Egypt: Meeting the psychosocial needs of refugees
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, and more.
Meeting the Psychosocial Needs of Refugees
Sunday June 14 - Thursday June 18
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.
Location
The course will take place in the American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus, downtown from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuition
The tuition fee for each course is US $300 for international participants and LE 500 for Egyptian nationals.
Application procedures
Please fill in the online application form on CMRS website http://www.aucegypt.edu/ResearchatAUC/rc/cmrs/Pages/ShortCoursse2009.aspx and send your updated curriculum vitae to [email][email protected]
Deadline for applications is April 15, 2009