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Trauma and the Psychosocial Dimension of Peace Work
Recognising trauma and working with traumatised people
Do. 15. November 2012, 9.00 Uhr bis Fr. 16. November 2012, 18.00 Uhr
War and violence can trigger trauma in the affected people. Symptoms of trauma include: impaired ability to enter into social relations or build trust; despair and hopelessness; and excessive alertness and fear. However, people with different social backgrounds and in a different context don’t all react in the same way, and an experience of violence doesn’t always lead to trauma. This makes it particularly difficult to correctly understand trauma processes in post-conflict scenarios and to find an appropriate way of dealing with them.
Trauma are often ignored or falsely interpreted as the symptoms of a lack of motivation or “cultural idiosyncrasies”. Nonetheless, during practical peace work it is not at all helpful to apply an undifferentiated interpretation of “trauma” in the same way for all members of a particular population group. Peace experts also face the additional risk of suffering from trauma themselves due to the intensive contact with affected people or their own direct experiences whilst in the crisis region.
Those who work with traumatised people therefore have to be aware of the various dimensions and dynamics of both individual and social trauma processes. Lay people should not attempt to treat trauma therapeutically, but in order to deal with this issue in a professional way, they should be able to decide whether they can make a contribution to the victim’s psychosocial recovery or whether expert therapeutic help is needed.
Inhalte
- The current debate on trauma in international peace and conflict transformation work
- What is trauma and trauma work? Definitions, clarifications and limitations
- Interventions by peace experts when working with traumatised people: Principles of trauma-informed peace work
- Creating safety and boundaries for peace workers
- How to get support from experts
Lernziele
- You recognise traumatic processes at the individual and collective levels and are familiar with current trauma work approaches in international humanitarian and peace work.
- You have ways of dealing with traumatised people during peace work while clearly knowing your own limitations and refraining from therapeutic treatment.
- You are aware of "secondary trauma" as a risk when dealing with traumatised people.
Trainer/-in
Ihr Ansprechparter für organisatorische Fragen ist
Ihr Ansprechparter für inhaltliche Fragen ist
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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:
€ 300,00
Zusätzliche Kosten bei Übernachtung im Tagungshaus (pro Nacht inkl. Frühstück):
€ 60,00
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.