groups, including men, women, children and adolescents, and people with disabilities, among others. Enjoy the booklet. Read it again from time to time, share it with friends, family and members of your community, and spread the message: “Stronger together”
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The ASEAN Mental Health Systems Report
catalogues the situation of mental health in ASEAN
Memb
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er States. This report provides comprehensive
information on the progress made so far by AMS in
integrating mental health into national health systems,
increasing access to care as well as challenges faced.
It also offers recommendations on how to improve the mental health system in
respective ASEAN Member States.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jun; 15(6): 1279.
Published online 2018 Jun 16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061279
Mental Health Atlas 2011 - Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World
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Health Organization
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Training Manual for Community Health Workers
Gurejeet al. BMC Health Services Research (2015) 15:242
DOI 10.1186/s12913-015-0911-3
Available in different languages: English, French, Arabic, Russian
Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
From Individual to Collective healing: A trainer’s manual
Towards Attaining the Highest Standard of Mental Health
For Mental Health Service Delivery under National Mental Health Programme