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Trauma and Peace Work
Identifying trauma and dealing with traumatised people
Mi. 8. Dezember 2010, 9.00 Uhr bis Fr. 10. Dezember 2010, 17.30 Uhr
War and violence have an impact on people's individual well-being, their ability to relate to others and to rebuild trust, consequences that have been termed as "trauma". However, as widely used the term may be - it remains difficult to adequately understand traumatic processes in conflict and post-conflict settings leave alone to find adequate ways of dealing with them. Also, people deal and react differently to traumatic experiences due to their cultural and social background and context, but also due to the fact that not every individual who has gone through difficult and violent experiences necessarily suffers from traumatic "symptoms". Thus, trauma is often ignored, put on the agenda of mental health experts or symptoms are misjudged as lack of motivation, laziness, “cultural” specialities etc. Accordingly, reactions are inappropriate. Another danger lies in over-using the concept of “trauma”, thereby trivialising it to something that almost everybody seems to go through on a daily basis. Finally, peace workers are as much subjected to the threat of being traumatised themselves through what they hear from others or what they experience themselves.
Therefore, peace workers need to be aware of the different dimensions and dynamics of individual and social trauma to properly deal with effected people and/or prevent being traumatized. At the same time non-experts cannot therapeutically treat trauma, and should therefore be able to draw a clear line between their contribution to psychosocial recovery and the work of “experts” in mental health.
Inhalte
- The current debate on trauma in international peace and conflict transformation work
- What is trauma and trauma work? Definitions, clarifications and limitations
- Interventions of peace works when working with traumatised people: principles of trauma sensitive peace work (not treatment!)
- What does "it" do to us? Creating safety and boundaries for peace workers
- how to get support by experts
Lernziele
- You know about traumatic processes on individual and collective level and current approaches of trauma work in international humanitarian and peace work
- You have ways of how to deal with traumatised people as part of peace work while clearly refraining from any attempts of therapeutic treatment
- You are aware about "secondary trauma" as a risk when dealing with traumatised people in projects and work teams
Trainer/-in
Ihr Ansprechparter für organisatorische Fragen ist
Ihr Ansprechparter für inhaltliche Fragen ist
Ort
Sprachliche Anforderungen
A very good command of English is indispensable to be able to follow the course adequately and for good learning results. You have to be able to express yourself fluently and to understand detailed texts on complex subjects.
Zielgruppe
- Students that have fundamental knowledge in peace and conflict studies and that are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of processes surrounding successsful conflict transformation
- People that already have been to a crisis region and want to widen their expertise
- Experts from ZFD
- Experts in development politics that want to gain detailled knowledge on conflict transformation and related aspects
Teilnahmegebühr (inkl. Mittag- und Abendessen)
Preis:
405 €
Zusätzliche Kosten bei Übernachtung im Tagungshaus (pro Nacht inkl. Frühstück):
€ 55,00
WICHTIGE HINWEISE
The Training for Peace is part of the 9-Week Qualification Course which is attended by 8 people aiming to be certified as "Peace and Conflict Consultant".
We offer an early bird price if you register up to six weeks in advance.
The Academy can not provide any scholarships itself, nor waive the training fee nor arrange funding by other organisations. Applicants who can not cover the training fee in full will not be considered!
When transfering the training fee from a non-german account, please have in mind that it might take up to three weeks until we receive the money and that there might be transfer charges to be paid by your side.
Cancellations shall be in writing only and be received 10 work days before the start of the course or event at the latest. Otherwise the AfC will charge the participant as follows:
- 10 to 3 work days before the course/event: 50% of all costs
- less than 3 work days/non-attendance without written cancellation: 100 % of all costs
If you should need a visa for Germany, please make sure to register at least six weeks before the start of the training. Since the visa application process takes quite a while, we cannot accept registrations later than this deadline.