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Risk and Resilience for Psychological Distress Amongst Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Adolescents

This paper aims to investigate the level of posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms, and background risk and protective factors that might increase or ameliorate this distress amongst unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and adolescents (UASC). Cross-sectional survey carried out in London. Participants were 78 UASC aged 13–18 years, predominantly from the Balkans and Africa, compared with 35…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

Psychosocial Intervention for War-Affected Children in Sierra Leone

PLAN international and UNESCO worked on a psychosocial pilot project to normalise ‘displaced children’s lives and alleviate psychological distress by participating in non formal education, trauma healing and recreation activities’. A psychosocial assessment study was conducted with 8-17 year-old displaced children in Sierra Leone to assess emotional and mental health of the children after the…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

Maternal, Not Paternal, PTSD Related to Increased Risk for PTSD in Offspring of Holocaust Survivors

A significant association between parental PTSD and the occurrence of PTSD in offspring has been noted, consistent with the idea that risk for the development of PTSD is transmitted from parent to child. Two recent reports linking maternal PTSD and low offspring cortisol prompted us to examine the relative contributions of maternal vs. paternal PTSD…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

Young Children’s Rights: Exploring Beliefs, Principles and Practice

This book examines how children’s rights as set out in the UNCRC applies to young children (0-8 years old). It discusses how to find a balance between children’s provision, protection and participation rights, especially when adults consider that they are looking out for a child’s ‘best interest’ they become overprotective and deny children their right…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Book

Child Development and Family Mental Health in War and Military Violence: The Palestinian Experience

The article reviews developmental research among Palestinians living in Gaza. The aims are, first, to analyse how exposure to traumatic events associates with children’s mental health and their cognitive, emotional and social development. Second, we aimed to model familial and symbolic processes that can either harm or protect the mental health of children. Third, we…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

After the Tsunami in Cooks Nagar: The Challenges of Participatory Rebuilding

In the context of post-disaster reconstruction, there is growing awareness of the need for more integrated inclusive processes that allow people to retake control of their lives, and that ensure practical responses to local conditions. Yet, a range of pressures and challenges conspire to make these approaches appear unworkable. “Participation” in this context, if it…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Academic paper

A Practical Guide for Developing Child Friendly Spaces

This guide is designed to assist UNICEF staff and partners, in establishing and operating Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in an emergency. There are two main sections: the first provides more of a theoretical and conceptual overview, including an outline of the main principles of CFS, background information on emergencies and an historical overview of child…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Toolkit

80 Tools for Participatory Development: Appraisal, Planning, Follow-up and Evaluation

This book is a “toolbox” for rural-development stakeholders and professionals – extension workers, advocates, community leaders, researchers – who wish to improve and systematise community participation in projects and initiatives. It is intended for those who have realised, through their own experiences, that participation is an essential prerequisite for sustainable development. While this “toolbox” should…

Publication year: 2008
Content Type: Toolkit

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