Community-based psychosocial support
A training kit
“Community-based psychosocial support – A training kit” builds on experiences of psychosocial work of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in the last decade from all over the world. It consists of a Trainer’s book, a Participant’s book and a CD-ROM with the Trainer’s and Participant’s books, PowerPoint slides and a template (for you to create your own slides).
The training programme in psychosocial support seeks to:
• heighten awareness regarding psychosocial reactions
• improve preparedness and response to disasters
• facilitate psychosocial support before, during and after disasters
• promote resilience of individuals and communities
• improve emotional assistance to staff and volunteers
The Trainer’s book provides instructions on how to train workshop participants in the community-based psychosocial support modules located in the Participant’s book. All seven modules in the Participant’s book can be used as a complete training programme on basic psychosocial support skills. Alternatively single modules can be used for more specific training needs.
All guidance for trainers as well as the text in the participant’s modules and power point slides is general and will need to be adapted to the particular cultural context the training is conducted in.
We strongly recommend downloading the low resolution documents, since the high resolution files are nearly 20 MB. If you would like to get the material in hard copy, free of charge, you can always send us an e-mail and we will send it to you as soon as possible: jocelyne.barbe@ifrc.org.
Community-based psychosocial support – A training kit:
Health and community care
“Community-based psychosocial support – A training kit” builds on experiences of psychosocial work of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in the last decade from all over the world. It consists of a Trainer’s book, a Participant’s book and a CD-ROM with the Trainer’s and Participant’s books, PowerPoint slides and a template (for you to create your own slides).
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