Egypt: Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Refugees

THE FORCED MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES PROGRAM

Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Refugees
11 – 16 June, 2007

Course description:

In this course, participants will increase their understanding of the psychosocial and mental health issues of refugees and learn how to implement effective interventions. Topics will include: Review of international research about the psychosocial and mental health consequences of war and violence; Implications for working with various cultures and contexts; Skills for assessment of need; Culturally sensitive interviewing skills; Methods for working with translators; Introduction to individual, family, group and community interventions; Overview of methods for monitoring and evaluating the impact of intervention; and Specific mechanisms workers and organizations can use to minimize staff burnout and maximize organizational effectiveness.

Instructor: Nancy Baron, Director of Global Psychiatric and Psycho-Social Initiatives (GPSI)

Dr. Nancy Baron received her Doctorate in Education at the University of Massachusetts, U.S.A. with a concentration in Family Therapy and Counseling Psychology. While working in the U.S.A., she was a program director of home and community based programs for adolescents and families involved with the courts and private therapist specializing in marital and family counseling.
She taught courses in counseling and psychotherapy at various universities and helped to establish a graduate program in community mental health and an institute for family therapy. In 1989, she changed her context and specialization and since that time has lived and worked in numerous countries during and after wars and disasters including in Africa: Burundi, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda; in Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan and Sri Lanka; in Eastern Europe: Kosovo and Albania and in the South Pacific:Solomon Islands.

Dr. Baron is presently the Director of Global Psychiatric and Psycho-Social Initiatives (GPSI). She provides consultation, assessment, training, program design and development, research and evaluation for UN organizations and international and local NGOs in community and family focused psycho-social, mental health and peace building initiatives for conflict and post-conflict countries. She is also the International Training Director for the International Trauma Studies Program, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA and Consultant and Senior Trainer for the Psychosocial Training Institute of the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization of Uganda.

Maximum Enrollment: 26 Participants The course will take place in the 6th floor lounge, Hill House, Main Campus at the American University in Cairo from Monday June 11- Saturday June 16 (excluding Friday) everyday from 9 am to 5 pm.

Tuition

The tuition fee for each course is US $100 for international participants and LE 200 for Egyptians and Residents of Egypt. A limited number of tuition waivers are available upon request (based on need only).

Application procedures

Please send a letter of application stating:

a) Interest in the Summer School b) The course(s) you are applying for.

c) Why the course(s) is/are important to your work or academic interest.

d) State if you are applying for a tuition waiver, and why.

And include your updated curriculum vitae.

Addressed to:

Ms. Maysa Ayoub
Email:[email protected]
Assistant to Director
Tel: (202)7976626
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies
Fax (202) 7956681
American University in Cairo FMRS/AUC,
113 Kasr El Aini Street,
PO Box 25000,
Cairo 11511,
Egypt
Deadline for applications is May 11th, 2007 For further information regarding accommodation in Cairo and further updates on FMRS up-coming events access: www.aucegypt.edu/fmrs (under Outreach).