Training in Psychosocial Support

This section looks at the issue of training people in how to provide psychosocial support to orphans and other vulnerable children. Another section looks in general at principles for responding to children's psychosocial needs. Other sections look in detail at counselling, succession planning and examples of psychosocial responses.

Key points about training in this area are:

1. Training in providing psychosocial support is needed because psychosocial need is often overlooked by people working with orphans and other vulnerable children. In addition, specific knowledge and skills are needed to work in this area.

2. Many different groups of people need this training. These include teachers, people who work with NGOs, people who work in communities and religious leaders.

3. Training in this area is best provided using participatory learning methods.

Training Content

The areas which need to be covered in such a training course include:

  • Why psychosocial support is needed.
  • Different meanings of what it means to be a child.
  • How children and young people experience grief.
  • Important ideas and words used when describing psychosocial support. These include risk, vulnerability, stress, trauma, coping and resilience.
  • Responses and the principles underlying them.
  • Facilitation of learning.
  • Monitoring and evaluation.

Resources

www.humuliza.org

This website provides information on supporting the psychosocial wellbeing of orphans and vulnerable children.

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An Introduction to Working with Children and Psychosocial Support: Facilitators Manual (Eng)

The Introduction to Working with Children and Psychosocial Support Workshop is designed to

raise awareness around the issues that children who are affected by HIV are facing and how

to offer support and build resilience. It targets volunteers and staff who are new to the

childcare arena and is an introduction to a series of key topics. The faciliatators manual is designed to guide the facilitators in transferring skills to the participants, with suggested timing and activities which are given by module.


ANCHOR, Hope Worldwide Africa, Sara Roux, Bulelwa Tsotetsi and Kerry Wright, 2006, 135 pages

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An Introduction to Working with Children and Psychosocial Support: Participants Manual (Eng)

This manual contains all the materials including the 'answers' to the activities that are facilitated during training for working with children and psychosocial support. To be used with 'An Introduction to Working with Children and Pyschosocial Support: Facilitator's Manual' (located above).
ANCHOR, Hope Worldwide Africa, Sara Roux, Bulelwa Tsotetsi and Kerry Wright, 2006, 81 pages

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An Introduction to Working with Children and Psychosocial Support: Participants Workbook (Eng)

This workbook provides an opportunity for participants to take notes and write down any answers during the psychosocial training sessions. To be used with 'An Introduction to Working with Children and Psychosocial Support: Participant's Manual' (as above).

ANCHOR,  Hope Worldwide Africa, Sara Roux, Bulelwa Tsotetsi and Kerry Wright, 2006, 58 pages,

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Basic Skills for Counselling Children: Facilitator's Manual (Eng)

The facilitator's manual is part of an educational series developed by HOPE Worldwide Africa to empower volunteers and organisations to provide better and more holisitc care to OVC.
ANCHOR, Hope Worldwide Africa, Anina Van Der Walt, Sara Roux and Kerry Wright, 2006, 100 pages.

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Basic Skills for Counselling Children: Participants Manual (Eng)

This is the particpants manual for the training sessions on couselling children.  This should be used alongside the document 'Basic skills for Counselling Children: Facilitator's manual' as above. 
ANCHOR, Hope Worldwide Africa, Anina Van Der Walt, Sara Roux and Kerry Wright, 2006, 54 pages.

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Basic Skills for Counselling Children: Participants Workbook (Eng)

This workbook is used to write down notes for the above counsellor training sessions entitled 'Basic Skills for Counselling Children'.
ANCHOR, Hope Worldwide Africa, Anina Van Der Walt, Sara Roux and Kerry Wright, 2006, 45 pages.

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The journey of life. Community workshops to support children. Manual 2: Action workshops (Eng)

This manual takes groups through 4 action workshops on community parenting, helping our children to understand death, life skills and a training of trainers for the Journey of Life series.
Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI), 2005, 93 pages, 3120 kb

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The journey of life: a community workshop to support children (Eng)

Designed to raise awareness of the problems and needs of children, and provides guidelines on how the community can find solutions
REPSSI, 2004, PDF, 1710kb, 49 pages

Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Guide to Manual (Eng)

This manual is aimed at providing teachers with training in giving psychosocial support to children. This document introduces the manual and explains why it is needed, the objectives of the manual, who it is aimed at, how to use it, its basic structure and how to prepare for a workshop. (This is document number 1 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 8 pages, 19 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Manual Content (Eng)

This document comprises the main content of the manual, including material on concepts of childhood, children and grief etc. (This is document number 2 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 87 pages, 189 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 1: Insights in our own Experience with Loss and Grief (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 1, focusing on our own experience of grief and loss(This is document number 3 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 87 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 2: When Children Lose their Parents (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 2, focusing on how children deal with parental loss(This is document number 4 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 105 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 3: Basic Needs of Children (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 3, focusing on children's basic needs(This is document number 5 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 110 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 4: On the Importance of Attachment (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 4, focusing on the importance of attachment(This is document number 6 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 104 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 5: The Process of Mourning of Children (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 5, focusing on mourning processes in children(This is document number 7 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 105 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 6: Bereavement and Age of Children (0-2) (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 6, focusing on bereavement in children aged 0-2 years(This is document number 8 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 104 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 7: Bereavement and Age of Children (2-6) (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 7, focusing on bereavement in children aged 2-6 years(This is document number 9 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 104 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 8: Bereavement and Age of Children (6-12) (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 8, focusing on bereavement in children aged 6-12 years(This is document number 10 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 104 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 9: Bereavement and Age of Children (12-16) (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 9, focusing on bereavement in children aged 12-16years(This is document number 11 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 104 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 10: Reaction to Traumatisation (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 10, focusing on reactions to traumatisation(This is document number 12 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 97 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 11: Factors Affecting the Degree of Distress (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 11, focusing on factors affecting the degree of distress(This is document number 13 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 2 pages, 91 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 12: Secondary Stress Factors (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 12, focusing on secondary stress factors(This is document number 14 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 96 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 13: Stress and Coping (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 13, focusing on stress and coping(This is document number 15 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 93 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 14: Listening and Talking with Psychologically Distressed Children (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 14, focusing on listening and talking with psychologically distressed children(This is document number 16 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 106 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 15: How can we Support an Insecure Child? (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 15, focusing on how support can be given to an insecure child(This is document number 17 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 101 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Facilitators' Guide Module 16: How Children and Adolescents Perceive Death (Eng)

This document comprises the facilitators' notes for module 16, focusing on how children and adolescents perceive death(This is document number 18 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 99 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 3: Basic Needs of Children (Eng)

This document comprises the handouts for module 3, focusing on the basic needs of children (This is document number 19 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 5 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 3: Basic Needs of Children: Examples (Eng)

This document comprises examples for module 3, focusing on the basic needs of children (This is document number 20 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 7 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 4: Attachment (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 4, focusing on attachment(This is document number 21 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 8 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 5: Bereavement and Mourning in Children (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 5, focusing on bereavement and mourning in children(This is document number 22 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 13 pages, 29 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Modules 6&7: Bereavement and Age of Children (0-6) (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for modules 6&7, focusing on bereavement in children aged 0-6(This is document number 23 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 7 pages, 14 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Modules 6&7: Bereavement and Age of Children (0-6) (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for modules 6&7, focusing on bereavement in children aged 0-6(This is document number 23 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 7 pages, 122 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 8: Bereavement and Age of Children (6-12) (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 8, focusing on bereavement in children aged 6-12(This is document number 24 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 10 pages, 20 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 9: Bereavement and Age of Children (12-16) (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 9, focusing on bereavement in children aged 12-16(This is document number 25 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 10 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 10: Reaction to Traumatisation (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 10, focusing on reaction to traumatisation(This is document number 26 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 9 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 11: Factors Affecting Degree of Distress (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 11, focusing on factors affecting degree of distress(This is document number 27 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 2 pages, 4 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 12: Secondary Stress Factors (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 12, focusing on secondary stress factors(This is document number 28 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 7 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 13: Stress and coping (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 13, focusing on stress and coping(This is document number 29 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 3 pages, 7 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 14: Guidelines for Listening to and Talking with Distressed Children and Children in Difficult Circumstances (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 14, focusing on guidelines for listening to and talking with distressed children and children ind ifficult circumstances (This is document number 30 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 9 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 15: How to Support an Insecure Child (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 15, focusing on how to support an insecure child (This is document number 31 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 7 pages, 15 kb.

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Humuliza Manual on Psychosocial Support: Handouts Module 16: Children, Adolescents and Death (Eng)

This document comprises handouts for module 16, focusing on children, adolescents and death (This is document number 32 out of 32).
Madorin, K., Terre des Hommes, 1999, PDF, 4 pages, 8 kb.

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The journey of life. Picture codes for the community: the journey of life awareness and action workshops (Eng)

This book contains 18 picture codes used in the Journey of Life and the Action Workshops which cover areas like Community Parenting, Helping Children to Understand Death and Life Skills.  They provide a useful way to allow groups of people of any educational level to share their knowledge and skills and to develop strategies to improve their lives.
Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI), 2005, 30 pages, 6230 kb

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The journey of life. Community workshops to support children. Manual 2: Action workshops

This manual takes groups through four action workshops on community parenting, helping our children to understand death, life skills and a training of trainers for the Journey of Life series.
Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative (REPSSI), 2005, PDF, 93 pages, 3120 kb

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